Typically we’re cloning a git repository into a dedicated directory. The cloned directory then has the name of the repository which, by default, is the repository’s slug. You may also define the directory name in which the git repository’s contents will be cloned. Recently we prepared the …

Securing routes with authentication mechanisms is a common way to allow only selected people access to a given resource. If you’re tired of implementing boilerplate code for login and signup again, benefit from hapi’s powerful plugin system and integrate with third-party services to leverage OAuth access. This tutorial …

With the release of GitLab 8.0, the previously separated products GitLab and GitLab CI merged and GitLab now ships with continuous integration. That allows developers to host their code and also run tests within a single application and ultimately trigger a deployment process. When developing applications, you might write …

Update 19th Sept 2014: We added a reference to the GitLab Omnibus Readme as additional resources at the bottom of this post. This post describes how to configure a running GitLab instance with a (self-signed) SSL certificate. The following steps assume you already have a running instance of GitLab available. …