GitLab Hosting

Your own GitLab instance in a managed container

GitLab.com and GitHub are convenient until the team grows, per-user costs start adding up, or your compliance team asks where exactly your source code and CI artifacts are stored. At that point, self-hosting makes sense — but not if it means having to dedicate an operations employee to it.

GitLab Hosting from peaknetworks means a dedicated GitLab instance running on HPE hardware in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.

We operate the server and take care of backups. You work with repositories, merge requests, pipelines and the container registry as usual — only now under your control, on your domain and on your own dedicated infrastructure.

No US hyperscaler in the background. No per-user pricing that grows with your team. No DIY operations requiring a dedicated ops employee.

Which Edition Is Right for Your Team?

GitLab is available in two editions: Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). The right choice depends on your requirements for permissions, compliance, security and other enterprise features.

GitLab Community Edition (CE)

CE provides all the essential features for everyday GitLab use, including repositories, merge requests, issues, CI/CD, Container Registry, Wiki and Pages. For many teams without specific requirements for enterprise features, CE is the right choice.

GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE)

EE provides additional features for organizations with more advanced requirements around permissions, compliance, security and project management. Which features are actually available depends on the GitLab tier you choose.

A later upgrade from CE to EE is technically possible and can be handled by peaknetworks. The package size can also be adjusted up or down at any time without having to reinstall GitLab.

Migrating Your Existing GitLab Environment

Move from GitLab.com, GitHub, Bitbucket or an existing GitLab installation to peaknetworks. We handle the technical migration and plan the transition together with your team.

1. Initial assessment — repositories, users, permissions, registry, CI/CD and other relevant data
2. Set up the target instance — the appropriate container configuration on our infrastructure
3. Migrate your data — repositories, issues, merge requests, wiki, snippets and, depending on the source, registry images and CI artifacts
4. Migrate users & permissions — groups, roles and the desired LDAP/SAML integrations
5. Verify the migration — functional tests and checks of repositories and CI/CD
6. Cutover — planned switch to the new GitLab instance, including DNS changes where required

For migrations from GitHub or Bitbucket, we use the available GitLab import features. For specific requirements, we coordinate any additional migration steps with you individually.

Who GitLab Hosting at peaknetworks is for

Self-hosted GitLab makes sense when one of the following applies: your team has grown to a size where GitLab.com becomes more expensive per user than running your own instance, or your compliance and data protection requirements do not allow your source code to be stored in US-based clouds.

You regularly exceed the included CI/CD minutes, or you need enterprise features that are only available on higher GitLab.com tiers.

Typical customers include software companies, agencies with their own product development, research institutions, public-sector organizations and companies in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare and defense technology.

For individual developers and very small teams, GitLab.com is often the simpler option. As your team size, CI/CD usage or requirements for control and data residency increase, running your own GitLab instance becomes increasingly attractive.