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Installing Gitlab
# Gitlab 5.1: https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/5-1-stable/doc/install/installation.md
# Set up an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server.
# Use ap-southeast-1b: spot pricing is smoother
# Log in as ubuntu@
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
# Install the required packages.
# For Postfix, select options: Internet > gitlab. Ensure that /etc/postfix/main.cf does not have gramener.com
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl git-core openssh-server redis-server postfix checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev
# Install Ruby
# ------------
mkdir /tmp/ruby && cd /tmp/ruby
curl --progress http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.3-p327.tar.gz | tar xz
cd ruby-1.9.3-p327
./configure
make
sudo make install
# Install the bundler gem
sudo gem install bundler
# Gitlab Shell
# ------------
# Create a git user for gitlab
sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'GitLab' git
# Clone gitlab shell and set up the config file
sudo su -l git -c "cd /home/git && git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-shell.git"
sudo su -l git -c "cd /home/git/gitlab-shell && git checkout v1.3.0 && cp config.yml.example config.yml"
# Edit config and replace gitlab_url
# with something like 'http://domain.com/'
sudo su -l git -c 'cd /home/git/gitlab-shell && sed -i "s/localhost/git.gramener.com/" config.yml'
sudo su -l git -c "cd /home/git/gitlab-shell && ./bin/install"
# MySQL
# -----
password=somerandompassword
echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password $password | sudo debconf-set-selections
echo mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password $password | sudo debconf-set-selections
# To reset password
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.5
# Install the database packages
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev
# Login to MySQL
mysql -u root -p <<EOF
CREATE USER 'gitlab'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$password';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`gitlabhq_production\` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET \`utf8\` COLLATE \`utf8_unicode_ci\`;
GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER ON \`gitlabhq_production\`.* TO 'gitlab'@'localhost';
EOF
# Try connecting to the new database with the new user
sudo -u git -H mysql -u gitlab -p -D gitlabhq_production
# We'll install GitLab into home directory of the user "git"
cd /home/git
# Clone GitLab repository
sudo -u git -H git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.git gitlab
# Go to gitlab dir
cd /home/git/gitlab
# Checkout to stable release
sudo -u git -H git checkout 5-1-stable
# Copy the example GitLab config
sudo -u git -H cp config/gitlab.yml.example config/gitlab.yml
# Make sure to change "localhost" to the fully-qualified domain name of your
# host serving GitLab where necessary
sudo -u git -H sed -i "s/localhost/git.gramener.com/" config/gitlab.yml
sudo -u git -H sed -i "s/@git.gramener.com/@gramener.com/" config/gitlab.yml
# Make sure GitLab can write to the log/ and tmp/ directories
sudo chown -R git log/
sudo chown -R git tmp/
sudo chmod -R u+rwX log/
sudo chmod -R u+rwX tmp/
# Create directory for satellites
sudo -u git -H mkdir /home/git/gitlab-satellites
# Create directories for sockets/pids and make sure GitLab can write to them
sudo -u git -H mkdir tmp/pids/
sudo -u git -H mkdir tmp/sockets/
sudo chmod -R u+rwX tmp/pids/
sudo chmod -R u+rwX tmp/sockets/
# Create public/uploads directory otherwise backup will fail
sudo -u git -H mkdir public/uploads
sudo chmod -R u+rwX public/uploads
# Copy the example Puma config
sudo -u git -H cp config/puma.rb.example config/puma.rb
# Mysql
sudo -u git cp config/database.yml.mysql config/database.yml
sudo -u git sed -i "s/username:.*/username: gitlab/" config/database.yml
sudo -u git sed -i "s/password:.*/password: $password/" config/database.yml
sudo gem install charlock_holmes --version '0.6.9'
# For MySQL (note, the option says "without")
sudo -u git -H bundle install --deployment --without development test postgres
# Initialise Database and Activate Advanced Features
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:setup RAILS_ENV=production
# Download the init script (will be /etc/init.d/gitlab):
sudo curl --output /etc/init.d/gitlab https://raw.github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/5-1-stable/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
# Make GitLab start on boot:
sudo update-rc.d gitlab defaults 21
# Git configured for git user? ... no
# Try fixing it:
sudo -u git -H git config --global user.name "GitLab"
sudo -u git -H git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
# Run Sidekiq
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake sidekiq:start RAILS_ENV=production
# Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production
# To make sure you didn't miss anything run a more thorough check with:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production
# Start the service
sudo service gitlab start
# # or
# sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab restart
# Set up nginx
# ------------
sudo apt-get -y install nginx
sudo curl --output /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab https://raw.github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/5-1-stable/nginx/gitlab
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
sudo sed -i 's/YOUR_SERVER_IP/'`wget -qO- http://instance-data/latest/meta-data/local-ipv4`'/' /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
sudo sed -i 's/YOUR_SERVER_FQDN/ec2-54-251-228-123.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com/' /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
sudo service nginx restart
# Prevent fingerprint prompt for localhost.
echo "Host localhost
StrictHostKeyChecking no
UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" | sudo tee -a /etc/ssh/ssh_config
# In case gitlab crashes, you may need to delete
# /home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket before restarting it.
# After restarting, the first request takes a long time. Relax.
# Gitlab 7.0:
# Set up an AWS EC2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type (ami-d6e7c084)
# m3.medium with web-server security group (SSH, SMTP, HTTP/S)
# Storage: 60GB SSD that *does not delete on termination*
# Tag as Gitlab 7
# Log in as ubuntu@
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
wget https://downloads-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/ubuntu-14.04/gitlab_7.0.0-omnibus-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
# 'Internet Site'
# System mail name: gitlab. Do not use gramener.com
# Ensure that /etc/postfix/main.cf does not have gramener.com
sudo apt-get install postfix
sudo dpkg -i gitlab_7.0.0-omnibus-1_amd64.deb
# Edit the configuration file to add your hostname:
# external_url 'http://code.gramener.com'
sudo nano /mnt/gitlab/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
# Install and start Gitlab
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
# Browse to the hostname and login
# Username: root
# Password: 5iveL!fe
# See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md
# To connect to the PostgreSQL database
sudo -u gitlab-psql /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/psql -d gitlabhq_production
# To create a new instance, in case it crashes:
# ---------------------------------------------
# Mount old drive at /mnt/gitlab/
sudo mkdir /mnt/gitlab
sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt/gitlab
# Re-install gitlab
sudo dpkg -i gitlab...
# Edit the configuration file to add your hostname:
# external_url 'http://code.gramener.com'
sudo nano /mnt/gitlab/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
# Copy the old secrets file directly
sudo cp -r -p /mnt/gitlab/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json /etc/gitlab/
# Install and start Gitlab. Then stop it
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
sudo gitlab-ctl stop
# Use old password scheme
sudo cp /mnt/gitlab/etc/passwd /etc/passwd
sudo cp /mnt/gitlab/etc/group /etc/group
# These can be done automatically
sudo rm -rf /var/log/gitlab && sudo cp -rp /mnt/gitlab/var/log/gitlab /var/log/
sudo rm -rf /opt/gitlab && sudo cp -rp /mnt/gitlab/opt/gitlab /opt/
sudo rm -rf /var/opt/gitlab && sudo cp -rp /mnt/gitlab/var/opt/gitlab /var/opt/
sudo rm -rf /var/chef/backup/opt/gitlab && sudo cp -rp /mnt/gitlab/var/chef/backup/opt/gitlab /var/chef/backup/opt/
sudo rm -rf /var/chef/backup/var/opt/gitlab && sudo cp -rp /mnt/gitlab/var/chef/backup/var/opt/gitlab /var/chef/backup/var/opt/
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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