gitlab.md

GitLab

Troubleshooting

• GitLab troubleshooting Linux cheat sheet
• gitlab-ctl commands
  • gitlab-ctl tail = Tail all logs at once.
  • gitlab-ctl status = Show status of each service.
    
    
  • NOTE: Sometimes GitLab requires both a restart and a reconfigure for configuration changes to apply!
    • gitlab-ctl restart && gitlab-ctl reconfigure

.gitlab-ci.yml

• NOTE: after_script: blocks ignore nonzero exit codes!
  
  
• Long lines:
  • Join long lines with (a space).

    my_job:
      script:
        - apt-get -qq install
          curl
          git
          unzip

  • Join long lines with \n (a new line).

    my_job:
      script:
        - |
            if ! curl -Lks --retry 5 https://icanhazip.com; then
            echo "Unable to reach internet!"
            exit 1
            fi

Upgrades

1. Read upgrade notes
2. Post notification to users
3. Snapshot GitLab server
4. Snapshot GitLab database
5. Remove version lock

   dnf versionlock list
   dnf versionlock delete gitlab-ee
   

6. View available packages

   dnf --showduplicates list gitlab-ee | less
   

7. Upgrade package

   dnf install gitlab-ee-16.11.10-ee.0.el7
   

8. Add version lock

   dnf versionlock list
   dnf versionlock add gitlab-ee