GitLab CE (Community Edition) is an open source self-hosted, Git Server, which can be hosted on any server, which meets its requirements. It’s easy to install and setup, it gives you the freedom, you want with your Git repository and projects.
You can install GitLab on your Ubuntu Server by following the steps below.
If you are planning to get a VPS that will host your GitLab server, I recommend Digital Ocean
Installing dependencies used by GitLab.
sudo apt-get install curl openssh-server ca-certificates postfix
Installing GitLab repository.
curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
Installing GitLab
sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce
If you are having issues downloading the package, then try this method using apt-fast
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saiarcot895/myppa sudo apt-get update
Now download the GitLab package with apt-fast.
sudo apt-fast gitlab-ce
Once this is done. You can configure GitLab.
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
The default user account credentials are:
username: root
password: 5iveL!fe
It’s ready, now you can visit your private GitLab, and start pushing your code.
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