Impossible to install Gitlab on ubuntu 12.04

Question

i've downloaded the gitlab deb file and rpm(alien conversion). In all two cases dpkg finish installation sucessfully.

But when i try to start

gitlab-ctl reconfigure

the process stop(pause) on this line :

* ruby_block[supervise_redis_sleep] action run

I only could stop it with ctrl+c shourtcut and after i could read this error

================================================================================
Error executing action `run` on resource 'ruby_block[supervise_redis_sleep]'
================================================================================

if i try to start by default

gitlab-ctl start or gitlab-ctl restart

i've this message:

warning: redis: unable to open supervise/ok: file does not exist

Could i resolve it to work?

*PS the deb file downloaded is gitlab_6.6.4-omnibus-1.ubuntu.12.04_amd64.deb*

Answer 1

This is (now) a known problem. For a workaround, use this:

sudo cp /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/runit/files/default/gitlab-runsvdir.conf /etc/init/
sudo initctl start gitlab-runsvdir
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Answer 2

For CentOS:

error: warning: redis: unable to open supervise/ok: file does not exist

  # gitlab-ctl status
  run: gitaly: (pid 11526) 907s; run: log: (pid 11581) 906s
  run: postgresql: (pid 11810) 881s; run: log: (pid 11834) 880s
  warning: puma: unable to open supervise/ok: file does not exist
  run: redis: (pid 11484) 913s; run: log: (pid 11483) 913s

  # cd /opt/gitlab/sv/puma/supervise
  # mkfifo control
  # mkfifo ok
  # pkill runsv

# /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start &
# gitlab-ctl reconfigure
…………..
Running handlers:
Running handlers complete
Chef Client finished, 5/794 resources updated in 21 seconds
GitLab Reconfigured!

Ref:

• https://forum.gitlab.com/t/gitlab-ce-13-0-4-ce-0-failed-stuck-on-puma/38389