Install GitLab on Ubuntu on Nginx Subdirectory (HP Cloud)

Lot of Conditions – Install GitLab on Ubuntu on Nginx Subdirectory HP Cloud. It is possible to install Gitlab in Subdirectory on Nginx but is Complicated. You should be an advanced user and have a good server admin for the server, particularly if the root has WordPress. Nginx will need fresh compiling again. It is not really very easy. Most of the websites nowadays in favor of using subdirectory instead of subdomain due to increased number of HTTPS and HSTS websites.

Install GitLab on Ubuntu on Nginx Subdirectory (HP Cloud)

If it is HP Cloud / OpenStack installation, take a snapshot before proceeding. We are using Nginx as a Web server to host Rails app with Nginx and Passenger. Just the commands :

apt update -y && apt upgrade
# apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade
sudo useradd git -md /home/git -s /bin/bash
sudo passwd git
sudo nano /etc/sudoers
## check/add these lines
# root    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
# git     ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## we gave sudo privilege to git. you can add username if you want.
# username   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
## end comment
su -git
sudo apt-get install curl git build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libmysqlclient-dev mysql-server dialog zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl git-core openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev python-docutils sysv-rc-conf
nano ~/.gemrc
# paste it
# gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc
# save and exit nano
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev && sudo gem install rails
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install ruby2.1 ruby2.1-dev
sudo gem install rails
sudo service redis-server restart && sudo sysv-rc-conf redis-server on
git config --global user.name "GitLab"
# edit
git config --global user.email "gitlab@localhost.tld"
git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-shell.git
cd gitlab-shell/
# change according to need
git checkout -b 1.8.5 v1.8.5
cp config.yml.example config.yml
nano config.yml
# edit the line gitlab_url: to indicate your subdomain with domain name
./bin/install 
 git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.git gitlab
cd gitlab
# tested version
git checkout -b 6.6.5 v6.6.5
cp config/gitlab.yml.example config/gitlab.yml
nano config/gitlab.yml
# host: www.something.tld
# https: false or true
# relative_url_root: /subdir_name
## change subdir_name to real
nano config/application.rb 
# config.relative_url_root = "/subdir_name"
# ENV['RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT'] = "/subdir_name"
cp config/database.yml.mysql config/database.yml
nano config/database.yml
# username: root
# password: "yours"
bundle install --deployment --without development test postgres
mkdir /home/git/gitlab/tmp/pids && mkdir /home/git/gitlab/public/uploads
rake db:create RAILS_ENV=production
rake gitlab:setup RAILS_ENV=production
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AbhishekGhosh/77ffb178005b70eb694f/raw/943c3209df9621ca6c196d513fb4209ae7165b1f/gitlab.sh
# read it to edit
# nano gitlab.sh
chmod +x gitlab.sh
sudo cp gitlab.sh /etc/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod 744 /etc/init.d/gitlab
sudo sysv-rc-conf gitlab on
sudo service gitlab start
sudo gem install passenger && sudo passenger-install-nginx-module 
# select option in prompt carefully
# edit path
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AbhishekGhosh/2113e134b3e91b34f300/raw/9776e6bedec87bc8a333b7cdcc3f0405b4cb31b2/nginx
sudo chown www-data:www-data /opt/nginx -R
sudo chmod 775 /opt/nginx -R
sudo mv nginx /etc/init.d/
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/nginx
sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/nginx
sudo sysv-rc-conf nginx on
nginx -t
# service nginx start

apt update -y && apt upgrade

# apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade

sudo useradd git -md /home/git -s /bin/bash

sudo passwd git

sudo nano /etc/sudoers

## check/add these lines

# root ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

# git ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

## we gave sudo privilege to git. you can add username if you want.

# username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

## end comment

su -git

sudo apt-get install curl git build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libmysqlclient-dev mysql-server dialog zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl git-core openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev python-docutils sysv-rc-conf

nano ~/.gemrc

# paste it

# gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc

# save and exit nano

sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev && sudo gem install rails

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng

sudo apt-get update -y

sudo apt-get install ruby2.1 ruby2.1-dev

sudo gem install rails

sudo service redis-server restart && sudo sysv-rc-conf redis-server on

git config --global user.name "GitLab"

# edit

git config --global user.email "gitlab@localhost.tld"

git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-shell.git

cd gitlab-shell/

# change according to need

git checkout -b 1.8.5 v1.8.5

cp config.yml.example config.yml

nano config.yml

# edit the line gitlab_url: to indicate your subdomain with domain name

./bin/install

git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq.git gitlab

cd gitlab

# tested version

git checkout -b 6.6.5 v6.6.5

cp config/gitlab.yml.example config/gitlab.yml

nano config/gitlab.yml

# host: www.something.tld

# https: false or true

# relative_url_root: /subdir_name

## change subdir_name to real

nano config/application.rb

# config.relative_url_root = "/subdir_name"

# ENV['RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT'] = "/subdir_name"

cp config/database.yml.mysql config/database.yml

nano config/database.yml

# username: root

# password: "yours"

bundle install --deployment --without development test postgres

mkdir /home/git/gitlab/tmp/pids && mkdir /home/git/gitlab/public/uploads

rake db:create RAILS_ENV=production

rake gitlab:setup RAILS_ENV=production

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AbhishekGhosh/77ffb178005b70eb694f/raw/943c3209df9621ca6c196d513fb4209ae7165b1f/gitlab.sh

# read it to edit

# nano gitlab.sh

chmod +x gitlab.sh

sudo cp gitlab.sh /etc/init.d/gitlab

sudo chmod 744 /etc/init.d/gitlab

sudo sysv-rc-conf gitlab on

sudo service gitlab start

sudo gem install passenger && sudo passenger-install-nginx-module

# select option in prompt carefully

# edit path

wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AbhishekGhosh/2113e134b3e91b34f300/raw/9776e6bedec87bc8a333b7cdcc3f0405b4cb31b2/nginx

sudo chown www-data:www-data /opt/nginx -R

sudo chmod 775 /opt/nginx -R

sudo mv nginx /etc/init.d/

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/nginx

sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/nginx

sudo sysv-rc-conf nginx on

nginx -t

# service nginx start

Install GitLab on Ubuntu on Nginx Subdirectory (HP Cloud)

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Now configuring Nginx’s nginx.conf file :

location ~ ^/gitlab {
    root /home/git/gitlab/public;
    passenger_app_root /home/git/gitlab;
    passenger_enabled on;
    rails_env production;
    access_log  /opt/nginx/logs/gitlab.access.log;
    error_log  /opt/nginx/logs/gitlab.error.log;
    }

location ~ ^/gitlab {

root /home/git/gitlab/public;

passenger_app_root /home/git/gitlab;

passenger_enabled on;

rails_env production;

access_log /opt/nginx/logs/gitlab.access.log;

error_log /opt/nginx/logs/gitlab.error.log;

}

cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
sudo service nginx restart

cd /home/git/gitlab

sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production

sudo service nginx restart

Point your browser to subdir to check whether its working or not. Debugging will be needed. We read it somewhere in a Jap website with Google Translate for our internal need.

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