Nginx config moved to official repository

You can find the nginx config in GitLab official repository which can be used for source installations.

Omnibus configs

The configuration files in this directory are known to work with GitLab 8.2 and newer versions.

For versions of GitLab 8.0 and 8.1, check the 8-1-stable branch.

For versions of GitLab 8.2, check the 8-2-stable branch.

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GitLab 8.3 introduces major changes in the NGINX configuration. Because all HTTP requests now pass through gitlab-workhorse, a lot of directives need to be removed from NGINX. During future upgrades there should be much less changes in the NGINX configuration because of this.

Omnibus packages use their own bundled nginx server. If you want to use your own external Nginx server, follow the first 3 steps to configure GitLab and then download the appropriate config file (ssl or non-ssl) from this directory.

After placing the configs in their appropriate location (read Different conf directories), make sure to restart Nginx.

CentOS related Nginx notes

Different conf directories

If nginx is installed through the package manager, adjust sites in /etc/nginx/conf.d/ instead of /etc/nginx/sites-available/ or create those directories and tell nginx to monitor them:

sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-{available,enabled}

Then edit /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and replace include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; with /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

Give nginx access to git group

In order for GitLab to display properly you have to make either one of the changes below. The first one is recommended.

Add nginx user to git group:

sudo usermod -a -G git nginx
sudo chmod g+rx /home/git/

or replace the default nginx user with git and group root in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

#user             nginx;
user              git root;