gitlab-recipes/init/systemd

GitLab startup services for systemd (Archlinux, Fedora, etc)

GitLab requires a couple of services:

• Web server (apache, nginx, etc.)
• Redis server
• Mail server (postfix or other)
• GitLab Sidekiq service (gitlab-sidekiq.service)
• Unicorn service (gitlab-unicorn.service)
• Gitlab Workhorse server for slow HTTP requests (gitlab-workhorse.service)
• Gitaly, the Git RPC service for handling all the git calls made by GitLab (gitlab-gitaly.service)

Setup GitLab services

Copy files to /etc/systemd/system/:

sudo su
cd /etc/systemd/system/
wget -O gitlab-sidekiq.service https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/raw/master/init/systemd/gitlab-sidekiq.service
wget -O gitlab-unicorn.service https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/raw/master/init/systemd/gitlab-unicorn.service
wget -O gitlab-workhorse.service https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/raw/master/init/systemd/gitlab-workhorse.service
wget -O gitlab-mailroom.service https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/raw/master/init/systemd/gitlab-mailroom.service
wget -O gitlab-gitaly.service https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/raw/master/init/systemd/gitlab-gitaly.service

Reload systemd:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start the services:

sudo systemctl start gitlab-sidekiq.service gitlab-unicorn.service gitlab-workhorse.service gitlab-mailroom.service gitlab-gitaly.service

Enable them to start at boot:

sudo systemctl enable gitlab-sidekiq.service gitlab-unicorn.service gitlab-workhorse.service gitlab-mailroom.service gitlab-gitaly.service

Notes

• If you installed GitLab in other path than /home/git/gitlab change the service files accordingly.

• /etc/systemd/system/ have a higher precedence over /usr/lib/systemd/system.