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.
Unstable (Recommended)
Gitlab 11.8.2 is available in unstable (no security issues).
# apt install gitlab
Buster (Work in progress)
Gitlab 11.8.2 will be soon available in personal repo of gitlab maintainer targeting buster as base distribution. (no open security issues).
Add to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://people.debian.org/~praveen/gitlab unstable contrib main
Stretch Backports
Gitlab 11.4.9 is available in stretch-backports (still affected by some security issues, 2 security releases behind).
Gitlab 11.5.10 is available for stretch-backports via personal repo of gitlab maintainer (1 security release behind) from https://people.debian.org/~praveen/gitlab
Add to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://people.debian.org/~praveen/gitlab stretch-backports contrib main
Note 1: Official stretch-backports repo is also required for this personal repo to work. See Backports. You will also need contrib section Note 2: https://gitlab.debian.net is running on this version.
# apt -t stretch-backports install gitlab
Stretch
Gitlab 8.13.11 is available in stretch, but it is not receiving any security updates. So it is recommend to update to newer versions from unstable or buster or stretch-backports.
# apt install gitlab
Contact maintainers
You can reach the maintainers of gitlab package via Matrix at #debian-gitlab:poddery.com. Join via your browser if you don't have a matrix account.
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