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Gitlab

Download location: https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce
Archive versions: https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/archives/
Configure Gitlab's web server: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/nginx.md

Get installed version info 

gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

See logs: 

gitlab-ctl tail # all logs
 
tail -f /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log
gitlab-rake gitlab:app:check
gitlab-rake gitlab --tasks
gitlab-rails console

Restart services without downtime 

sudo gitlab-ctl hup unicorn
sudo gitlab-ctl hup puma
sudo gitlab-ctl restart sidekiq
sudo gitlab-ctl hup nginx

Start / stop / enable / disable

gitlab-ctl stop
gitlab-ctl start
 
systemctl disable gitlab-runsvdir.service
systemctl enable gitlab-runsvdir.service

Configuration

| /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
# will be started on :80 port
external_url "http://gitlab.example.com"
 
external_port "8888"
 
# will be started on :443 port
# by default certificate file same as hostname is required:
#   /etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.key
#   /etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.crt 
external_url "https://gitlab.example.com"
# redirect http to https
nginx['redirect_http_to_https'] = true
 
 
external_url "https://gitlab.example.com:2443"
nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.crt"
nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.key"
 
 
git_data_dir "/mnt/nas/git-data"
| /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "username"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "gmail.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
 
# If your SMTP server does not like the default 'From: gitlab@localhost' you
# can change the 'From' with this setting.
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_from'] = 'gitlab.mydomain.org'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_display_name'] = 'MyDomain.org Gitlab'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_email_reply_to'] = 'username@gmail.com'
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Uninstall

# Stop gitlab and remove its supervision process
sudo gitlab-ctl uninstall
 
# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -r gitlab

Gitlab 7.4 empty repos issue

It is not possible to restore backup with empty repos.
Issue described here Restore issue with empty projects

gitlab:check errors

Projects have satellites? ... 
4/1 ... no
  Try fixing it:
  sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:satellites:create RAILS_ENV=production
  If necessary, remove the tmp/repo_satellites directory ...
  ... and rerun the above command
  For more information see:
  doc/raketasks/maintenance.md 
  Please fix the error above and rerun the checks.
4/2 ... no

Ubuntu Precise Gitlab 7.4 update

* Create LXC container with the same version as your working gitlab instance

* Update Gitlab to latest version

* Make backup

* Create LXC container with latest Ubuntu Xenial release

Issues

undefined method `tree' for #<Rugged::Tag

After update gitlab-ce:amd64 12.7.6-ce.0 to 12.8.1-ce.0. Problem browsing repo files when TAG is selected. 

tail -f /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log
NoMethodError (undefined method `tree' for #<Rugged::Tag::Annotation:0x00007f8981373c70>):
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/tree.rb:79:in `get_tree_entries_from_rugged'
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/tree.rb:37:in `tree_entries_from_rugged'
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/tree.rb:26:in `tree_entries_with_flat_path_from_rugged'
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/use_rugged.rb:28:in `block in execute_rugged_call'
  lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/storage_settings.rb:31:in `block in allow_disk_access'
  lib/gitlab/temporarily_allow.rb:9:in `temporarily_allow'
  lib/gitlab/gitaly_client/storage_settings.rb:31:in `allow_disk_access'
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/use_rugged.rb:25:in `execute_rugged_call'
  lib/gitlab/git/rugged_impl/tree.rb:19:in `tree_entries'
  lib/gitlab/git/tree.rb:21:in `where'
  app/models/tree.rb:17:in `initialize'
  app/models/repository.rb:673:in `new'
  app/models/repository.rb:673:in `tree'
  app/graphql/resolvers/tree_resolver.rb:23:in `resolve'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:40:in `with_labkit_tracing'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:30:in `platform_trace'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:40:in `with_labkit_tracing'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:30:in `platform_trace'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:40:in `with_labkit_tracing'
  lib/gitlab/graphql/generic_tracing.rb:30:in `platform_trace'
  app/graphql/gitlab_schema.rb:39:in `multiplex'
  app/controllers/graphql_controller.rb:41:in `execute_multiplex'
  app/controllers/graphql_controller.rb:19:in `execute'
  app/controllers/application_controller.rb:478:in `set_current_admin'
  lib/gitlab/i18n.rb:55:in `with_locale'
  lib/gitlab/i18n.rb:61:in `with_user_locale'
  app/controllers/application_controller.rb:463:in `set_locale'
  lib/gitlab/application_context.rb:46:in `block in use'
  lib/gitlab/application_context.rb:46:in `use'
  lib/gitlab/application_context.rb:19:in `with_context'
  app/controllers/application_controller.rb:454:in `set_current_context'
  lib/gitlab/error_tracking.rb:34:in `with_context'
  app/controllers/application_controller.rb:554:in `sentry_context'
  lib/gitlab/request_profiler/middleware.rb:17:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/go.rb:20:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/etag_caching/middleware.rb:13:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/multipart.rb:117:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/read_only/controller.rb:53:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/read_only.rb:18:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/basic_health_check.rb:25:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/request_context.rb:23:in `call'
  config/initializers/fix_local_cache_middleware.rb:9:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/metrics/requests_rack_middleware.rb:49:in `call'
  lib/gitlab/middleware/release_env.rb:12:in `call'

/var/opt/gitlab perm

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/2374 https://github.com/gitlabhq/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/docker/assets/update-permissions https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/docker/assets/update-permissions

FQDN issue

ERROR: External URL must include a FQDN

external_url = 'gitlab.thefallenphoenix.net'
external_url = 'gitlab.thefallenphoenix.net'

500 error webhooks

After pressing Test –> Push events, gitlab shows 500 ERROR page. 

# gitlab-ctl tail

==> /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log <==

URI::InvalidURIError (URI::InvalidURIError):
  lib/gitlab/proxy_http_connection_adapter.rb:14:in `connection'
  app/services/web_hook_service.rb:73:in `make_request'
  app/services/web_hook_service.rb:26:in `execute'
  app/models/hooks/web_hook.rb:10:in `execute'
  app/services/test_hooks/base_service.rb:22:in `block in execute'
New security settigns was added. To allow remote network operations you should enable it in admin settings:
Outbound requests --> Allow requests to the local network from hooks and services
 
 
gitlab-rake check

[WARNING] Executing 4:Deadline Exceeded

During backup: 

...
 * project/repo ... [WARNING] Executing 4:Deadline Exceeded
Ignoring error on project/repo - Failed to backup repo
[DONE]
...

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/46721 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49690

Fixed https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/20810/diffs

The issue originally refers to the HasLocalBranches RPC which operates under the 'fast timeout' with a default of 10s. That is a very very generous timeout for running git for-each-ref –count=1 refs/heads. The most likely cause for the original issue is some sort of small outage, which is exactly what the timeouts are for.

Introduced already in version 12.4.0 After upgrading to 12.4.0, timeouts while backing up large repos cam back