GitLab Integration
Looking for a software development lifecycle management platform that integrates seamlessly with GitLab, look no further. SpiraTeam integrates with GitLab on multiple levels to provide end to end traceability and a single pane of glass for all development, testing, and project management activities. SpiraTeam integrates the code, workflows, pipelines and issue tracking from GitLab into a single dashboard.
GitLab Integration
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides a complete end-to-end solution for managing the entire software development lifecycle—from planning and source code management to continuous integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD). Like GitHub, it’s built around the Git version control system, allowing teams to collaborate on code, track changes, and manage different versions efficiently. However, GitLab goes further by integrating project management tools, automated testing, and security scanning within a single application, enabling developers and organizations to streamline workflows without needing multiple separate tools.
What makes GitLab distinctive is its focus on self-hosting, security, and DevSecOps integration. Teams can run GitLab on their own servers or use its cloud-hosted version, giving them flexibility in compliance and data control. It includes built-in CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, container registry, and monitoring capabilities—all designed to reduce friction between development, operations, and security teams.
SpiraTeam integrates with GitLab in three main ways, enabling seamless synchronization between software development and lifecycle management:
- Source Code Integration (GitLab Repositories)
- Issue & Pull Request Synchronization
- Continuous Integration / DevOps Pipelines
Source Code Integration (GitLab Repositories)
SpiraTeam connects directly to GitLab repositories, allowing you to associate commits, branches, and pull requests with requirements, tasks, incidents, and test cases in SpiraTeam. This integration provides full end-to-end traceability — so every code change can be linked back to its originating requirement or defect.
Developers can include artifact IDs (like RQ123 or IN456) in their commit messages, and SpiraTeam automatically updates the corresponding items with commit details.
Issue and Task Synchronization
Using Inflectra’s dedicated GitLab data synchronization plugin, SpiraTeam can automatically synchronize issues and tasks with the corresponding artifacts in SpiraTeam. For example, creating or closing a GitLab issue can update a linked incident or task in SpiraTeam.
This enables real-time collaboration between development and QA teams and ensures consistency across systems.
Continuous Integration / DevOps Pipelines:
SpiraTeam integrates with GitLab CI/CD pipelines to capture build and test results. Each pipeline run in GitLab can automatically post its results back to SpiraTeam, associating build artifacts and test reports with the correct release, test set, or requirement. This provides real-time visibility into build health, test coverage, and release readiness, closing the loop between planning, coding, testing, and deployment
In addition, a dedicated GitLab SpiraApp lets test managers in SpiraTeam proactively launch GitLab Pipelines directly from the convenience of SpiraTeam:
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