GitLab migration journey from SaaS cloud to secure self-hosted infrastructure with OIDC/SAML authentication

GitLab Migration Guide: SaaS to Self-Hosted in 5 Weeks

How Team Mavericks at DevOps Den migrated 100+ GitLab projects behind the corporate firewall—complete with the challenges faced, lessons learned, and production-ready automation scripts that got them across the finish line

January 17, 2026 · Uttam Jaiswal
Traditional servers transforming into Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters

Servers to Containers: Migration Beyond Docker Run

Container migration looks deceptively simple. The real challenge isn’t running docker run - it’s doing it the right way for enterprise-grade results.

December 24, 2025 · Uttam Jaiswal
Breaking free from chained SaaS cloud to self-hosted GitLab with security shield

Breaking Free: SaaS GitLab to Self-Hosted Migration

A security audit exposed access control gaps in our SaaS GitLab. Here’s how we migrated to self-hosted GitLab, integrated with our corporate IDAM, and took control of our DevOps destiny.

December 19, 2025 · Uttam Jaiswal