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== Installation ==
== Installation ==


A minimal local installation of Gitlab might look like this
=== Generate Secrets ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo install -d -m 0700 /var/lib/gitlab/secrets
sudo sh -c 'openssl rand -hex 32 > /var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordPrimaryKey'
sudo sh -c 'openssl rand -hex 32 > /var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordDeterministicKey'
sudo sh -c 'openssl rand -hex 32 > /var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordSalt'
sudo chown -R gitlab:gitlab /var/lib/gitlab/secrets
sudo chmod 700 /var/lib/gitlab/secrets
sudo chmod 0600 /var/lib/gitlab/secrets/*
</syntaxhighlight>


<syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
=== Nix Configuration ===
services.gitlab = {
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">services.gitlab = {
   enable = true;
   enable = true;
   databasePasswordFile = pkgs.writeText "dbPassword" "zgvcyfwsxzcwr85l";
   databasePasswordFile = pkgs.writeText "dbPassword" "zgvcyfwsxzcwr85l";
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     dbFile = pkgs.writeText "dbsecret" "we2quaeZ";
     dbFile = pkgs.writeText "dbsecret" "we2quaeZ";
     jwsFile = pkgs.runCommand "oidcKeyBase" {} "${pkgs.openssl}/bin/openssl genrsa 2048 > $out";
     jwsFile = pkgs.runCommand "oidcKeyBase" {} "${pkgs.openssl}/bin/openssl genrsa 2048 > $out";
    activeRecordPrimaryKeyFile      = "/var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordPrimaryKey";
    activeRecordDeterministicKeyFile = "/var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordDeterministicKey";
    activeRecordSaltFile            = "/var/lib/gitlab/secrets/activeRecordSalt";
   };
   };
};
};
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services.openssh.enable = true;
services.openssh.enable = true;


systemd.services.gitlab-backup.environment.BACKUP = "dump";
systemd.services.gitlab-backup.environment.BACKUP = "dump";</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxHighlight>


After applying the configuration head to http://localhost and login with username <code>root</code> and the password specified in <code>initialRootPasswordFile</code>.
After applying the configuration head to http://localhost and login with username <code>root</code> and the password specified in <code>initialRootPasswordFile</code>.
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   host = "git.example.org";
   host = "git.example.org";
};
};
</syntaxhighlight>
=== Feature Flags ===
You can declaratively enable [https://gitlab-docs-d6a9bb.gitlab.io/ee/user/feature_flags.html Gitlab Feature Flags] using <code>extraGitlabRb</code>:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
{
  services.gitlab = {
    enable = true;
    extraGitlabRb = ''
      Feature.enable(:issue_date_filter)
    '';
    # Other configuration...
  };
}
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


=== Migrating an existing Gitlab to a Nixos installation ===
=== Migrating an existing Gitlab to a Nixos installation ===
Make a backup on the on the old installation following the [https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_gitlab.html Gitlab backup guide]. It is important to be on the same version and edition that you want to install on your new server.
Make a backup on the old installation following the [https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/backup_restore/backup_gitlab/ Gitlab backup guide]. It is important to be on the same version and edition that you want to install on your new server.


Then install a Gitlab on the NixOS. Make sure you set the same secrets like on the old installation.
Then install a Gitlab on the NixOS. Make sure you set the same secrets like on the old installation.
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     IdentitiesOnly yes
     IdentitiesOnly yes
     PreferredAuthentications publickey
     PreferredAuthentications publickey
Note: If you want to just be able to copy the url from the clone Gitlab menu consider changing the git user to the generated "gitlab" user or create some other user yourself. See gitlabs reference [https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/configuration/#change-the-name-of-the-git-user-or-group Change the name of the git user or group]


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== See also ==
* [[Gitea]], a web app, Git development repository and project management.
* [[Forgejo]], a web application offers Git development repositories and project management. Community fork of Gitea.


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