Omnibus on CentOS/RHEL/Scientific Linux/Oracle Linux

To install GitLab using the omnibus package on a CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Scientific Linux, or Oracle Linux system, make sure that you have a server with a base that's compatible with CentOS 7.

First, you'll need to connect to a Terminal session and make sure that a few key packages are installed by running the following commands:

sudo yum install -y curl policycoreutils-python openssh-server

Now, you'll need to allow HTTP and SSH traffic through the local device firewall. This can be done by running the following code lines:

sudo systemctl enable sshdsudo systemctl start sshdsudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=httpsudo systemctl reload firewalld

Next, you'll need ...

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