# Information about gitlab.mattermost.com
**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [November 19, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529 "2015-11-19T19:49:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@akhmerov](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/akhmerov)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/1 "2015-11-19T19:49:08Z")
Right now [gitlab.mattermost.com](http://gitlab.mattermost.com) has blank documentation (I mean ToS / privacy / help /support). So I’d like to know what’s the idea behind it. Is it intended to last? Is there an easy way to migrate the data out of it?
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### Author:  [@it33](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/it33)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/2 "2015-11-20T03:02:03Z")
Hi @akhmerov,
As discussed on this forum, [gitlab.mattermost.com](http://gitlab.mattermost.com) is intended to be a test server for pre-released versions of Mattermost.
While we’ve thought about providing a hosting server some day, right now it’s a test server and team creation is only enabled during monthly test periods, when pre-released versions are loaded.
There’s a wide range of install guides to self-host Mattermost available for you to set up something similar on your own servers, and providers like [Rose Host](https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/install-mattermost-on-an-ubuntu-vps/) who are offering manage Mattermost instances.
Thanks for reporting broken links, they’re fixed now.
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### Author:  [@akhmerov](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/akhmerov)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/3 "2015-11-20T19:30:05Z")
Hi @it33,
Thanks for the explanation. It doesn’t look like the links are fixed. I mean the links at the bottom of the page here: [https://gitlab.mattermost.com/community](https://gitlab.mattermost.com/community). They do all lead somewhere, but all four lead to a copy of [https://gitlab.mattermost.com/static/help/about.html](https://gitlab.mattermost.com/static/help/about.html) (which doesn’t contain any ToS or privacy).
I guess my problem with the installation is that I really miss something intermediate between the test docker container and the 3-server production deployment (I’ve a team of under 20 people and no dedicated server). The unofficial docker image `lazyfrosch/mattermost` seems to go in that way, but it seems very obsolete. Any pointers would be very appreciated.
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### Author:  [@it33](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/it33)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/4 "2015-11-24T07:02:19Z")
Hi @akhmerov,
We had one person fix the links and unfortunately shortly after another engineer updated the site to v1.2.1, which broke the links again.
Have you considered the pre-installed Amazon AMI on [http://www.mattermost.org/installation/](http://www.mattermost.org/installation/)?
It’s v1.1 right now, and we’re planning on upgrading it to v1.2.1.
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### Author:  [@akhmerov](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/akhmerov)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/5 "2015-11-26T19:49:38Z")
In the end we decided to go with gitlab-mattermost, since it’s provided as one in all package, and we have access to a powerful local workstation.
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### Author:  [@it33](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/it33)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/information-about-gitlab-mattermost-com/529/6 "2015-11-26T20:10:00Z")
Perfect, yeah, the GitLab omnibus is a great way to setup Mattermost as well.