Omnibus Packages
Note: this page is about the installation of upstream-provided unofficial packages. See gitlab if you want to install native debian packages.
Install
all actions are performed under the root user, in ~ unless otherwise noted.
Step 1
navigate to https://about.gitlab.com/install/ and copy down the link to the Debian deb package.
as of this writing @ June 5, 2014
run
Step 2
run
- dpkg -i gitlab*
Step 3
i got errors 1st time around 2nd time around gitlab looked like it set everything and ran well.
To avoid errors, execute /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start for one minute, more or less (tested in 7.9.0 and 7.9.1 omnibus versions).
run
- gitlab-ctl reconfigure
to verify that things are running
run
- gitlab-ctl status
Step 4
navigate to your servers IP address or domain name, and login as:
user: root password: 5iveL!fe
External Resources
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md