Gitlab install & backup

gitlab Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates tzdata perl
# skip this step and configure an external SMTP server after GitLab has been installed
sudo apt-get install -y postfix
# Add the GitLab package repository
curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ee/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
# set up your DNS, and change https://gitlab.example.com to the URL at which you want to access your GitLab instance. 
# Installation will automatically configure and start GitLab at that URL

sudo EXTERNAL_URL="https://gitlab.example.com" apt-get install gitlab-ce=14.5.1-ce.0
sudo EXTERNAL_URL="https://gitlab.example.com" apt-get install gitlab-ee=14.5.1-ee.0
 # List available versions: apt-cache madison gitlab-ee
 # Specifiy version: sudo EXTERNAL_URL="https://gitlab.example.com" apt-get install gitlab-ee=16.2.3-ee.0
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Notes:
Default admin account has been configured with following details:
Username: root
Password: You didn't opt-in to print initial root password to STDOUT.
Password stored to /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password. This file will be cleaned up in first reconfigure run after 24 hours.
Thank you for installing GitLab!
GitLab should be available at http://git.example.com

For a comprehensive list of configuration options please see the Omnibus GitLab readme
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md

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# Pin the version to limit auto-updates: 
sudo apt-mark hold gitlab-ee
# Show what packages are held back: 
sudo apt-mark showhold

# edit configuration
vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

# Browse to the hostname and login
# Set up your communication preferences

gitlab docker-compose

gitlab:
    image: 'gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest'
    restart: always
    container_name: gitlab
    hostname: 'gitlab.example.com'
    environment:
      GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG: |
        external_url 'https://gitlab.example.com'
        # Add any other gitlab.rb configuration here, each on its own line
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
      - 22:22
    volumes:
      - $GITLAB_HOME/config:/etc/gitlab
      - $GITLAB_HOME/logs:/var/log/gitlab
      - $GITLAB_HOME/data:/var/opt/gitlab
    shm_size: '256m'

# find root password
docker exec -it gitlab grep 'Password:' /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password

gitlab backup

# You can only restore a backup to exactly the same version and type (CE or EE) of GitLab on which it was created
# Linux package (Omnibus)
sudo gitlab-backup create
# <backup-id>_gitlab_backup.tar

sudo cp 11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
sudo chown git:git /var/opt/gitlab/backups/11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar
sudo gitlab-ctl stop puma
sudo gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq
# Verify
sudo gitlab-ctl status
# This command will overwrite the contents of your GitLab database!
# NOTE: "_gitlab_backup.tar" is omitted from the name
sudo gitlab-backup restore BACKUP=11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce
sudo gitlab-ctl restart
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:doctor:secrets
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:artifacts:check
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:lfs:check
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:uploads:check

# change root password
sudo gitlab-rake "gitlab:password:reset[root]"

scripts

# view env info
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info
# view status
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check
# 
sudo gitlab-rake db:migrate:status
# 
sudo gitlab-ctl restart
# reload nginx
sudo gitlab-ctl hup nginx
gitlab-ctl --help
# Starting a Rails console session
sudo gitlab-rails console
# Using the PostgreSQL database service
sudo gitlab-psql
gitlabhq_production=# update Projects set runners_token_encrypted = null where id = 226;
UPDATE 1
# view log
sudo tail -n 200 /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log

Gitlab Runner install

curl -L "https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/runner/gitlab-runner/script.deb.sh" | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install gitlab-runner
# To install a specific version of GitLab Runner:
apt-cache madison gitlab-runner
sudo apt-get install gitlab-runner=16.5.0

# APT pinning
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-gitlab-runner.pref
Explanation: Prefer GitLab provided packages over the Debian native ones
Package: gitlab-runner
Pin: origin packages.gitlab.com
Pin-Priority: 1001
EOF

# update GitLab Runner, Simply execute to install latest version:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gitlab-runner

Gitlab runner regist

sudo gitlab-runner register
# Enter your GitLab instance URL (also known as the gitlab-ci coordinator URL).
# Enter the token you obtained to register the runner.
# Enter a description for the runner. You can change this value later in the GitLab user interface.
# Enter the tags associated with the runner, separated by commas. You can change this value later in the GitLab user interface.
# Enter any optional maintenance note for the runner.
# Provide the runner executor. For most use cases, enter `docker`.
# If you entered `docker` as your executor, you are asked for the default image to be used for projects that do not define one in .gitlab-ci.yml

config.toml

sudo vim /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml

concurrent = 1
check_interval = 0
log_level = "debug"
log_format = "text"

[session_server]
  session_timeout = 1800


[[runners]]
  name = "rajeshkumar"
  url = "http://43.205.228.212/"
  id = 3
  token = "AKrp1HueGK1DxaHxjNmD"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-06T06:40:14Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

[[runners]]
  name = "raju123"
  url = "http://43.205.228.212/"
  id = 16
  token = "aZ9zvKntG8-PKsm8s1HN"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-06T07:13:53Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

[[runners]]
  name = "gitlab-test"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/"
  id = 17373720
  token = "sJp-fyfCvj-K1M-yysfj"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-06T09:09:09Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

[[runners]]
  name = "docker"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/"
  id = 17388862
  token = "RDoZpsR8XzyuipDHzYsz"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-07T04:31:53Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "docker"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]
  [runners.docker]
    tls_verify = false
    image = "alpine"
    privileged = true
    disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
    oom_kill_disable = false
    disable_cache = false
    volumes = ["/cache", "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"]
    shm_size = 0

[[runners]]
  name = "group"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/"
  id = 17389806
  token = "ES9VZQ4eZx_yfEyxVeqm"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-07T05:09:40Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

[[runners]]
  name = "linux-runner"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/"
  id = 17390444
  token = "UHdwAw3MXnyf-C1NgwMR"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-07T05:49:15Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]

[[runners]]
  name = "docker-runner"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/"
  id = 17390576
  token = "_nHBeXQVrwj8V-xxq899"
  token_obtained_at = 2022-09-07T05:57:22Z
  token_expires_at = 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
  executor = "docker"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
    [runners.cache.azure]
  [runners.docker]
    tls_verify = false
    image = "alpine"
    privileged = false
    disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
    oom_kill_disable = false
    disable_cache = false
    volumes = ["/cache"]
    shm_size = 0

docker-compose

version: "3.6"
services:
  gitlab:
    image: 'gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest'
    restart: always
    container_name: gitlab
    hostname: 'gitlab.example.com'
    environment:
      GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG: |
        external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
        # Add any other gitlab.rb configuration here, each on its own line
    ports:
      - 1880:80
      - 1443:443
      - 10022:22
    volumes:
      - $GITLAB_HOME/config:/etc/gitlab
      - $GITLAB_HOME/logs:/var/log/gitlab
      - $GITLAB_HOME/data:/var/opt/gitlab
    shm_size: '256m'

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Gitlab install & backup

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