GitLab Advanced for System Administrators
Course Duration
1 Day
Audience
Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.
Prerequisites
Completion of GitLab SysAdmin Fundamentals or equivalent experience administering a GitLab self-managed instance is required. GitLab Certified Associate certification or equivalent knowledge is also recommended.
Course Description
This course is customized for your specific deployment of GitLab. It covers advanced monitoring and troubleshooting tasks for a GitLab self-managed instance. This course is not intended for gitlab.com customers. GitLab Advanced System Administration Training covers some features that are available in all three GitLab pricing tiers (Free, Premium, and Ultimate), some features that are only available in Premium and Ultimate, and a small number of features that are only available in Ultimate.
Learning Objectives
- Apply best practices for using CLI Utilities
- Interpret information found in Active Logs and status reports to monitor and troubleshoot issues
- Resolve architecture breaks
- Apply best practices for preventing integration problems
- Resolve user and group problems
- Work with GitLab Support to troubleshoot errors
Course Outline
Course Topics
- GitLab CLI Utilities
- Best Practices for Development
- Information in Active Logs
- Active Logs for Troubleshooting Issues
- Health Status
- Server Status
- Disaster Recovery
- Upgrades
- Unicorn Errors
- Puma Errors
- GitLab 500 Errors
- Sidekiq Errors
- Workhorse Errors
- Rails Console
- API/DB Queries
- Common Causes
- Common Problems
- Best Practices for Preventing
- User Password and Permission Issues
- Group and Project Permission Issues