This page summarises the differences between GitLab for Confluence (Data Center) and GitLab for Confluence (Cloud).
Connection
|
Capability |
Data Center |
Cloud |
|---|---|---|
|
Connect via GitLab Personal Access Token |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Global (admin-level) connection |
✅ |
✅ |
|
Per-user (personal) connection |
✅ |
❌ |
|
Multiple integrations support |
✅ |
❌ |
Supported macros
|
Macro name |
DC |
Cloud |
|---|---|---|
|
GitLab Builds |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Commit |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Epic |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab File content |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Repository |
❌ |
✅ |
|
GitLab Groups List |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Issue |
✅ |
✅ |
|
GitLab Issues Gantt Chart |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Issues List |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Merge Request |
❌ |
✅ |
|
GitLab Merge Requests list |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Milestone |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
Gitlab Milestones |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Snippet |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Release |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Projects List |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
|
GitLab Project |
✅ |
❌ Not yet supported |
Global configuration settings
|
Setting |
Data Center |
Cloud |
|---|---|---|
|
Request timeout (duration (in seconds) before a macro call times out) |
✅ |
❌ |
|
Allowed spaces (restrict macros to specific Confluence spaces) |
✅ |
❌ |
|
Forbidden spaces (prevent macros from being used in specific Confluence spaces) |
✅ |
❌ |
|
Automatically convert GitLab links into macros |
✅ |
❌ Not configurable on Cloud, auto-conversion is always on |
|
Macro Default Settings (administrator-defined default values applied to GitLab macros) |
✅ |
❌ |
Hosting & deployment
|
Capability |
Data Center |
Cloud |
|---|---|---|
|
Works with http://gitlab.com (SaaS GitLab) |
✅ Yes |
✅ Yes |
|
Works with self-hosted, internet-reachable GitLab |
✅ Yes |
✅ Yes |
|
Works with self-hosted GitLab that is not reachable from the internet |
✅ Yes |
❌ |
Need help?
If you have questions about the differences above, please contact the Move Work Forward Support team. We'll be glad to help.