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Gitlab Cookbook

By : Jeroen van Baarsen
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Gitlab Cookbook

By: Jeroen van Baarsen

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
GitLab Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Troubleshooting your GitLab installation


When your GitLab instance does not work the way you expect it to work, it's nice to have a way to check what parts of your installation are not working properly. In this recipe, we will take a look at the self-diagnostic tools provided by GitLab.

How to do it…

Learn how to troubleshoot your GitLab server with the following steps:

  1. Log in to your server using SSH.

    The first case shows troubleshooting in the case of a GitLab source installation.

  2. Go to your gitlab folder:

    $ cd /home/git/gitlab
    
  3. To autodiagnose your installation, run the following command:

    $ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production
    
  4. When there is a problem with your GitLab installation, it will be outputted in red text, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. The solution for the problem is also given; just follow the explanation given by the problem you walk into. In this case, we have to run the following command:

    $ sudo-u git -h bundle exec rake  gitlab:satellites:create...