How well does on-premises Gitlab work? Can it run relatively maintenance-free? I heard some negative stories, but I don't know what is true.
My team of devs doesn't have a dedicated sysadmin.
My team of devs doesn't have a dedicated sysadmin.
To troubleshoot your problem smoothly, I'd advise not to modify your GitLab instance intentionally, for instance, applying own custom patch, changing database schema, etc.
I previously managed Atlassian instances and I dreaded ever touching the servers.
GitLab def has there shit together in this regard.
edit: I forgot, when issue, their docker container uses tmp memory that never seems to free itself. I occasionally (once a year) have to rm and recreate the container, which isn't a huge deal for me.