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Gitlab Cookbook

Gitlab Cookbook

By : van Baarsen
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Gitlab Cookbook

Gitlab Cookbook

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By: van Baarsen
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Overview of this book

This book is aimed at developers and devops that have a GitLab server running, and want to be sure they use it to its full potential. This book will also be useful for people looking for a great Git platform, and learn how to set it up successfully. Some system administrating experience on a UNIX-based system would be useful, but is not required.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Sections
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Conventions
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1. Introduction and Installation
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1. Introduction and Installation
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Introduction
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Using the Omnibus package
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Setting up the server dependencies for source installation
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Set up the database for source installation
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Installing GitLab from source
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Using Chef and GitLab Cookbook
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Logging in for the first time
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Creating your first project
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2. Explaining Git
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2. Explaining Git
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Introduction
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Generating your SSH key on Unix-like systems
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Generating your SSH key on Windows
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Adding your SSH key to GitLab
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Creating your first Git project
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Cloning your repository and pushing code to it
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Working with branches
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Performing a rebase operation
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Squashing your commits
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3. Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions
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3. Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions
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Introduction
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Adding a user
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Creating a group
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Working with user permissions
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Protecting your main branches
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Configuring the project's visibility
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Removing a user
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4. Issue Tracker and Wiki
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4. Issue Tracker and Wiki
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Creating your first issue
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Creating your first merge request
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Accepting a merge request
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Referencing issues
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Working with milestones
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Creating your first wiki page
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Managing your wiki with Gollum
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5. Maintaining Your GitLab Instance
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5. Maintaining Your GitLab Instance
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Introduction
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Updating an Omnibus installation
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Updating GitLab from a source installation
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Troubleshooting your GitLab installation
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Creating a backup
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Restoring a backup
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Importing an existing repository
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6. Webhooks, External Services, and the API
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6. Webhooks, External Services, and the API
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Introduction
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Working with external services
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Using webhooks
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Using system hooks
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Getting your private token for the API
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Understanding the API status codes
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Managing your projects via the API
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Managing issues via the API
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Working with other API resources
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Working with the API sudo command
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7. Using LDAP and OmniAuth Providers
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7. Using LDAP and OmniAuth Providers
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Introduction
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Setting up your LDAP server
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Installing a web interface for LDAP
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Adding a user to your LDAP server
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Configuring GitLab to use LDAP on an Omnibus installation
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Configuring GitLab to use LDAP on a source installation
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Setting up GitHub as an OmniAuth provider
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8. GitLab CI
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8. GitLab CI
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Introduction to GitLab CI
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Installing the dependencies
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Installing the coordinator
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Installing the web server
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Installing a runner
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Linking your first project to GitLab CI
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Creating a build script
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Using GitLab CI webhooks
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A. Tips and Tricks
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A. Tips and Tricks
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The power of snippets
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Getting involved
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Getting help
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The GitLab RSS feed
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Archiving projects
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How to format a good Git commit message
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How to change your Git editor
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Understanding the anatomy of GitLab
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Understanding the differences between GitLab's Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)
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How to fork a project and what is forking?
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Understanding the branching workflow
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Index
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Index

Setting up the server dependencies for source installation

To install GitLab from source, we need to install some dependencies on the server. Besides installing the required packages, we will also create the user that will serve our GitLab installation.

How to do it…

The installation procedure is applicable for Debian-based systems only. GitLab also supports other Linux distributions, but the installation process is a bit different. For more information, visit the gitlab.com website. Perform the following steps:

  1. Install the required packages using the following command:
    $ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate
  2. Install Ruby using the following commands:
    $ mkdir /tmp/ruby && cd /tmp/ruby 
$ curl --progress ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.0/ruby-2.0.0-p481.tar.gz | tar xz cd ruby-2.0.0-p481 
$ ./configure --disable-install-rdoc 
$ make 
$ sudo make install
  3. Install the Bundler gem:
    $ sudo gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc
  4. Create the Git user:
    $ sudo adduser --disabled-login --gecos 'GitLab' git

How it works…

At this point, we have installed the server dependencies and installed Ruby on our system. We also installed the Bundler gem; bundler is the package manager for Ruby, and as GitLab is written in Ruby, this one will be very important later on, so we can download all the dependencies for GitLab.

The Git user was created so that GitLab and all its dependencies can run under its own user; that way, it is possible to sandbox the installation better and make sure that our system stays secure.

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