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<title > Gitlab</title>
<para >
Gitlab is a feature-rich git hosting service.
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<section xml:id= "module-services-gitlab-prerequisites" >
<title > Prerequisites</title>
<para >
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The gitlab service exposes only an Unix socket at <literal > /run/gitlab/gitlab-workhorse.socket</literal> . You need to configure a webserver to proxy HTTP requests to the socket.
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</para>
<para >
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For instance, the following configuration could be used to use nginx as frontend proxy:
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<programlisting >
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<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.enable" > services.nginx</link> = {
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.enable" > enable</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.recommendedGzipSettings" > recommendedGzipSettings</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.recommendedOptimisation" > recommendedOptimisation</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.recommendedProxySettings" > recommendedProxySettings</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.recommendedTlsSettings" > recommendedTlsSettings</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts" > virtualHosts</link> ."git.example.com" = {
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.enableACME" > enableACME</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.forceSSL" > forceSSL</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.nginx.virtualHosts._name_.locations._name_.proxyPass" > locations."/".proxyPass</link> = "http://unix:/run/gitlab/gitlab-workhorse.socket";
};
};
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</programlisting>
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</para>
</section>
<section xml:id= "module-services-gitlab-configuring" >
<title > Configuring</title>
<para >
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Gitlab depends on both PostgreSQL and Redis and will automatically enable both services. In the case of PostgreSQL, a database and a role will be created.
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</para>
<para >
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The default state dir is <literal > /var/gitlab/state</literal> . This is where all data like the repositories and uploads will be stored.
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</para>
<para >
A basic configuration with some custom settings could look like this:
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<programlisting >
services.gitlab = {
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.enable" > enable</link> = true;
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.databasePasswordFile" > databasePasswordFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/db_password";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.initialRootPasswordFile" > initialRootPasswordFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/root_password";
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.https" > https</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.host" > host</link> = "git.example.com";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.port" > port</link> = 443;
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.user" > user</link> = "git";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.group" > group</link> = "git";
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smtp = {
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.smtp.enable" > enable</link> = true;
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.smtp.address" > address</link> = "localhost";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.smtp.port" > port</link> = 25;
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};
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secrets = {
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.secrets.dbFile" > dbFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/db";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.secrets.secretFile" > secretFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/secret";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.secrets.otpFile" > otpFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/otp";
<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.secrets.jwsFile" > jwsFile</link> = "/var/keys/gitlab/jws";
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};
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<link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.extraConfig" > extraConfig</link> = {
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gitlab = {
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email_from = "gitlab-no-reply@example.com";
email_display_name = "Example GitLab";
email_reply_to = "gitlab-no-reply@example.com";
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default_projects_features = { builds = false; };
};
};
};
</programlisting>
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</para>
<para >
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If you're setting up a new Gitlab instance, generate new secrets. You for instance use <literal > tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c 128 > /var/keys/gitlab/db</literal> to generate a new db secret. Make sure the files can be read by, and only by, the user specified by <link
linkend="opt-services.gitlab.user">services.gitlab.user</link> . Gitlab encrypts sensitive data stored in the database. If you're restoring an existing Gitlab instance, you must specify the secrets secret from <literal > config/secrets.yml</literal> located in your Gitlab state folder.
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</para>
<para >
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Refer to <xref linkend= "ch-options" /> for all available configuration options for the <link linkend= "opt-services.gitlab.enable" > services.gitlab</link> module.
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</para>
</section>
<section xml:id= "module-services-gitlab-maintenance" >
<title > Maintenance</title>
<para >
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You can run Gitlab's rake tasks with <literal > gitlab-rake</literal> which will be available on the system when gitlab is enabled. You will have to run the command as the user that you configured to run gitlab with.
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</para>
<para >
For example, to backup a Gitlab instance:
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<screen >
<prompt > $ </prompt> sudo -u git -H gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
</screen>
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A list of all availabe rake tasks can be obtained by running:
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<screen >
<prompt > $ </prompt> sudo -u git -H gitlab-rake -T
</screen>
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</para>
</section>
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