GitLab configuration

Question

I try to install Gitlab 5.2 on OS-X Server 10.8.5. I follow the procedure document from : "http://thoughtpointers.net/2013/05/23/installing-gitlab-v52-on-os-x/".

In the section of the document titled "Configure GitLab" they ask to edit the file "gitlab.yml" and change "gitlab.example.com" with the "fully qualified domain name" of your host serving Gitlab.

I dont understand what I need to change..

1. Do I need to change "host: gitlab.example.com" with "localhost" ? or with "server.local => what I get when typing "hostname") ?

2. What is "gitlab.example.com" ? Something to download and install on my computer (so where?)? What replace it ?

I think when I type the address on my browser :

    "http://fully qualified domain name"

I will receive a page, from where comes that page (is it an index.html/php?) - where is the folder of that page/project...

Thanks for the assistance.

Answer 1

By default, what you see in the config/gitlab.yml is:

  ## GitLab settings
  gitlab:
    ## Web server settings
    host: localhost
    port: 80
    https: false

That allows you to test Gitlab locally.

If you replace:

host: localhost

with:

host: ip.address (192.168.x.x)
#
host: fqn (your fully qualified name)

Then you will be able to test / access GitLab from another computer.

So gitlab.example.com is an example of such a fully qualified name, and should be changed by your own.

As explained here, check what host hostname returns.