GitLab Installation RHEL 6 & 7

1. Install and configure the necessary dependencies 

If you install Postfix to send email please select 'Internet Site' during setup. Instead of using Postfix you can also use Sendmail or configure a custom SMTP server and configure it as an SMTP server.

On Centos 6 and 7, the commands below will also open HTTP and SSH access in the system firewall.

# yum install curl openssh-server openssh-clients postfix cronie

# service postfix start

# chkconfig postfix on

# lokkit -s http -s ssh

2. Add the GitLab package server and install the package 

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

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

3. Configure and start GitLab 

# gitlab-ctl reconfigure

4. Browse to the hostname and login 

On your first visit, you'll be redirected to a password reset screen to provide the password for the initial administrator account. Enter your desired password and you'll be redirected back to the login screen.

The default account's username is root. Provide the password you created earlier and login. After login you can change the username if you wish.