I have set up and we are running a default install of GitLab v6.0.1 (we're about to upgrade as well). It was a "Production" setup, following this guide precisely to the letter:
https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md
Now, how do we safely change the URL of a working install?
Apparently our URL is very long and we've come up with a new URL. I've edited a number of configuration files and the "Application Status Checks" report everything is OK. I've rebooted the server to ensure things are still working.
I can access Nginx just fine, over our original SSL. I can browse the GitLab site, create a repository, etc. I can fork and commit just fine.
It all seems to be OK; but, since this is not a native environment for me, I wanted to double check that I have done everything to rename a GitLab site.
The files I've edited are:
/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.0.0.10 wake.domain.com wake
10.0.0.10 git.domain.com git
/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml
production: &base
gitlab:
host: git.domain.com
/home/git/gitlab-shell/config.yml
gitlab_url: "https://git.domain.com"
^- yes, we are on SSL and that is working, even on a new URL
/etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
server {
server_name git.domain.com
You did everything correctly!
You might also change the email configuration, depending on if the email server is also the same server. The email configuration is in gitlab.yml for the mails sent by GitLab and also the admin-email.