GitLab Server on MassiveGRID PaaS
The DevOps Lab - GitLab Server package deploys a private GitLab Community Edition instance with auto-scaling CI/CD runners and a Docker registry on MassiveGRID PaaS. You get self-hosted Git repositories, merge requests, issue tracking and pipelines, with runner capacity that grows during builds and shrinks afterwards.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with GitLab Server pre-selected. The trial needs no credit card.
GitLab Server Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | DevOps Lab - GitLab Server |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | Clusters & Containers |
| Software vendor / project | GitLab Inc. |
| Licence | MIT (GitLab Community Edition, open source) |
| Runtime / stack | GitLab CE server, auto-scaling GitLab Runners, Docker registry |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use from $2.46/month ($0.003372/hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is GitLab Server?
GitLab CE is the leading self-hosted alternative to GitHub: source control, code review, issues and boards, wiki, CI/CD pipelines, a container registry and package registries in one application. Many organisations self-host to keep source code and build artefacts in their own jurisdiction, to avoid per-user SaaS fees, or to integrate CI with internal networks.
Running GitLab well means a substantial server for the application plus runners for CI jobs. The package deploys GitLab CE, registers runners that scale horizontally with build demand, and wires a Docker registry so pipelines can build and push images without external services. Everything lives in the MassiveGRID region you choose.
What the GitLab Server Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure.
- GitLab CE server: The omnibus GitLab Community Edition with its bundled PostgreSQL, Redis and NGINX, sized to the environment's cloudlets.
- Auto-scaling runners: GitLab Runner nodes registered to the server, added and removed on load so pipelines never queue for long.
- Docker registry: A private container registry for images built by pipelines, integrated with GitLab authentication.
- Built-in domain and SSL: HTTPS access to GitLab and the registry immediately; attach your own domain with Let's Encrypt.
Why Teams Choose GitLab Server
Complete DevOps platform
Repositories, merge requests, issues, wiki, CI/CD and registries under one login, with no per-seat licence.
Elastic CI capacity
Runners scale with the pipeline queue, so a release day gets more build power and a quiet week costs less.
Code stays in your region
Source, artefacts and images in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, under your control.
Deploy to the same platform
Pipelines can deploy straight to other MassiveGRID PaaS environments using the platform API or the Git-Push-Deploy add-on.
How to Install GitLab Server on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the GitLab Server package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every GitLab Server node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs GitLab Server on PaaS
Software teams leaving SaaS Git
Companies replacing GitHub or GitLab.com subscriptions with a private instance.
Regulated development
Finance, defence and healthcare teams whose code cannot leave a specified jurisdiction.
Agencies and consultancies
One GitLab for many client projects, with per-project runners and registries.
Why Run GitLab Server on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. GitLab Server runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet GitLab Server environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
Related on massivegrid.com: DevOps Support · For Developers.
GitLab Server Questions
More from the Marketplace
Packages that are often deployed alongside GitLab Server, or that solve the same problem a different way. Browse all 84 packages.
Deploy GitLab Server Today
Start the free 14-day trial and have GitLab Server running in minutes. No credit card required.