GitLab hosting for code that stays in-house.
Self-managed GitLab on the ALCO server: repositories, issues, merge requests and CI runners for your team, behind your sign-in, with backups that include the code and the history.
- 1 min
- between checks from outside the network
- Nightly
- backups, with a test restore on the calendar
- Enterprise
- Cloudflare plan in front of every site and app
- 24/7
- help desk, holidays too
What is included.
What ALCO does for you under GitLab hosting, in plain terms.
Repositories and reviews
Git hosting with merge requests, issues, wikis and protected branches, on your own instance.
CI runners that are yours
Pipelines run on runners ALCO provisions, so builds are fast and secrets stay inside.
Single sign-on
Microsoft Entra or Google Workspace sign-in with two-step required. Leavers lose access the day they leave.
Backups that include everything
Repositories, database, uploads and CI artifacts, nightly, off the server, with a tested restore.
Updates on a schedule
GitLab releases applied monthly with security patches sooner, on a window you approve.
Deploys to ALCO hosting
Pipelines can deploy straight to sites and apps ALCO hosts for you.
People who answer
Your developers call the same number as everyone else and reach someone who knows Git.
How it works.
Four steps, each one written down as we go.
- 1
Scope
We look at what you run today, how much traffic and data it carries, and who needs access. You get a written plan and price before anything moves.
- 2
Build
We stand up GitLab on the ALCO server, in its own isolated environment, with Cloudflare Enterprise, backups and monitoring wired in from day one.
- 3
Move
Existing data, users and settings are migrated and checked, DNS is switched in a window you approve, and the old system stays available until you sign off.
- 4
Run it
From then on ALCO applies updates, watches the board, restores from backup when asked and answers the calls.
Who this is for.
Businesses that want it run, not just rented
A server somewhere is easy. Someone who updates it, backs it up, watches it and picks up the phone is the part you are buying.
Teams that have outgrown shared hosting
When the shared plan is slow, the control panel is a mystery and support is a chat bot, a managed instance on the ALCO server is the next step.
Anyone who wants their data in one accountable place
Your instance, your data, on infrastructure ALCO owns and operates in Idaho, behind Cloudflare Enterprise.
Questions people ask.
Why not GitHub or gitlab.com?
Many teams are fine there. Self-managed GitLab is for code that must stay on your own infrastructure, or for CI that needs to reach internal systems.
Can you migrate from GitHub, Bitbucket or an old server?
Yes, with history, issues and users where the source allows.
Which edition?
GitLab Community Edition by default. Enterprise features need a licence from GitLab, which we can run for you.
- The client area
Everything ALCO does for you, in one place.
Requests, your team, invoices, documents, shared credentials and sign-in security. One sign-in, any device. Take the tour.
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Clients we’ve worked with
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