Despite being deprecated, the recommended way for installing GitLab integrated applications is by the GitLab CI/CD method presented below. We are working on a [cluster management project template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/327908) with a simple upgrade path from the CI/CD based method.
## Install using GitLab CI/CD (DEPRECATED)
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/20822) in GitLab 12.6.