As an amateur coder and user of all services like GitLab and GitHub, I am constantly trying to navigate the internet to find the best tools to suit my needs.
It is a little tricky to recognize the difference between GitLab and GitHub, but the easiest way to understand it is that GitHub is a public server and GitLab is primarily a private server. With GitLab code can be edited in real time in a private environment, whereas in GitHub everyone has access to make changes and add information as they see fit.
In order to get going using GitLab, you can follow the steps below OR follow along with my youtube video which is linked at the bottom of this post.
First you are going to need some kind of host for GitLab. I used ReclaimCloud, which is a service that allows you to only pay for what you need, instead of a subscription based situation.
When you get into ReclaimCloud you are going to want to find the DevOps GitLab server under Marketplace>Dev & Admin tools. Once you find this you will install it.
Once installed make sure to press the Change Environment Topology button, and increase the speed to maximum, and apply.
After this is complete click on the link under the GitLab server, which will take you to a login page with GitLab.
Check your email for login information!
Now you are good to go to add repositories to your GitLab!
Hopefully this was helpful for beginners like me, and don't hold back from checking out my youtube video: https://youtu.be/KT_JRhobpbY
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