--- comments: false type: index --- # GitLab University GitLab University is a great place to start when learning about version control with Git and GitLab, as well as other GitLab features. If you're looking for a GitLab subscription for _your university_, see our [Education](https://about.gitlab.com/solutions/education/) page. CAUTION: **Caution:** Some of the content in GitLab University may be out of date and we plan to [evaluate](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/41064) it. The GitLab University curriculum is composed of GitLab videos, screencasts, presentations, projects and external GitLab content hosted on other services and has been organized into the following sections: 1. [GitLab Beginner](#1-gitlab-beginner). 1. [GitLab Intermediate](#2-gitlab-intermediate). 1. [GitLab Advanced](#3-gitlab-advanced). 1. [External Articles](#4-external-articles). 1. [Resources for GitLab Team Members](#5-resources-for-gitlab-team-members). ## 1. GitLab Beginner ### 1.1. Version Control and Git 1. [Version Control Systems](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16sX7hUrCZyOFbpvnrAFrg6tVO5_yT98IgdAqOmXwBho/edit#slide=id.g72f2e4906_2_29) 1. [Code School: An Introduction to Git](https://www.codeschool.com/account/courses/try-git) ### 1.2. GitLab Basics 1. [An Overview of GitLab.com - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaiL5DGEMR4) 1. [Why Use Git and GitLab - Slides](https://docs.google.com/a/gitlab.com/presentation/d/1RcZhFmn5VPvoFu6UMxhMOy7lAsToeBZRjLRn0LIdaNc/edit?usp=drive_web) 1. [GitLab Basics - Article](../gitlab-basics/README.md) 1. [Git and GitLab Basics - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03wb9FvO4Ak&index=5&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) 1. [Git and GitLab Basics - Online Course](https://courses.platzi.com/classes/git-gitlab/concepto/part-1/part-23370/material/) 1. [Comparison of GitLab Versions](https://about.gitlab.com/features/#compare) ### 1.3. Your GitLab Account 1. [Create a GitLab Account - Online Course](https://courses.platzi.com/classes/git-gitlab/concepto/first-steps/create-an-account-on-gitlab/material/) 1. [Create and Add your SSH key to GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mxyLo3Mqk) ### 1.4. GitLab Projects 1. [Repositories, Projects and Groups - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TWfh1aKHHw&index=1&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) 1. [Creating a Project in GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0hrpNaJ14) 1. [How to Create Files and Directories](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/02/10/feature-highlight-create-files-and-directories-from-files-page/) 1. [GitLab Todos](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/02/gitlab-todos-feature-highlight/) 1. [GitLab's Work in Progress (WIP) Flag](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/08/feature-highlight-wip/) ### 1.5. Migrating from other Source Control 1. [Migrating from Bitbucket/Stash](../user/project/import/bitbucket.md) 1. [Migrating from GitHub](../user/project/import/github.md) 1. [Migrating from SVN](../user/project/import/svn.md) 1. [Migrating from Fogbugz](../user/project/import/fogbugz.md) ### 1.6. The GitLab team 1. [About GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/about/) 1. [GitLab Direction](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/) 1. [GitLab Master Plan](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/13/gitlab-master-plan/) 1. [Making GitLab Great for Everyone - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGC40y4vMx0) - Response to "Dear GitHub" letter 1. [Using Innersourcing to Improve Collaboration](https://about.gitlab.com/2014/09/05/innersourcing-using-the-open-source-workflow-to-improve-collaboration-within-an-organization/) 1. [The Software Development Market and GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXlhgPK1NTY&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e&index=6) - [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vCU-NbZWz8NTNK8Vu3y4zGMAHb5DpC8PE5mHtw1PWfI/edit) 1. [The GitLab Book Club](bookclub/index.md) 1. [GitLab Resources](https://about.gitlab.com/resources/) ### 1.7 Community and Support 1. [Getting Help](https://about.gitlab.com/getting-help/) - Proposing Features and Reporting and Tracking bugs for GitLab - The GitLab IRC channel, Gitter Chat Room, Community Forum and Mailing List - Getting Technical Support - Being part of our Great Community and Contributing to GitLab 1. [Getting Started with the GitLab Development Kit (GDK)](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/08/getting-started-with-gitlab-development-kit/) 1. [Contributing Technical Articles to the GitLab Blog](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/26/call-for-writers/) 1. [GitLab Training Workshops](training/end-user/README.md) 1. [GitLab Professional Services](https://about.gitlab.com/services/) ### 1.8 GitLab Training Material 1. [Git and GitLab Workshop - Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JzTYD8ij9slejV2-TO-NzjCvlvj6mVn9BORePXNJoMI/edit?usp=drive_web) ## 2. GitLab Intermediate ### 2.1 GitLab Pages 1. [Using any Static Site Generator with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/) 1. [Securing GitLab Pages with SSL](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/24/secure-gitlab-pages-with-startssl/) 1. [GitLab Pages Documentation](../user/project/pages/index.md) ### 2.2. GitLab Issues 1. [Markdown in GitLab](../user/markdown.md) 1. [Issues and Merge Requests - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raXvuwet78M) 1. [Due Dates and Milestones for GitLab Issues](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/feature-highlight-set-dates-for-issues/) 1. [How to Use GitLab Labels](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/17/using-gitlab-labels/) 1. [Applying GitLab Labels Automatically](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/19/applying-gitlab-labels-automatically/) 1. [GitLab Issue Board - Product Page](https://about.gitlab.com/product/issueboard/) 1. [An Overview of GitLab Issue Board](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/22/announcing-the-gitlab-issue-board/) 1. [Designing GitLab Issue Board](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/31/designing-issue-boards/) 1. [From Idea to Production with GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25pHyknRgEo&index=14&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) ### 2.3. Continuous Integration 1. [Operating Systems, Servers, VMs, Containers and Unix - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61kL6IC-zY&index=8&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) 1. [GitLab CI - Product Page](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) 1. [Getting started with GitLab and GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2015/12/14/getting-started-with-gitlab-and-gitlab-ci/) 1. [GitLab Container Registry](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/23/gitlab-container-registry/) 1. [GitLab and Docker - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugOrCcbdHko&index=12&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) 1. [How we scale GitLab with built in Docker](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/21/how-we-scale-gitlab-by-having-docker-built-in/) 1. [Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/) 1. [Deployments and Environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/) 1. [Sequential, Parallel or Custom Pipelines](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/29/the-basics-of-gitlab-ci/) 1. [Setting up GitLab Runner For Continuous Integration](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/01/gitlab-runner-with-docker/) 1. [Setting up GitLab Runner on DigitalOcean](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/19/how-to-set-up-gitlab-runner-on-digitalocean/) 1. [Setting up GitLab CI for iOS projects](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/10/setting-up-gitlab-ci-for-ios-projects/) 1. [IBM: Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igwFj8PPSnw) 1. [Amazon: Transition to Continuous Delivery - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esEFaY0FDKc) 1. [TechBeacon: Doing continuous delivery? Focus first on reducing release cycle times](https://techbeacon.com/doing-continuous-delivery-focus-first-reducing-release-cycle-times) 1. See **[Integrations](#39-integrations)** for integrations with other CI services. ### 2.4. Workflow 1. [GitLab Flow - Video](https://youtu.be/enMumwvLAug?list=PLFGfElNsQthZnwMUFi6rqkyUZkI00OxIV) 1. [GitLab Flow vs Forking in GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGotqAUACZA) 1. [GitLab Flow Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2014/09/29/gitlab-flow/) 1. [Always Start with an Issue](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/03/start-with-an-issue/) 1. [GitLab Flow Documentation](../workflow/gitlab_flow.md) ### 2.5. GitLab Comparisons 1. [GitLab Compared to Other Tools](https://about.gitlab.com/comparison/) 1. [Comparing GitLab Terminology](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/27/comparing-terms-gitlab-github-bitbucket/) 1. [GitLab Compared to Atlassian (Recording 2016-03-03)](https://youtu.be/Nbzp1t45ERo) 1. [GitLab Position FAQ](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/positioning-faq) 1. [Customer review of GitLab with points on why they prefer GitLab](https://www.enovate.co.uk/web-design-blog/2015/11/25/gitlab-review/) ## 3. GitLab Advanced ### 3.1. Dev Ops 1. [Xebia Labs: Dev Ops Terminology](https://xebialabs.com/glossary/) 1. [Xebia Labs: Periodic Table of DevOps Tools](https://xebialabs.com/periodic-table-of-devops-tools/) 1. [Puppet Labs: State of Dev Ops 2016 - Book](https://puppet.com/resources/white-paper/2016-state-of-devops-report) ### 3.2. Installing GitLab with Omnibus 1. [What is Omnibus - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTmpKudd-Oo) 1. [How to Install GitLab with Omnibus - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q69YaOjqNhg) 1. [Installing GitLab - Online Course](https://courses.platzi.com/classes/git-gitlab/concepto/part-1/part-3/material/) 1. [Using a Non-Packaged PostgreSQL Database](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md#using-a-non-packaged-postgresql-database-management-server) 1. [Installing GitLab on Microsoft Azure](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/13/how-to-setup-a-gitlab-instance-on-microsoft-azure/) 1. [Installing GitLab on Digital Ocean](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/27/getting-started-with-gitlab-and-digitalocean/) ### 3.3. Permissions 1. [How to Manage Permissions in GitLab EE - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjUoIrkiNuM) ### 3.4. Large Files 1. [Big files in Git (Git LFS) - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DawznUxYDe4) ### 3.5. LDAP and Active Directory 1. [How to Manage LDAP, Active Directory in GitLab - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPMjM-14qa8) ### 3.6 Custom Languages 1. [How to add Syntax Highlighting Support for Custom Languages to GitLab - Video](https://youtu.be/6WxTMqatrrA) ### 3.7. Scalability and High Availability 1. [Scalability and High Availability - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRMJJb6sp4&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e&index=2) 1. [High Availability - Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36KS808u6bE&index=15&list=PLFGfElNsQthbQu_IWlNOxul0TbS_2JH-e) 1. [High Availability Documentation](https://about.gitlab.com/high-availability/) ### 3.8 Cycle Analytics 1. [GitLab Cycle Analytics Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/21/cycle-analytics-feature-highlight/) 1. [GitLab Cycle Analytics - Product Page](https://about.gitlab.com/product/cycle-analytics/) ### 3.9. Integrations 1. [How to Integrate Jira and Jenkins with GitLab - Video](https://gitlabmeetings.webex.com/gitlabmeetings/ldr.php?RCID=44b548147a67ab4d8a62274047146415) 1. [How to Integrate Jira with GitLab](../user/project/integrations/jira.md) 1. [How to Integrate Jenkins with GitLab](../integration/jenkins.md) 1. [How to Integrate Bamboo with GitLab](../user/project/integrations/bamboo.md) 1. [How to Integrate Slack with GitLab](../user/project/integrations/slack.md) 1. [How to Integrate Convox with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/09/continuous-delivery-with-gitlab-and-convox/) 1. [Getting Started with GitLab and Shippable CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/05/getting-started-gitlab-and-shippable/) ## 4. External Articles 1. [2011 WSJ article by Marc Andreessen - Software is Eating the World](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903480904576512250915629460) 1. [2014 Blog post by Chris Dixon - Software eats software development](http://cdixon.org/2014/04/13/software-eats-software-development/) 1. [2015 Venture Beat article - Actually, Open Source is Eating the World](http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/06/its-actually-open-source-software-thats-eating-the-world/) ## 5. Resources for GitLab Team Members NOTE: **Note:** Some content can only be accessed by GitLab team members. 1. [Support Path](support/README.md) 1. [Sales Path](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/sales-onboarding/) 1. [User Training](training/user_training.md) 1. [GitLab Flow Training](training/gitlab_flow.md) 1. [Training Topics](training/index.md) 1. [GitLab architecture](../development/architecture.md) 1. [Client Assessment of GitLab versus GitHub](https://docs.google.com/a/gitlab.com/spreadsheets/d/18cRF9Y5I6I7Z_ab6qhBEW55YpEMyU4PitZYjomVHM-M/edit?usp=sharing)