GitLab integration: Self hosted gitlab and multi group support

[Pankaj Pipada]

a) Do you support self hosted gitlab servers?
Our enterprise manages its code on self hosted gitlab instances rather than gitlab.com. Also, the self hosted server is accessible via VPN and not on public internet.

b) It is mentioned that you can attach only one gitlab group to a compass instance. Is that correct? Being a mid size org, we have multiple groups in out gitlab instance (mostly per software division wise gitlab group).

Doc links referred:
- https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/compass/components/import-components-from-GitLab/
- https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/compass/integrations/integrate-Compass-with-Gitlab/

[Josh Campbell]

Hey Pankaj! We currently support cloud hosted GitLab.com instances and only one group per Compass instance as you mentioned. I've added you as a +1 to these two feature requests that are in our backlog - I do not have a timeframe for these currently, sorry.

However, we recently open-sourced the GitLab app for Compass. If you are interested in forking and building upon this app you can create your own Forge app for free and add support for these features. We'd also welcome contributions back into the repo so others can benefit if you end up doing this :) 

[Dean Harrington]

Just a +1 here. We also use GitLab self-managed and cannot allow publicly available access for a variety of reasons, SOC compliance being one of them. Additionally, considering our workload and accountability, there is exactly zero interest in forking any code that is not related to the products we provide. If and when there is an agent (or some other mechanism) available, I think this would be an excellent contender since we already have Jira, Trello, OpsGenie, and Confluence (all cloud). As it stands, this is a non-starter for us, and we have test-driven both Backstage and OpsLevel but have found neither a compelling product.

[Josh Campbell]

Dean thanks for this! Absolutely understand on the above. FWIW I've also added your +1. I've also been in Germany this past week for an Atlassian event and heard from several folks in person echoing pretty much what you stated above. While no immediate change to the current roadmap is coming as a result (just to be candid), these additional data points absolutely help me for (re-)prioritizing. If you ever want to chat more about Compass and/or your feedback on other tools I'd love to connect.