Installing GitLab, your own Git hosting

Up to now in this chapter, we have worked with the Git command line interface (CLI). It is a very flexible and powerful interface. This recipe covers the installation of a web interface for Git repositories. We will install GitLab, an open source self-hosted Git server. Through GitLab, you can do most administrative tasks, such as creating new repositories, managing access rights, and monitoring history. You can easily browse your files or code and quickly make small edits. GitLab is also adding support for collaboration tools.

Getting ready

You will need access to a root account or an account with sudo privileges

Make sure you check out the minimum requirements for installation. You can use a single core 1 GB server for an installation with less than 100 users. An server with 2 cores and 2 GB ram is recommended.

Also check the available disk space. The installer itself takes around 400 MB of disk space.

How to do it…

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