Moving from Azure to Google Cloud Platform

previously: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17341508" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17341508</a>

Kubernetes? Yeah right... The reasons are very clear: 1) GitHub being acquired by Microsoft. 2) Google is an investor in GitLab (through GV).

I understand that Gitlab helm charts are now beta in 11.0, does it also mean Gitlab is fully running on Kubernetes on Azure (there&#x27;s no mention of AKS)?<p>I wonder if they&#x27;ll also publish the difference in cost between the two platforms.

For everyone saying this is a political decision, I don&#x27;t see why Gitlab would be afraid of being political, especially seeing as a lot of developers were annoyed&#x2F;angered at the Microsoft buyout.<p>I also can&#x27;t see on a technical level a company planning this kind of maintenance operation this quickly. It would be reckless.

They claim this is because of their focus on Kubernetes, but I have to wonder how much of this has to do with Microsoft acquiring Github. That aside, that&#x27;s a tough slight for AKS.

The irony of GitLab running on Microsoft and GitHub not.

btw, this was announced in April, before the GitHub acquisition.<p>Credit to detaro (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17393538" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17393538</a>) for this tidbit.

First announced in April.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.gitlab.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;05&#x2F;gke-gitlab-integration&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.gitlab.com&#x2F;2018&#x2F;04&#x2F;05&#x2F;gke-gitlab-integration&#x2F;</a>

It would be interesting to see details of the performance issues motivating this.

How did they end up on Azure in the first place? Any Gitlabbers here that know the story?

Who’s surprised? They can’t afford to run on their biggest competitor’s platform.