Installs GitLab Community Edition

Links:

• GitLab Install on Ubuntu 12.04: https://about.gitlab.com/downloads
  • sudo apt-get install curl openssh-server ca-certificates postfix
  • curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
  • sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce
  • sudo nano /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
  • sudo gitlab-ctl restart
  • Configure Apache
  • sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
  • sudo service apache2 restart
    • Username: root
    • Password: 5iveL!fe
• Trouble Shooting: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md
• Blog Install GitLab: http://paulshipley.id.au/blog/coding-tips/install-gitlab-on-ubuntu-14-04-using-apache2
• GitLab / SSL / Apache: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/blob/master/web-server/apache/gitlab-ssl.conf
• GitLab other webserver: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/nginx.md
• Ansible Sample: https://gitlab.xarif.de/thomass/ansible_roles/tree/master/thomass.gitlab
• CI Samples: http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html
• Runner installation: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/tree/master

Additional issues that helped to resolve the configuration:

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3262
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/3262
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/tree/master/web-server/apache

Prepareing target hosts:

• Copy pdevop:/home/gitlab-runner/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to authenticated keys on target host
• ssh-keygen on target and paste the public key into deployment keys on gitlab

Preparing gitlab-runner:

• Configure Ansible with vault and password

Preparing gitlab-lfs:

• see http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.html
• gitlab_rails['lfs_enabled'] = false
• gitlab_rails['lfs_storage_path'] = "/mnt/storage/lfs-objects"

GitLab LFS client install and usage:

• https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs/install
• http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.html

Gitlab Kanban

• http://kanban.leanlabs.io
• https://gitlab.com/leanlabsio/kanban

Tips & Tricks

• Database Console: sudo -u gitlab-psql /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/psql -h /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/ gitlabhq_production
• Mattermost CLI: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/mattermost/i18n and then sudo -u mattermost /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/mattermost -config=/var/opt/gitlab/mattermost/config.json -help