GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager that provides source code management, continuous integration and continuous deployment, and other features. This tutorial will show you how to install GitLab on Debian latest version.
Before we start, we need to ensure that our Debian system meets the following requirements:
First, we need to install the dependencies required to install GitLab.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates postfix
During the installation of postfix, you will be prompted to enter your mail server configuration. You can choose the "Internet" option and enter your mail server name.
Next, we will add the GitLab repository to our system and install it.
curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce
This will install GitLab Community Edition on our system.
Once GitLab is installed, we can configure it.
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
This will configure GitLab and start all the necessary services.
To access GitLab, open your web browser and enter your server IP address or domain name followed by /:
http://your_server_ip/
You will be prompted to create a new password for the administrator account.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed GitLab on Debian latest version.
In this tutorial, we installed GitLab on Debian latest version. We started by installing the dependencies required to install GitLab, then added the GitLab repository and installed it. We then configured GitLab and accessed it through a web browser.
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