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+---
+title: "Helmholtz GitLab Available"
+title_image: clark-tibbs-oqStl2L5oxI-unsplash.jpg
+data: 2021-02-09
+authors:
+  - huste
+layout: blogpost
+categories:
+  - news
+excerpt: >
+    The HIFIS Software team is happy to announce the general availability
+    of the Helmholtz GitLab which can be used free-of-charge by anybody
+    within Helmholtz and their partners. It is hosted by HIFIS Software 
+    entirely on HZDR servers.
+
+---
+
+# Helmholtz GitLab available
+
+The HIFIS Software team is happy to announce the general availability of the
+[Helmholtz GitLab](https://gitlab.hzdr.de) which can be used free-of-charge
+by anybody within Helmholtz and their partners.
+It is hosted by HIFIS Software entirely on HZDR servers.
+
+## How to access?
+
+Visit [https://gitlab.hzdr.de](https://gitlab.hzdr.de) and login via the
+_Helmholtz AAI_. Your account will automatically be provisioned.
+
+## What do I get?
+
+The service is running the Open Source version of GitLab. It allows you to
+
+* Host code in repositories with Git version control,
+* Implement project management with an [Issue Tracker][issue-tracker],
+  [Merge Requests][merge-requests] or [Issue Boards][issue-boards],
+* Use the provided shared runners for built-in [Continuous Integration][ci],
+* Host your Docker images using the [Container Registry][registry],
+* Share your documentation or static websites with [Pages][pages] or
+* Share private or public software [packages][packages] for a variety of common
+  package managers, e.g. Conan (C++) or PyPI (Python).
+
+<i class="far fa-question-circle"></i> Want to get started with Git and GitLab? [Follow this link][new-to-git] for a
+quick-start introduction.
+
+## Technical Details
+
+We aim to be as open and transparent as possible while hosting the service.
+Therefore, we decided to host the service via Ansible and to make the source code
+generally available. Thus, we allow you to reproduce, validate and understand
+the deployment of the service via [this project][ansible-deployment].
+
+<div class="alert alert-success">
+  <h2 id="contact-us"><i class="fas fa-info-circle"></i> In-depth Software Consulting</h2>
+  <p>
+    HIFIS Software offers free-of-charge workshops and consulting to research groups within the Helmholtz umbrella.
+    You can read more about what we offer on our
+    <strong><a href="https://software.hifis.net/services">services page</a></strong>.
+    If you work for a Helmholtz-affilliated institution, and think that something like this would be useful to you,
+    fill in our
+    <strong><a href="https://software.hifis.net/services/consulting#consultation-request-form">consultation request form</a></strong>.
+  </p>
+</div>
+
+
+[issue-tracker]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/project/issues/index.md#issues-list
+[merge-requests]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/project/merge_requests/index.md
+[issue-boards]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/project/issues/index.md#issue-boards
+[ci]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/ci/README.md
+[registry]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/packages/container_registry/index.md
+[pages]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/project/pages/index.md
+[packages]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/user/packages/package_registry/index.md
+[new-to-git]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/help/#new-to-git-and-gitlab
+[ansible-deployment]: https://gitlab.hzdr.de/hifis-software-deployment/gitlab