How to install and localize gitlab

GitLab is a Git-based web interface for managing Git repositories, allowing you to host and manage your own Git repositories on your own server. Normally, GitLab uses English as the default language, but we can change its language settings through the Chinese plug-in to make it more suitable for Chinese developers.

This article will focus on GitLab installation and how to set it up in Chinese.

1. Installation of GitLab

Before installing GitLab, you need to ensure that the following environment is ready:

• The operating system is Ubuntu 18.04 or above
• Available IP address for the server
• More than 2GB of memory and 2 CPU cores
• 1 domain name or public IP address

The following are the installation steps ：

1. Install necessary dependencies

To install GitLab, you need to install some necessary dependencies first. The command is as follows:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates
sudo apt-get install -y postfix

Note: Before installing Postfix , the settings screen will pop up, select "Internet Site".

2. Install GitLab

Add the GitLab installation package source to Ubuntu and install GitLab:

curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce

Wait until the installation is completed, GitLab will be installed finished. However, we need to do some additional setup to ensure that GitLab runs well on the server.

3. Modify the configuration file

Use the following command to open the GitLab configuration file:

sudo vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

In the opened file, you can find the following content:

external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'

Change http://gitlab.example.com in the above example code to the public IP address or domain name of the server, move the cursor to the bottom of the file, and add the following content:

nginx['listen_port'] = 80
nginx['listen_https'] = false
nginx['proxy_set_headers'] = {
  "X-Forwarded-Proto" => "http",
  "X-Forwarded-Ssl" => "off"
}

Save the file and close it.

4. Rerun GitLab

After saving the changes, use the following command to restart GitLab:

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
sudo gitlab-ctl restart

At this point, GitLab is fully installed and can run normally. .

2. Chineseization of GitLab

The next step is how to Chineseize GitLab:

1. Download the Chinese language pack

Use The following command downloads the Chinese plug-in from Github:

sudo curl https://gitlab.com/xhang/gitlab/raw/master/locale/gitlab.zh_CN.yml > /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/config/locales/gitlab.zh_CN.yml

2. Modify the GitLab configuration file

Use the following command to open the GitLab configuration file again:

sudo vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

In editing At the bottom of the browser, add the following:

## gitlab的默认语言设置为中文
gitlab_rails['default_locale'] = "zh-CN"

Save the file and close it.

3. Rerun GitLab

After saving the changes, use the following command to restart GitLab:

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
sudo gitlab-ctl restart

After waiting for the rerun to be successful, open the GitLab website, now You can see that GitLab has been Chineseized, which is very suitable for Chinese developers.

Summary

Through the above steps, we can install and localize GitLab on the Ubuntu system. GitLab is a very easy-to-use Git warehouse management tool. Under the premise of ensuring data security, Developers can share code among teams and collaborate on development.

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