diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index a9d8ac4..85f13f5 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -70,14 +70,16 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :sendmail
   # Defaults to:
-  # # config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings = {
-  # #   location: '/usr/sbin/sendmail',
-  # #   arguments: '-i -t'
-  # # }
+  config.action_mailer.sendmail_settings = {
+    location: '/run/wrappers/sendmail',
+    arguments: '-i -t'
+  }
   config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
   config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
 
   config.eager_load = true
 
   config.allow_concurrency = false
+
+  config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
 end
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index 1470a6e..1b2660d 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ production: &base
   # CAUTION!
   # Use the default values unless you really know what you are doing
   git:
-    bin_path: /usr/bin/git
+    bin_path: git
     # The next value is the maximum memory size grit can use
     # Given in number of bytes per git object (e.g. a commit)
     # This value can be increased if you have very large commits
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index 195108b..e55b11d 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Settings.gitlab['user']       ||= 'git'
 Settings.gitlab['user_home']  ||= begin
   Etc.getpwnam(Settings.gitlab['user']).dir
 rescue ArgumentError # no user configured
-  '/home/' + Settings.gitlab['user']
+  '/homeless-shelter'
 end
 Settings.gitlab['time_zone'] ||= nil
 Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'] ||= true if Settings.gitlab['signup_enabled'].nil?
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Settings.backup['upload']['encryption'] ||= nil
 #
 Settings['git'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
 Settings.git['max_size']  ||= 20971520 # 20.megabytes
-Settings.git['bin_path']  ||= '/usr/bin/git'
+Settings.git['bin_path']  ||= 'git'
 Settings.git['timeout']   ||= 10
 
 # Important: keep the satellites.path setting until GitLab 9.0 at
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/logger.rb b/lib/gitlab/logger.rb
index 59b2114..4f4a39a 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/logger.rb
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def self.read_latest
-      path = Rails.root.join("log", file_name)
+      path = File.join(ENV["GITLAB_LOG_PATH"], file_name)
       self.build unless File.exist?(path)
       tail_output, _ = Gitlab::Popen.popen(%W(tail -n 2000 #{path}))
       tail_output.split("\n")
     end
 
     def self.read_latest_for(filename)
-      path = Rails.root.join("log", filename)
+      path = File.join(ENV["GITLAB_LOG_PATH"], filename)
       tail_output, _ = Gitlab::Popen.popen(%W(tail -n 2000 #{path}))
       tail_output.split("\n")
     end
 
     def self.build
-      new(Rails.root.join("log", file_name))
+      new(File.join(ENV["GITLAB_LOG_PATH"], file_name))
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/uploads_transfer.rb b/lib/gitlab/uploads_transfer.rb
index be8fcc7..7642d74 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/uploads_transfer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/uploads_transfer.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     def root_dir
-      File.join(Rails.root, "public", "uploads")
+      ENV['GITLAB_UPLOADS_PATH'] || File.join(Rails.root, "public", "uploads")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
index 5f4a6bb..01b4cfd 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/check.rake
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
     def check_log_writable
       print "Log directory writable? ... "
 
-      log_path = Rails.root.join("log")
+      log_path = ENV["GITLAB_LOG_PATH"]
 
       if File.writable?(log_path)
         puts "yes".color(:green)
@@ -263,10 +263,11 @@ namespace :gitlab do
     def check_uploads
       print "Uploads directory setup correctly? ... "
 
-      unless File.directory?(Rails.root.join('public/uploads'))
+      uploads_dir = ENV['GITLAB_UPLOADS_PATH'] || Rails.root.join('public/uploads')
+      unless File.directory?(uploads_dir)
         puts "no".color(:red)
         try_fixing_it(
-          "sudo -u #{gitlab_user} mkdir #{Rails.root}/public/uploads"
+          "sudo -u #{gitlab_user} mkdir #{uploads_dir}"
         )
         for_more_information(
           see_installation_guide_section "GitLab"
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
         return
       end
 
-      upload_path = File.realpath(Rails.root.join('public/uploads'))
+      upload_path = File.realpath(Rails.root.join(uploads_dir))
       upload_path_tmp = File.join(upload_path, 'tmp')
 
       if File.stat(upload_path).mode == 040700