[azmenthe]

I set this up for use at my previous firm and it was extremely difficult and that was 2 years ago (so version 1 or 2 I think).

It was great once it finally was up and running but I'd only recommend it if you have a legitimate intellectual property concern and can't use github enterprise.

[sytse]

GitLab.com co-founder here. Installation got a lot simpler since 5.0 when you no longer had to install gitolite as well. I hope your upgrade will be smooth.