Mastering GitLab 12

Initializing the database and activating advanced features

Use the following command to initialize the database and activate advanced features:

$ cd /home/git/gitlab$ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:setup RAILS_ENV=production force=yes

When done, you will see the following:

‘Administrator account created:'

You can continue the installation and eventually start GitLab, then the first person who accesses the login page will be given the option to supply a new admin password. This is probably not what you want, so there is a command to set this before starting. You have to supply the password, email, and variable to override the database check to make it work (answer yes to the prompt):

sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:setup RAILS_ENV=production ...