GitLab Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04

## GitLab Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

GitLab is the end-to-end DevSecOps platform — Git repository hosting, code review, CI/CD pipelines, container registry, issue tracking, wiki, security scanning — all in a single self-hosted application. The cloudimg image installs GitLab Community Edition 18 from the official packages.gitlab.com Omnibus package, which bundles PostgreSQL, Redis, Nginx, Puma (Rails app server), Sidekiq (background jobs), Gitaly (Git RPC), and GitLab Workhorse (file uploads + websockets) — no third-party builds.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response. support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre-configured Omnibus, schema migrated, validated

* Azure Native Integration Azure Linux Agent, cloud-init runcmd firstboot, Gen2 Hyper-V, TrustedLaunch

* Per VM root password Every deployed VM rotates the GitLab root password at first boot

* External URL auto-set Firstboot writes the VM IP into external_url so GitLab is reachable immediately

What is Included

* GitLab CE 18.11 from packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce APT repo

* Embedded PostgreSQL at /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql

* Embedded Redis at /var/opt/gitlab/redis

* Nginx fronting Puma at port 80; GitLab Git SSH on port 2222

* Sidekiq, Gitaly, GitLab Workhorse, GitLab Shell, GitLab KAS, mailroom

* gitlab-firstboot triggered by cloud-init runcmd — rotates root password and rewrites external_url per-VM

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches

* 24/7 cloudimg support with guaranteed 24 hour response SLA

Recommended Virtual Machine Sizes

* Standard_D4s_v3 (4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM) — minimum for GitLab Omnibus, small teams (10-20 users)

* Standard_D8s_v3 (8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM) — moderate teams (50-200 users) with active CI runners

* Standard_D16s_v3 (16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM) — large teams with heavy CI/CD pipelines