31 March – config your company server

install docker :

apt install docker.io

install docker-compose :

DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker}

mkdir -p $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins

curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.17.2/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose

chmod +x $DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins/docker-compose

docker compose version

install GitLab self-hosted:
https://github.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/master/docker-compose.yml

## change host name in docker compose to your domain 

docker-compose up

install nginx :

apt install nginx

configure reverse proxy :

sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/

vi reverse-proxy.conf

# add this lines 
   server {
        server_name mydomainname.com;
        location / {
            proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:host-port;
            proxy_redirect     off;
            proxy_set_header   Host $host;
            proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
        }
}

# save file and exit 

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/reverse-proxy.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/reverse-proxy.conf

service nginx configtest

service nginx restart

install ssl by cerbot :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

sudo certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com


#renew automaticly 
sudo certbot renew --dry-run
sudo crontab -e

30 3,15 * * * /usr/bin/certbot renew >> /var/log/letsencrypt/renew.log

create a backup of docker compose gitlab :

docker-compose rm -sf gitlab

docker-compose run --rm gitlab app:rake gitlab:backup:create

backupfile is available in :

/var/lib/docker/volumes/nameofdockervolume/_data/backups

restore backup :

docker-compose run --rm gitlab app:rake gitlab:backup:restore # List available backups



docker-compose run --rm gitlab app:rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1515629493_2020_12_06_13.10.0 # Choose to restore from 1515629493

make sure backup file ownership (chwon) is currently (make sure to not be root , for example you can create a backup and check that file ownership and change the ownership like that )