GitLab Dashboard

GitLab Dashboard is a Ruby-based application designed to provide an intuitive and comprehensive dashboard for managing GitLab merge requests.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Observability
• License

Features

• Visualize GitLab merge requests, review progress, and deployment progress.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Ruby version: 3.0.0 or higher
• System dependencies: Ensure you have Git and Node.js installed

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/pedropombeiro/gitlab-dashboard.git
   cd gitlab-dashboard

2. Install dependencies:

   bundle install
   npm install

   or, using mise:

   mise run install

3. Create and initialize the database:

   rails db:create
   rails db:migrate
   rails db:seed

Usage

Run the application locally:

bin/dev

Access the application at http://localhost:3000.

Observability

This project includes OpenTelemetry instrumentation for distributed tracing, metrics, and logs correlation.

Quick Start (Local Development)

Start the full observability stack with Docker Compose:

docker compose up

This starts the application along with:

• Grafana: http://localhost:3001 (admin/admin)
• Prometheus: http://localhost:9090
• Tempo: Trace storage (accessed via Grafana)
• Loki: Log aggregation (accessed via Grafana)

A pre-configured Rails dashboard is automatically available in Grafana.

For detailed setup instructions, configuration options, and production deployment, see docs/observability.md.

For planned improvements and enhancement ideas, see docs/observability-roadmap.md.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
5. Open a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.