Install GitLab

GitLab

1. On a new server, install GitLab.
   • https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/
2. After GitLab is installed, sign into the web UI with the user root.
   • The first time you visit the UI it will force you to enter a password for the root user.
3. In the GitLab UI, create a group called puppet.
   • http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/groups.html

4. In the GitLab UI, make yourself a user to edit and push code.

5. From your laptop or development machine, make an SSH key and link it with your GitLab user.
   • Note: The SSH key allows your laptop to communicate with the GitLab server and push code.
   • https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/
   • http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/ssh/README.html
6. In the GitLab UI, add your user to the puppet group.
   • You must give your user at least master permissions to complete the following steps.
   • Read more about permissions:
   • https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/permissions/permissions.md

7. In the GitLab UI, create a project called control-repo and set its Namespace to the puppet group.

8. On your laptop, clone this PuppetLabs-RampUpProgram control repo.
   • git clone https://github.com/PuppetLabs-RampUpProgram/control-repo.git
   • cd control-repo
9. On your laptop, remove the origin remote.
   • git remote remove origin
10. On your laptop, add your GitLab repo as the origin remote.
    • git remote add origin <SSH URL of your GitLab repo>
11. On your laptop, push the production branch of the repo from your machine up to your Git server.
    • git push origin production