Gitlab with Gmail

June 5, 2014 15k views
troyhi
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troyhi
noob question here, I am trying to give my new droplet with Gitlab installed the ability to send mail / messages with a gmail account. I have googled for this and come back with good instructions like these http://elijahpaul.co.uk/using-an-smtp-server-with-gitlab/ But he is referencing paths to files that I can't seem to find such as config/environments/production.rb I am not really sure where i should be looking, I am somewhat beating my head on the wall. can anyone give me some pointers so that I can learn more. System info Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty Gitlab 6.4.2 ? Thanks !
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TonyTsang June 5, 2014
I believe the absolute path should be /home/git/gitlab/config/environments/production.rb
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troyhi June 5, 2014
Thanks Tony, and that is kinda what I thought it should be but that path does not exist.... hmmmmm
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kamaln7 MOD June 5, 2014
Try running the following command as root: 
find / -name production.rb 2>/dev/null
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asb MOD June 5, 2014
The newer GitLab images use the omnibus installer. You can edit settings in: /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

You probably want to add something like: 


gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true

gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'smtp.gmail.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587

gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = 'account@gmail.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'password'

gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = 'gmail.com'

gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = :plain

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true


For the changes to take effect you need to run: 


sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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  • Wiktor September 10, 2014

    I think it should be underscore instead of hyphen:

    gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = 'smtp.gmail.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 587
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = 'account@gmail.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = 'password'
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = 'gmail.com'
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = :plain
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
  • asb MOD September 10, 2014

    Right you are! Updated above. Thanks!

Wiktor September 11, 2014
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