Gitlab is a git front end with repository management, graphs, links, goodies, commands to run, and review capabilities similar in feel to a self hosted github.
Debian is running its own Instance of Gitlab under https://salsa.debian.org, which is not based on the packaged version.
Stretch
Gitlab 8.13.11 is available in stretch.
# apt-get install gitlab
Unstable/stretch-backports
- gitlab 11.x is available in unstable.
- gitlab 10.8.7 is waiting in backports-NEW
gitlab 11.x is available for stretch-backports via personal repo of gitlab maintainer (Praveen) https://people.debian.org/~praveen/gitlab
Omnibus Packages
Note: this section is about installation of upstream-provided unofficial packages.
Install
all actions are performed under root user, in ~ unless otherwise noted.
Step 1
navigate to https://www.gitlab.com/downloads/ 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