Install dependencies sudo apt-get install curl openssh-server ca-certificates postfix Install GitLab curl -sS https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh | sudo bash sudo apt-get install gitlab-ce Configure & start GitLab sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure sudo gitlab-ctl restart Generate self-signed certificates sudo cp /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb-DIST sudo mkdir /etc/gitlab/ssl sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.key 2048 sudo openssl req -new -key /etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.domain.com.key -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.domain.com.csr sudo openssl req -new -key /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.key -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.csr sudo cp -v /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.{key,original} sudo openssl rsa -in /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.original -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.key sudo rm -v /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.original sudo openssl x509 -req -days 1460 -in /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.csr -signkey /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.key -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.crt sudo rm -v /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.csr sudo chmod 600 /etc/gitlab/ssl/cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu.* Configure GitLab to use HTTPS sudo vim /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb Change the appropriate lines to match the following with your information: external_url 'https://cls-kvm1.itsm.unt.edu' nginx['redirect_http_to_https'] = true ci_nginx['redirect_http_to_https'] = true Configure & start GitLab sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure sudo gitlab-ctl restart Resources * https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#ubuntu1604 * http://www.bonusbits.com/wiki/HowTo:Setup_HTTPS_for_Gitlab * http://www.bonusbits.com/wiki/HowTo:Generate_Self-Signed_SSL_Certificate_with_OpenSSL * http://www.bonusbits.com/wiki/HowTo:Setup_LDAP_on_Gitlab