- Find your way around GitLab
- Use Git
- Plan your work in projects
- Use CI/CD pipelines
- Configure your applications and infrastructure
- Publish a static website
- Secure your application
- Work with a self-managed instance
- Integrate with GitLab
- Find more tutorial content
Learn GitLab with tutorials
These tutorials can help you learn how to use GitLab.
Find your way around GitLab
Get to know the features of GitLab and where to find them so you can get up and running quickly.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to GitLab (59m 51s) | Walk through recommended processes and example workflows for using GitLab. | |
| GitLab 101 | Learn the basics of GitLab in this certification course. | |
| Use GitLab for DevOps (12m 34s) | Use GitLab through the entire DevOps lifecycle, from planning to monitoring. | |
| Use Markdown at GitLab | GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM) is used in many areas of GitLab, for example, in merge requests. | |
| Learn GitLab project walkthrough (59m 2s) | Step through the tutorial-style issues in the Learn GitLab project. If you don’t have this project, download the export file and import it to a new project. | |
| GitLab Continuous Delivery overview (17m 2s) | Learn how to use GitLab features to continuously build, test, and deploy iterative code changes. | |
| Productivity tips | Get tips to help make you a productive GitLab user. |
Use Git
GitLab is a Git-based platform, so understanding Git is important to get the most out of GitLab.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Make your first Git commit | Create a project, edit a file, and commit changes to a Git repository from the command line. | |
| Start using Git on the command line | Learn how to set up Git, clone repositories, and work with branches. | |
| Take advantage of Git rebase | Learn how to use the rebase command in your workflow. | |
| Git cheat sheet | Download a PDF of common Git commands. |
Plan your work in projects
Your work takes place in a project, from creating code, to planning, collaborating, and more.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Create a project from a template | Choose a project template and create a project with files to get you started. | |
| Migrate to GitLab | If you are coming to GitLab from another platform, you can import or convert your projects. | |
| Run an agile iteration | Use group, projects, and iterations to run an agile development iteration. |
Use CI/CD pipelines
CI/CD pipelines are used to automatically build, test, and deploy your code.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Create and run your first GitLab CI/CD pipeline | Create a .gitlab-ci.yml file and start a pipeline. | |
| Get started: Learn about CI/CD (9m 02s) | Learn about the .gitlab-ci.yml file and how it’s used. | |
| CI deep dive (22m 51s) | Take a closer look at pipelines and continuous integration concepts. | |
| CD deep dive (47m 54s) | Learn about deploying in GitLab. | |
| Set up CI/CD in the cloud | Learn how to set up CI/CD in different cloud-based environments. | |
| Find CI/CD examples and templates | Use these examples and templates to set up CI/CD for your use case. | |
| Understand CI/CD rules (8m 56s) | Learn more about how to use CI/CD rules. |
Configure your applications and infrastructure
Use GitLab configuration features to reduce the effort needed to configure the infrastructure for your application.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Use GitOps with GitLab | Learn how to provision and manage a base infrastructure, connect to a Kubernetes cluster, deploy third-party applications, and carry out other infrastructure automation tasks. | |
| Use Auto DevOps to deploy an application | Deploy an application to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). |
Publish a static website
Use GitLab Pages to publish a static website directly from your project.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Create a Pages website from a CI/CD template | Quickly generate a Pages website for your project using a CI/CD template for a popular Static Site Generator (SSG). | |
| Create a Pages website from scratch | Create all the components of a Pages website from a blank project. |
Secure your application
GitLab can check your application for security vulnerabilities.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Set up dependency scanning | Try out dependency scanning, which checks for known vulnerabilities in dependencies. | |
| Get started with GitLab application security | Follow recommended steps to set up security tools. |
Work with a self-managed instance
If you’re an administrator of a self-managed instance of GitLab, these tutorials can help you manage and configure your instance.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Install GitLab | Install GitLab according to your requirements. | |
| Get started administering GitLab | Configure your organization and its authentication, then secure, monitor, and back up GitLab. |
Integrate with GitLab
GitLab integrates with a number of third-party services, enabling you to work with those services directly from GitLab.
| Topic | Description | Good for beginners |
|---|---|---|
| Integrate with Jira | Configure the Jira integration, so you can work with Jira issues from GitLab. | |
| Integrate with Gitpod | Integrate with Gitpod, to help speed up your development. |
Find more tutorial content
If you’re learning about GitLab, here are some ways you can find more tutorial content:
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Find learning tracks and certification options at GitLab Learn. GitLab learning platform login required (email and password for non-GitLab team members).
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Find recent tutorials on the GitLab blog by searching by the
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Browse the Learn@GitLab playlist on YouTube to find video tutorials.
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