How to configure nginx to serve gitlabhq on a SubURI

Question

The nginx configuration for gitlab is:

# GITLAB
# Maintainer: @randx
# App Version: 3.0

upstream gitlab {
  server unix:/home/gitlab/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket;
}

server {
  listen YOUR_SERVER_IP:80;         # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80;
  server_name YOUR_SERVER_FQDN;     # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
  root /home/gitlab/gitlab/public;

  # individual nginx logs for this gitlab vhost
  access_log  /var/log/nginx/gitlab_access.log;
  error_log   /var/log/nginx/gitlab_error.log;

  location / {
    # serve static files from defined root folder;.
    # @gitlab is a named location for the upstream fallback, see below
    try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @gitlab;
  }

  # if a file, which is not found in the root folder is requested,
  # then the proxy pass the request to the upsteam (gitlab unicorn)
  location @gitlab {
    proxy_read_timeout 300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
    proxy_connect_timeout 300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
    proxy_redirect     off;

    proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_set_header   Host              $http_host;
    proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;

    proxy_pass http://gitlab;
  }
}

What should i change to serve gitlab as a surURI, www.mysuperserver.com/gitlab

i've tried many different things, but nothing worked thanks

Answer 1

I've successfully made it working under a subdir url.

• follow the instruction in the source code, like in /home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml

    # Uncomment and customize the last line to run in a non-root path
    # WARNING: We recommend creating a FQDN to host GitLab in a root path instead of this.
    # Note that four settings need to be changed for this to work.
    # 1) In your application.rb file: config.relative_url_root = "/gitlab"
    # 2) In your gitlab.yml file: relative_url_root: /gitlab
    # 3) In your unicorn.rb: ENV['RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT'] = "/gitlab"
    # 4) In ../gitlab-shell/config.yml: gitlab_url: "http://127.0.0.1/gitlab"
    # To update the path, run: sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
    #
    relative_url_root: /gitlab

• change the nginx config to serve a suburi, plz refer to my example below:

The key point is the root under context server and alias under location. Plz refer to nginx pitfalls, nginx root note for more details.

# default.conf for nginx
upstream gitlab {
  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket;
}
server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  $YOUR_DOMAIN;
    # other settings, especially root settings, like below
    # root /usr/local/nginx/html;
    location /gitlab {
        # serve static files from defined root folder;
        alias /home/git/gitlab/public;

        # individual nginx logs for this gitlab vhost
        access_log  /var/log/nginx/gitlab_access.log;
        error_log   /var/log/nginx/gitlab_error.log;

        # @gitlab is a named location for the upstream fallback, see below
        try_files $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @gitlab;
    }

    location @gitlab {
        proxy_read_timeout 300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
        proxy_connect_timeout 300; # https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/issues/694
        proxy_redirect     off;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header   Host              $http_host;
        proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP         $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For   $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

        proxy_pass http://gitlab;
    }
    # other locations' settings...
}