GitLab "Cloud Native Hybrid" is a hybrid of the cloud native technology Kubernetes (EKS) and EC2. While as much of the GitLab application as possible runs in Kubernetes or on AWS services (PaaS), the GitLab service Gitaly must still be run on Ec2. Gitaly is a layer designed to overcome limitations of the Git binaries in a horizontally scaled architecture. You can read more here about why Gitaly was built and why the limitations of Git mean that it must currently run on instance compute in [Git Characteristics That Make Horizontal Scaling Difficult](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/blob/master/doc/DESIGN.md#git-characteristics-that-make-horizontal-scaling-difficult)
GitLab "Cloud Native Hybrid" is a hybrid of the cloud native technology Kubernetes (EKS) and EC2. While as much of the GitLab application as possible runs in Kubernetes or on AWS services (PaaS), the GitLab service Gitaly must still be run on Ec2. Gitaly is a layer designed to overcome limitations of the Git binaries in a horizontally scaled architecture. You can read more here about why Gitaly was built and why the limitations of Git mean that it must currently run on instance compute in [Git Characteristics That Make Horizontal Scaling Difficult](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/blob/master/doc/DESIGN.md#git-characteristics-that-make-horizontal-scaling-difficult).
Amazon provides a managed Kubernetes service offering known as [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/).
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| GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid Ref Arch | GitLab Baseline Perf Test Results Omnibus on Instances | AWS Bill of Materials (BOM) for CNH | AWS Build Performance Testing Results for [CNH](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt) | CNH Cost Estimate 3 AZs* |
| [2K Omnibus](../../administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md) | [2K Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/2k) | [2K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#2k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | GPT Test Results | [1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=544bcf1162beae6b8130ad257d081cdf9d4504e3)<br/>(2 AZ Cost Estimate is in BOM Below) |
| [3K](../../administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [3k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/3k) | [3K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#3k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [3K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt)<br/><br/>[3K AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200_results.txt) | [1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=f1294fec554e21be999711cddcdab9c5e7f83f14)<br/>(2 AZ Cost Estimate is in BOM Below) |
| [5K](../../administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [5k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/5k) | [5K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#5k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [5K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt)<br/><br/>[5K AutoScale from 25% GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717_results.txt) | [1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=330ee43c5b14662db5df6e52b34898d181a09e16) |
| [10K](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [10k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/10k) | [10K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#10k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [10K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647_results.txt)<br/><br/>[10K AutoScale GPT Test Results](hhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt) | [10K 1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=5ac2e07a22e01c36ee76b5477c5a046cd1bea792) |
| [50K](../../administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [50k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/50k) | [50K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#50k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [50K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819_results.txt)<br/><br/>[10K AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt) | [50K 1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=b9c9d6ac1d4a7848011d2050cef3120931fb7c22) |
| [3K](../../administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [3k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/3k) | [3K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#3k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [3K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt)<br/><br/>[3K Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200_results.txt) | [1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=f1294fec554e21be999711cddcdab9c5e7f83f14)<br/>(2 AZ Cost Estimate is in BOM Below) |
| [5K](../../administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [5k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/5k) | [5K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#5k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [5K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt)<br/><br/>[5K AutoScale from 25% GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717_results.txt) | [1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=330ee43c5b14662db5df6e52b34898d181a09e16) |
| [10K](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [10k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/10k) | [10K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#10k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [10K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647_results.txt)<br/><br/>[10K Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](hhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt) | [10K 1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=5ac2e07a22e01c36ee76b5477c5a046cd1bea792) |
| [50K](../../administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative) | [50k Baseline](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/50k) | [50K Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](#50k-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks) | [50K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819_results.txt)<br/><br/>[10K Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt) | [50K 1 YR Ec2 Compute Savings + 1 YR RDS & Elasticache RIs](https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=b9c9d6ac1d4a7848011d2050cef3120931fb7c22) |
\*Cost calculations for actual implementations are a rough guideline with the following considerations:
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The [AWS Quick Start for GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS](https://aws-quickstart.github.io/quickstart-eks-gitlab/) is developed by AWS, GitLab, and the community that contributes to AWS Quick Starts, whether directly to the GitLab Quick Start or to the underlying Quick Start dependencies GitLab inherits (for example, EKS Quick Start).
NOTE:
This automation is in **Developer Preview**. GitLab is working with AWS on [these outstanding issues](https://github.com/aws-quickstart/quickstart-eks-gitlab/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+%5BHL%5D) before it is fully released.
This automation is in **Developer Preview**. GitLab is working with AWS on resolving [the outstanding issues](https://github.com/aws-quickstart/quickstart-eks-gitlab/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+%5BHL%5D) before it is fully released. You can subscribe to this issue to be notified of progress and release announcements: [AWS Quick Start for GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on EKS Status: DEVELOPER PREVIEW](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/public-tracker/-/issues/11).<br><br>
The developer preview deploys Aurora PostgreSQL, but the release version will deploy Amazon RDS PostgreSQL due to [known issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/public-tracker/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=AWS+Known+Issue) with Aurora. All performance testing results will also be redone after this change has been made.
The [GitLab Environment Toolkit (GET)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/gitlab-environment-toolkit/-/tree/master) is an effort made by GitLab to create a multi-cloud, multi-GitLab (Omnibus + Cloud Native Hybrid) toolkit to provision GitLab. GET is developed by GitLab developers and is open to community contributions.
It is helpful to review the [GitLab Environment Toolkit (GET) Issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/gitlab-environment-toolkit/-/issues) to understand if any of them may affect your provisioning plans.
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- The Quick Start creates public load balancer IPs, so that you can easily configure your local hosts file to get to the GUI for GitLab when deploying tests. However, you may need to manually alter this if public load balancers are not part of your provisioning plan. We are planning to make non-public load balancers a configuration option issue link: [Short Term: Documentation and/or Automation for private GitLab instance with no internet Ingress](https://github.com/aws-quickstart/quickstart-eks-gitlab/issues/55)
- As of 2021-08-19, AWS GovCloud has Graviton instances for Aurora PostgreSQL available, but does not for ElastiCache Redis.
- As of 2021-08-19, AWS GovCloud has Graviton instances for Amazon RDS PostgreSQL available, but does not for ElastiCache Redis.
- It is challenging to get the Quick Start template to load in GovCloud from the Standard Quick Start URL, so the generic ones are provided here:
-[Launch for New VPC in us-gov-east-1](https://us-gov-east-1.console.amazonaws-us-gov.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-gov-east-1#/stacks/quickcreate?templateUrl=https://aws-quickstart.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/quickstart-eks-gitlab/templates/gitlab-entry-new-vpc.template.yaml&stackName=Gitlab-for-EKS-New-VPC)
-[Launch for New VPC in us-gov-west-1](https://us-gov-west-1.console.amazonaws-us-gov.com/cloudformation/home?region=us-gov-west-1#/stacks/quickcreate?templateUrl=https://aws-quickstart.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/quickstart-eks-gitlab/templates/gitlab-entry-new-vpc.template.yaml&stackName=Gitlab-for-EKS-New-VPC)
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| **Gitaly Cluster (Git Repository Storage)**<br/>(Including Praefect and PostgreSQL) | ASG and Instances | Yes - ASG and Instances<br/>**Note: Gitaly cannot be put into a Kubernetes Cluster.** |
| **All GitLab storages besides Git Repository Storage**<br/>(Includes Git-LFS which is S3 Compatible) | AWS S3 | Yes |
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**GPT Test Results**
-[3K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt)
-[3K AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200_results.txt)
- TBD
**Deploy Now**
Deploy Now links leverage the AWS Quick Start automation and only prepopulate the number of instances and instance types for the Quick Start based on the Bill of Meterials below. You must provide appropriate input for all other parameters by following the guidance in the [Quick Start documentation's Deployment steps](https://aws-quickstart.github.io/quickstart-eks-gitlab/#_deployment_steps) section.
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NOTE:
If EKS node autoscaling is employed, it is likely that your average loading will run lower than this, especially during non-working hours and weekends.
| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM<br/>(Directly Usable in AWS Quick Start) | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
| **Bastion Host (Quick Start)** | 1 HA instance in ASG | **t2.micro** for prod, **m4.2xlarge** for perf. testing | | |
| **PostgreSQL**<br/>AWS Aurora RDS Nodes Configuration (GPT tested) | 2vCPU, 7.5 GB<br/>Tested with Graviton ARM | **db.r6g.large** x 3 nodes <br/>(6vCPU, 48 GB) | 3 nodes x $0.26 = $0.78/hr | 3 nodes x $0.26 = $0.78/hr<br/>(Aurora is always 3) |
| **Redis** | 1vCPU, 3.75GB<br/>(across 12 nodes for Redis Cache, Redis Queues/Shared State, Sentinel Cache, Sentinel Queues/Shared State) | **cache.m6g.large** x 3 nodes<br/>(6vCPU, 19GB) | 3 nodes x $0.15 = $0.45/hr | 2 nodes x $0.15 = $0.30/hr |
| **<u>Gitaly Cluster</u>**[Details](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-sre-considerations) | [Gitaly & Praefect Must Have an Uneven Node Count for HA](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) | | | |
| Gitaly Instances (in ASG) | 12 vCPU, 45GB<br/>(across 3 nodes) | **m5.xlarge** x 3 nodes<br/>(48 vCPU, 180 GB) | $0.192 x 3 = $0.58/hr | $0.192 x 3 = $0.58/hr |
| | The GitLab Reference architecture for 2K is not Highly Available and therefore has a single Gitaly no Praefect. AWS Quick Starts MUST be HA, so it implements Prafect from the 3K Ref Architecture to meet that requirement | | | |
| Praefect (Instances in ASG with load balancer) | 6 vCPU, 10 GB<br/>([across 3 nodes](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections)) | **c5.large** x 3 nodes<br/>(6 vCPU, 12 GB) | $0.09 x 3 = $0.21/hr | $0.09 x 3 = $0.21/hr |
| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM<br/>(Directly Usable in AWS Quick Start) | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
| **Bastion Host (Quick Start)** | 1 HA instance in ASG | **t2.micro** for prod, **m4.2xlarge** for perf. testing | | |
| **PostgreSQL**<br/>AWS Amazon RDS PostgreSQL Nodes Configuration (GPT tested) | 2vCPU, 7.5 GB<br/>Tested with Graviton ARM | **db.r6g.large** x 3 nodes <br/>(6vCPU, 48 GB) | 3 nodes x $0.26 = $0.78/hr | 3 nodes x $0.26 = $0.78/hr |
| **Redis** | 1vCPU, 3.75GB<br/>(across 12 nodes for Redis Cache, Redis Queues/Shared State, Sentinel Cache, Sentinel Queues/Shared State) | **cache.m6g.large** x 3 nodes<br/>(6vCPU, 19GB) | 3 nodes x $0.15 = $0.45/hr | 2 nodes x $0.15 = $0.30/hr |
| **<u>Gitaly Cluster</u>**[Details](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-sre-considerations) | [Gitaly & Praefect Must Have an Uneven Node Count for HA](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) | | | |
| Gitaly Instances (in ASG) | 12 vCPU, 45GB<br/>(across 3 nodes) | **m5.xlarge** x 3 nodes<br/>(48 vCPU, 180 GB) | $0.192 x 3 = $0.58/hr | $0.192 x 3 = $0.58/hr |
| | The GitLab Reference architecture for 2K is not Highly Available and therefore has a single Gitaly no Praefect. AWS Quick Starts MUST be HA, so it implements Prafect from the 3K Ref Architecture to meet that requirement | | | |
| Praefect (Instances in ASG with load balancer) | 6 vCPU, 10 GB<br/>([across 3 nodes](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections)) | **c5.large** x 3 nodes<br/>(6 vCPU, 12 GB) | $0.09 x 3 = $0.21/hr | $0.09 x 3 = $0.21/hr |
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**GPT Test Results**
-[5K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt)
-[5K AutoScale from 25% GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717_results.txt)
-[3K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt)
-[3K AutoScale from 25% GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200/3k-QuickStart-AutoScale-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_194200_results.txt)
Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results start with an idle scaled cluster and then start the standard GPT test to determine if the EKS Auto Scaler performs well enough to keep up with performance test demands. In general this is substantially harder ramping than the scaling required when the ramping is driven my normal production workloads.
**Deploy Now**
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| Supporting services such as NGINX, Prometheus, etc | [2 allocations](../../administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md#cluster-topology) x ([2 vCPU and 7.5 GB](../../administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md#cluster-topology)) = <br/>4 vCPU, 15 GB | | |
| **GitLab Ref Arch Raw Total K8s Node Capacity** | 32 vCPU, 56 GB | | |
| One Node for Overhead and Miscellaneous (EKS Cluster AutoScaler, Grafana, Prometheus, etc) | + 16 vCPU, 32GB | | |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Full Scale**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 48 vCPU, 88 GB | **c5.2xlarge** (8vcpu/16GB) x 5 nodes<br/>40 vCPU, 80 GB<br/>[Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt) | $1.70/hr |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Full Scale**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 48 vCPU, 88 GB | **c5.2xlarge** (8vcpu/16GB) x 5 nodes<br/>40 vCPU, 80 GB<br/>[Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/3K/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216/3k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Cache_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_124216_results.txt) | $1.70/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 24 vCPU, 48 GB | c5.2xlarge x 4 | $1.36/hr |
Other combinations of node type and quantity can be used to meet the Grand Total. Due to the properties of pods, hosts that are overly small may have significant unused capacity.
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| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM<br/>(Directly Usable in AWS Quick Start) | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
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**GPT Test Results**
-[5K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt)
-[5K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt)
-[5K AutoScale from 25% GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717/5k-QuickStart-AutoScale-From-25Percent-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-24_102717_results.txt)
Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results start with an idle scaled cluster and then start the standard GPT test to determine if the EKS Auto Scaler performs well enough to keep up with performance test demands. In general this is substantially harder ramping than the scaling required when the ramping is driven my normal production workloads.
**Deploy Now**
Deploy Now links leverage the AWS Quick Start automation and only prepopulate the number of instances and instance types for the Quick Start based on the Bill of Meterials below. You must provide appropriate input for all other parameters by following the guidance in the [Quick Start documentation's Deployment steps](https://aws-quickstart.github.io/quickstart-eks-gitlab/#_deployment_steps) section.
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| Supporting services such as NGINX, Prometheus, etc | [2 allocations](../../administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md#cluster-topology) x ([2 vCPU and 7.5 GB](../../administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md#cluster-topology)) = <br/>4 vCPU, 15 GB | | |
| **GitLab Ref Arch Raw Total K8s Node Capacity** | 62 vCPU, 96.5 GB | | |
| One Node for Quick Start Overhead and Miscellaneous (EKS Cluster AutoScaler, Grafana, Prometheus, etc) | + 8 vCPU, 16GB | | |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Full Scale**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 70 vCPU, 112.5 GB | **c5.2xlarge** (8vcpu/16GB) x 9 nodes<br/>72 vCPU, 144 GB<br/>[Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt) | $2.38/hr |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Full Scale**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 70 vCPU, 112.5 GB | **c5.2xlarge** (8vcpu/16GB) x 9 nodes<br/>72 vCPU, 144 GB<br/>[Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/5K/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128/5k-QuickStart-ARM-RDS-Redis_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-23_140128_results.txt) | $2.38/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 24 vCPU, 48 GB | c5.2xlarge x 7 | $1.85/hr |
Other combinations of node type and quantity can be used to meet the Grand Total. Due to the cpu and memory requirements of pods, hosts that are overly small may have significant unused capacity.
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| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM<br/>(Directly Usable in AWS Quick Start) | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
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**GPT Test Results**
-[10K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647_results.txt)
-[10K AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt)
-[10K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647_results.txt)
-[10K Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt)
Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results start with an idle scaled cluster and then start the standard GPT test to determine if the EKS Auto Scaler performs well enough to keep up with performance test demands. In general this is substantially harder ramping than the scaling required when the ramping is driven my normal production workloads.
**Deploy Now**
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| Supporting services such as NGINX, Prometheus, etc | [2 allocations](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cluster-topology) x ([2 vCPU and 7.5 GB](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cluster-topology))<br/>4 vCPU, 15 GB | | |
| **GitLab Ref Arch Raw Total K8s Node Capacity** | 128 vCPU, 158 GB | | |
| One Node for Overhead and Miscellaneous (EKS Cluster AutoScaler, Grafana, Prometheus, etc) | + 16 vCPU, 32GB | | |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Fully Scaled**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 142 vCPU, 190 GB | **c5.4xlarge** (16vcpu/32GB) x 9 nodes<br/>144 vCPU, 288GB<br/><br/>[Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647/GL-CloudNative-10k-RDS-Graviton_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-08_194647_results.txt) | $6.12/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 40 vCPU, 80 GB | c5.4xlarge x 7<br/><br/>[AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt) | $4.76/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 40 vCPU, 80 GB | c5.4xlarge x 7<br/><br/>[Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/10K/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139/GL-CloudNative-10k-AutoScaling-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-07-09_115139_results.txt) | $4.76/hr |
Other combinations of node type and quantity can be used to meet the Grand Total. Due to the cpu and memory requirements of pods, hosts that are overly small may have significant unused capacity.
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| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
| Gitaly Instances (in ASG) | 48 vCPU, 180GB<br/>([across 3 nodes](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections)) | **m5.4xlarge** x 3 nodes<br/>(48 vCPU, 180 GB) | $0.77 x 3 = $2.31/hr | [Gitaly & Praefect Must Have an Uneven Node Count for HA](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) |
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**GPT Test Results**
-[50K Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819_results.txt)
-[50K AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt)
-[50K Full Fixed Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819_results.txt)
-[50K Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt)
Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results start with an idle scaled cluster and then start the standard GPT test to determine if the EKS Auto Scaler performs well enough to keep up with performance test demands. In general this is substantially harder ramping than the scaling required when the ramping is driven my normal production workloads.
**Deploy Now**
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| Supporting services such as NGINX, Prometheus, etc | [2 allocations](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cluster-topology) x ([2 vCPU and 7.5 GB](../../administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md#cluster-topology))<br/>4 vCPU, 15 GB | | |
| **GitLab Ref Arch Raw Total K8s Node Capacity** | 428 vCPU, 533 GB | | |
| One Node for Overhead and Miscellaneous (EKS Cluster AutoScaler, Grafana, Prometheus, etc) | + 16 vCPU, 32GB | | |
| **Grand Total w/ Overheads Fully Scaled**<br/>Minimum hosts = 3 | 444 vCPU, 565 GB | **c5.4xlarge** (16vcpu/32GB) x 28 nodes<br/>448 vCPU, 896GB<br/><br/>[Full Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819/50k-Fixed-Scale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_172819_results.txt) | $19.04/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 40 vCPU, 80 GB | c5.2xlarge x 10<br/><br/>[AutoScale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt) | $6.80/hr |
| **Possible Idle Configuration (Scaled-In 75% - round up)**<br/>Pod autoscaling must be also adjusted to enable lower idling configuration. | 40 vCPU, 80 GB | c5.2xlarge x 10<br/><br/>[Elastic Auto Scale GPT Test Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/implementation-patterns/gitlab-cloud-native-hybrid-on-eks/-/blob/master/gitlab-alliances-testing/50K/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633/50k-AutoScale-Test_v13-12-3-ee_2021-08-13_192633.txt) | $6.80/hr |
Other combinations of node type and quantity can be used to meet the Grand Total. Due to the cpu and memory requirements of pods, hosts that are overly small may have significant unused capacity.
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| Non-Kubernetes Compute | Ref Arch Raw Total | AWS BOM | Example Cost<br/>US East, 3 AZ | Example Cost<br/>US East, 2 AZ |
| Gitaly Instances (in ASG) | 64 vCPU, 240GB x [3 nodes](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) | **m5.16xlarge** x 3 nodes<br/>(64 vCPU, 256 GB each) | $3.07 x 3 = $9.21/hr | [Gitaly & Praefect Must Have an Uneven Node Count for HA](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) |
| Praefect (Instances in ASG with load balancer) | 4 vCPU, 3.6 GB x [3 nodes](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) | **c5.xlarge** x 3 nodes<br/>(4 vCPU, 8 GB each) | $0.17 x 3 = $0.51/hr | [Gitaly & Praefect Must Have an Uneven Node Count for HA](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md#gitaly-and-praefect-elections) |
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# GitLab Site Reliability Engineering for AWS **(FREE SELF)**
## AWS known issues list
Known issues are gathered from within GitLab and from customer reported issues. Customers successfully implement GitLab with a variety of "as a Service" components that GitLab has not specifically been designed for, nor has ongoing testing for. While GitLab does take partner technologies very seriously, the highlighting of known issues here is a convenience for implementers and it does not imply that GitLab has targeted compatibility with, nor carries any type of guarantee of running on the partner technology where the issues occur. Please consult individual issues to understand GitLabs stance and plans on any given known issue.
See the [GitLab AWS known issues list](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/public-tracker/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=AWS+Known+Issue) for a complete list.
## Gitaly SRE considerations
Gitaly is an embedded service for Git Repository Storage. Gitaly and Gitaly Cluster have been engineered by GitLab to overcome fundamental challenges with horizontal scaling of the open source Git binaries that must be used on the service side of GitLab. Here is indepth technical reading on the topic:
info:To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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GitLab [Reference Architectures](../../administration/reference_architectures/index.md) give qualified and tested guidance on the recommended ways GitLab can be configured to meet the performance requirements of various workloads. Reference Architectures are purpose-designed to be non-implementation specific so they can be extrapolated to as many environments as possible. This generally means they have a highly-granular "machine" to "server role" specification and focus on system elements that impact performance. This is what enables Reference Architectures to be adaptable to the broadest number of supported implementations.
Implementation patterns are built on the foundational information and testing done for Reference Architectures and allow architects and implementers at GitLab, GitLab Customers, and GitLab Partners to build out deployments with less experimentation and a higher degree of confidence that the results will perform as expected.
Implementation patterns are built on the foundational information and testing done for Reference Architectures and allow architects and implementers at GitLab, GitLab Customers, and GitLab Partners to build out deployments with less experimentation and a higher degree of confidence that the results will perform as expected. A more thorough discussion of implementation patterns is below in [Additional details on implementation patterns](#additional-details-on-implementation-patterns).
## Implementation patterns information
## AWS Implementation patterns information
### Install GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS (HA)
The following are the currently available implementation patterns for GitLab when it is implemented on AWS.
[Provision GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS (HA)](gitlab_hybrid_on_aws.md). This document includes instructions, patterns, and automation for installing GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS. It also includes [Bill of Materials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_materials) listings and links to Infrastructure as Code. GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid is the supported way to put as much of GitLab as possible into Kubernetes.
### GitLab Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for AWS
### Install Omnibus GitLab on AWS EC2 (HA)
[GitLab Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for AWS](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md) - information for planning, implementing, upgrading and long term management of GitLab instances and runners on AWS.
[Omnibus GitLab on AWS EC2 (HA)](manual_install_aws.md) - instructions for installing GitLab on EC2 instances. Manual instructions from which you may build out a GitLab instance or create your own Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
### Patterns to Install GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS (HA)
### GitLab Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) for AWS
[Provision GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS (HA)](gitlab_hybrid_on_aws.md). This document includes instructions, patterns, and automation for installing GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid on AWS EKS. It also includes [Bill of Materials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_materials) listings and links to Infrastructure as Code. GitLab Cloud Native Hybrid is the supported way to put as much of GitLab as possible into Kubernetes.
[GitLab SRE Considerations for AWS](gitlab_sre_for_aws.md) - important information and known issues for planning, implementing, upgrading and long term management of GitLab instances and runners on AWS.
### Patterns to Install Omnibus GitLab on AWS EC2 (HA)
### EKS cluster provisioning best practices
[Omnibus GitLab on AWS EC2 (HA)](manual_install_aws.md) - instructions for installing GitLab on EC2 instances. Manual instructions to build a GitLab instance or create your own Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
### Patterns for EKS cluster provisioning
[EKS Cluster Provisioning Patterns](eks_clusters_aws.md) - considerations for setting up EKS cluster for runners and for integrating.
### Scaling HA GitLab Runner on AWS EC2 ASG
### Patterns for Scaling HA GitLab Runner on AWS EC2 ASG
The following repository is self-contained in regard to enabling this pattern: [GitLab HA Scaling Runner Vending Machine for AWS EC2 ASG](https://gitlab.com/guided-explorations/aws/gitlab-runner-autoscaling-aws-asg/). The [feature list for this implementation pattern](https://gitlab.com/guided-explorations/aws/gitlab-runner-autoscaling-aws-asg/-/blob/main/FEATURES.md) is good to review to understand the complete value it can deliver.
## AWS known issues list
Known issues are gathered from within GitLab and from customer reported issues. Customers successfully implement GitLab with a variety of "as a Service" components that GitLab has not specifically been designed for, nor has ongoing testing for. While GitLab does take partner technologies very seriously, the highlighting of known issues here is a convenience for implementers and it does not imply that GitLab has targeted compatibility with, nor carries any type of guarantee of running on the partner technology where the issues occur. Please consult individual issues to understand GitLabs stance and plans on any given known issue.
See the [GitLab AWS known issues list](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/alliances/aws/public-tracker/-/issues?label_name%5B%5D=AWS+Known+Issue) for a complete list.
## Additional details on implementation patterns
GitLab implementation patterns build upon [GitLab Reference Architectures](../../administration/reference_architectures/index.md) in the following ways.
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Platform as a Service options are a huge portion of the value provided by Cloud Platforms as they simplify operational complexity and reduce the SRE and security skilling required to operate advanced, highly available technology services. Implementation patterns can be prequalified against the partner PaaS options.
- Implementation patterns help implementers understand what PaaS options are known to work and how to choose between PaaS solutions when a single platform has more than one PaaS option for the same GitLab role (for example, AWS RDS versus AWS Aurora RDS).
- Implementation patterns help implementers understand what PaaS options are known to work and how to choose between PaaS solutions when a single platform has more than one PaaS option for the same GitLab role.
- For instance, where reference architectures do not have a specific recommendation on what technology is leveraged for GitLab outbound email services or what the sizing should be - a Reference Implementation may advise using a cloud providers Email as a Service (PaaS) and possibly even with specific settings.
