In this chapter, we will cover some of the integrations that are possible with GitLab. Most of the time, companies will not use one tool for their complete DevOps journey. GitLab encourages this for small to midsize companies, but the reality is that big enterprise customers use a mix of different tools and technologies. We will connect Jira to GitLab, as this tool is in use in a big portion of the enterprise market. Of course, the venerable Jenkins server has to be mentioned and tried, and modern organizations use Slack/Mattermost or other chat tools for real-time collaboration. We will finish this chapter with an example of how to utilize a basic webhook.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Using Jira with GitLab
- Connecting with Jenkins
- Integrating with Mattermost
- Using webhooks for events
