GitLab reconfigure Error: executing action `create` on resource 'user[git]'

Question

I tried to install Gitlab gitlab_7.4.3-omnibus.5.1.0.ci-1_amd64.deb on my server.

And there is an error when I ran sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure.

The is the error log:

[2014-11-07T12:26:33+08:00] INFO: Forking chef instance to converge...
[2014-11-07T12:26:33+08:00] INFO: *** Chef 11.12.2 ***
[2014-11-07T12:26:33+08:00] INFO: Chef-client pid: 17502
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[gitlab]"] from CLI options
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Run List is [recipe[gitlab]]
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Run List expands to [gitlab]
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for R710
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Running start handlers
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for directory[/var/opt/gitlab] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Previous directory[/var/opt/gitlab]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:40:in `from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Current  directory[/var/opt/gitlab]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb:23:in `from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Previous directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-rails.rb:37:in `block in from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Current  directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/definitions/unicorn_config.rb:21:in `block in from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for service[unicorn] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Previous service[unicorn]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:64:in `block in from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Current  service[unicorn]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb:191:in `block in from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for service[sidekiq] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Previous service[sidekiq]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:64:in `block in from_file'
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] WARN: Current  service[sidekiq]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb:191:in `block in from_file'

================================================================================
[31mError executing action `create` on resource 'user[git]'
================================================================================


Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
------------------------------------
Expected process to exit with [0], but received '8'
---- Begin output of ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: usermod: user git is currently logged in
---- End output of ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] ----
Ran ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] returned 8


Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb

 34: user gitlab_username do
 35:   shell node['gitlab']['user']['shell']
 36:   home gitlab_home
 37:   uid node['gitlab']['user']['uid']
 38:   gid gitlab_group
 39:   system true
 40: end
 41:



Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb:34:in `from_file'

user("git") do
  action :create
  supports {:manage_home=>false, :non_unique=>false}
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  guard_interpreter :default
  username "git"
  gid 1014
  home "/var/opt/gitlab"
  shell "/bin/sh"
  system true
  cookbook_name :gitlab
  recipe_name "users"
end



[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2014-11-07T12:26:35+08:00] ERROR: user[git] (gitlab::users line 34) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '8'
---- Begin output of ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: usermod: user git is currently logged in
---- End output of ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] ----
Ran ["usermod", "-s", "/bin/sh", "-d", "/var/opt/gitlab", "git"] returned 8
[2014-11-07T12:26:36+08:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Something else is:

I saw usermod: user git is currently logged in in my log. And I already have a user on my server named git . So is there any problem, and how to fix it?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

The fact that you already have a user named git is likely to be the problem: you will need a user reserved for GitLab.

Have you tried to do as explained on the README:

By default, omnibus-gitlab uses the user name git for Git gitlab-shell login, ownership of the Git data itself, and SSH URL generation on the web interface. Similarly, git group is used for group ownership of the Git data. You can change the user and group by adding the following lines to /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb.

user['username'] = "gitlab"
user['group'] = "gitlab"

Run sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure for the change to take effect.

Answer 2

The previous answer is right , you've already a git user. This can be because you already create it or because your gitlab installation is running. If this is the case , you'll be creating a new user not need it.

Try :

sudo service gitlab stop 

and Run

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure 

for the change to take effect.