GLabIT (pronounced like "rabbit") is a custom IT automation platform to improve our operational efficiency for back office background jobs, change management, provisioning and deprovisioning, and reporting tasks.
This handbook page provides an overview, however you will find all of the technical details on the GLabIT Documentation Site.
In the past, we used the IT CLI Scripts that were installed on each team member's computer and had API tokens to different systems. GLabIT moves from a client-only model to a client-server API middleware model for running scripts, with the added benefit of scheduled background jobs.
As we mature our operations, GLabIT will be a centralized platform to host our new Level 3 and Level 4 automations that are more complex than a no-code integration.
GLabIT is a platform that hosts many automation related (micro-)services and scripts. You can learn more about each service on the respective documentation or handbook page.
| Team | Service | Roadmap Status |
|---|---|---|
it-eng |
ARCHIE Directory | FY23-Q2 (WIP) |
it-eng |
ARCHIE Group Policies | FY23-Q2 (WIP) |
it-eng |
ARCHIE Group Provisioner | FY23-Q2 (WIP) |
it-eng |
HackyStack | FY23-Q3 (Planned) |
it-eng |
IT Ops CLI Scripts | FY23-Q3 (Planned) |
it-eng |
Demo Systems | FY23-Q3 (Planned) |
it-eng |
Training Systems | FY23-Q3 (Planned) |
This is an early incubation project. We are in the process of onboarding team members from IT Security, People Ops, Security Automation, Security Compliance, and Vulnerability Management to be able to contribute and/or migrate their scripts to this consolidated platform. Feel free to add projects to this list.
This is an early incubation project. Contact Jeff Martin for details on getting started with GLabIT. This will be updated as we reach alpha and beta stability (see the roadmap).
These dates are subject to change. Please collaborate with Jeff Martin before using these dates as committments for other dependencies or projects.
| Date | Target |
|---|---|
| 2023-03-17 | code glabit-cli v0.1 Release |
| 2023-03-24 | code glabit-cli v0.2 Release |
| 2023-04-14 | infra glabit-dev.gitlab.systems Live (Fake PII Data) |
| 2023-04-14 | code glabit-api v0.1 Release |
| 2023-04-24 | code glabit-api v0.2 Release |
| 2023-04-28 | code glabit-api + cli v0.3 Release |
| 2023-05-05 | release v0.4 Alpha Release (glabit-stg.gitlab.systems) (Fake PII Data) |
| 2023-05-05 | docs glabit-docs Updated with Alpha Release |
| 2023-05-05 | docs Handbook Page Updated |
| 2023-05-09 | collab AppSec Review Kickoff |
| 2023-05-09 | collab Compliance Review Kickoff |
| 2023-05-09 | collab Contributor Code Orientation |
| 2023-05-16 | collab Start Weekly Office Hours / AMA (12 Weeks) |
| 2023-05-19 | code v0.5 Release |
| 2023-06-02 | code v0.6 Release |
| Early June | collab Release Readiness Security Review Complete |
| Early June | infra glabit.gitlab.systems Live (Prod, Real PII Data) |
| Early June | code v0.7 Beta Release (glabit.gitlab.systems) |
| Early June | migrate Provisioning Testing with Sales Groups (EBA team) |
| June | migrate Start Migrating Baseline Entitlements Groups |
| May-June | docs Tutorial Videos Live (Rolling Releases) |
| Mid June | code v0.8 Release |
| Late June | code v0.9 Release |
| July | migrate Finish migrating Google Groups to ARCHIE |
| Mid July | code v0.10 Release |
| Mid-Late July | code v0.11 Release |
| TBD | migrate Finish migrating Slack Groups to ARCHIE |
| TBD | migrate Finish migrating Slack Channels to ARCHIE |
| TBD | migrate Finish migrating GitLab.com Groups |
| TBD | code v0.x Releases |
| TBD | code v1.0 Release |
