How to install and configure the gitlab on centOS7 server

Install and configure required dependencies.

First, start by installing the following necessary dependencies,

yum install -y curl policycoreutils-python openssh-server

Install postfix service to send notification emails and enable it.

yum install postfix -y
systemctl start postfix
systemctl enable postfix
systemctl status postfix

Add gitlab repo and install package

curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash

Install gitlab community edition package

yum install -y gitlab-ce

Replace external url to your url in this file

vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
external_url ‘http://gitlab.example.com

After configuration run this command,

gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Now, open a web browser and access your GitLab instance using the following URL you set during installation.

http://ip-address/url.com

Also, Read This Blog:- How to migrate gitlab from one server to another on CentOS7