Install and Configure GitLab on Ubuntu 16.04

Dependencies

Run to the below command to install the GitLab dependencies.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl openssh-server postfix

When prompted, select Internet Site when configuring Postfix.

Postfix - Mail Type
Postfix – Mail Type

Enter the FQDN.

Postfix - enter FQDN
Postfix – enter FQDN

Installing GitLab

GitLab provides a bash script that add their repository for you. Just download it and run it.

cd /tmp
curl -LO https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh
sudo bash /tmp/script.deb.sh

Now you can install the GitLab package using the apt-get package manager.

sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce

Configuring GitLab

You need to first edit the configuration file.

sudo vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

I added the following line to define my primary hostname and URL.

external_url 'https://repo.dummydomains.org.uk'

I also enabled letsencrypt. If you do, make sure the DNS is setup already.

letsencrypt['enable'] = true
letsencrypt['contact_emails'] = ['[email protected]']
letsencrypt['auto_renew'] = true
letsencrypt['auto_renew_hour'] = "3"
letsencrypt['auto_renew_minute'] = "30"
letsencrypt['auto_renew_day_of_month'] = "*/7"

This will auto-renew at 3:30 AM every seventh day. Now run the below command to bring about your changes.

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

If all was successful, you should see gitlab Reconfigured! on the last line of output.

Browse to the URL and change your password.

GitLab - Change Password
GitLab – Change Password

Then log in with the root user and the password you just created.

GitLab - Sign In
GitLab – Sign In

GitLab is now installed!

GitLab - Sign In
GitLab – Sign In

It’s time to start configuring it! You may want to look at preventing people signing up.

Resources

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-gitlab-on-ubuntu-16-04
https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/
https://about.gitlab.com/installation/#ubuntu
https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#enable-https
https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/ssl.html#let-39-s-encrypt-integration
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-install-and-configure-gitlab-on-ubuntu-16-04/
https://tecadmin.net/install-gitlab-ce-on-ubuntu/
https://hostpresto.com/community/tutorials/install-and-configure-gitlab-on-ubuntu-16-04/

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