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Jason Sturges
Asked: 2014-03-31 16:36:51 +0800 CST

Set gitlab external web port number

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How do I change gitlab's default port 80 to a custom port number?

There are two approaches I've tried:

Set the port in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

external_port "8888"

Then run reconfigure:

gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Set port in /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc/gitlab.yml

production: &base
  #
  # 1. GitLab app settings
  # ==========================

  ## GitLab settings
  gitlab:
    ## Web server settings (note: host is the FQDN, do not include http://)
    host: gitlab.blitting.com
    port: 8888
    https: false

Then restart gitlab

gitlab-ctl stop
gitlab-ctl start

With both of these, gitlab continues to run on the default 80 port number.

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8 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Chad Carbert answer still applies but just want to add extra for version 7.0.0.

    Open "/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb" in your text editor where currently I have external_url http://127.0.0.1/ or similar to that. I may need to change external_url with dns including port number (eg. 'http://gitlab.com.local:81/') then reconfigure using command "sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure" Gitlab is now working on port 81.

    Step by step:

    1. sudo -e /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
    2. Change external_url from yourdomain.com to yourdomain.com:9999
      9999 -> Port you want it to run
    3. sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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  2. Very simple way to change defaults port number

    gitlab-ctl stop

    Edit the file in centos or linux: /var/opt/gitlab/nginx/conf/gitlab-http.conf
    Change listen *:80; to what you want Ex:- 90

    Then

    Don't run the command: gitlab-ctl reconfigure
    If gitlab-ctl reconfigure it configured gitlab by defaults and remove changes.

    So only run: gitlab-ctl start

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  3. I'm also having this same issue. I don't have my gitlab.rb in the same location as you, but do have it installed via dpkg at the /opt path you mentioned.

    If you've installed it via the package, all self-contained in that /opt directory, then you might find changing the port at :

    • /opt/gitlab/embedded/conf/nginx.conf
    • /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/nginx-gitlab-http.conf.erb

    Issue #6581: .deb package install on Ubuntu 12.04 - Port number in gitlab.yml file is ignored

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  4. With Ubuntu 17.04 and gitlab-ce 9.2.2, on local network

    These steps worked for me:

    1. Edit gitlab.rb file.

    sudo nano /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

    1. Add your optional listen port to end of file.

    nginx['listen_port'] = 8181

    1. Stop apache if needed, and reconfigure gitlab

    sudo service apache2 stop sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

    1. Start apache if you stop that.

    sudo service apache2 start

    1. Finished, now gitlab is available on your ip address with selected port.

    'http://localhost:8181'

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  5. My main issue was that new users were not getting the custom port number in the emails that the system sent. Otherwise, manually writing the custom port in the address bar led users to the Gitlab install.

    I did this install on Ubuntu 14.04 instead of the Omnibus. So somehow I don't have gitlab-ctl. (It exists in /usr/bin, but the target of the symlink wasn't installed somehow. I'll fix that separately if I really have to.)

    Anyway, I used a variant of the second approach, writing the correct port into /home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml:

    production: &base
  #
  # 1. GitLab app settings
  # ==========================

  ## GitLab settings
  gitlab:
    ## Web server settings (note: host is the FQDN, do not include http://)
    host: my.gitlab.host.com
    port: 3722

    Since I don't have gitlab-ctl, I used service:

    sudo service gitlab restart

    That worked for me. New users that I sent the email to received a link which contained the correct URL.

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  6. In Amazon Linux using the Centos 6 package I had to configure the file:

    /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb

    and then do the

    gitlab-ctl reconfigure

    command to finally get the port change.

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  7. I'm using Gitlab 7.5.3 omnibus 5.2.1 ci on Debian Squeeze. To change the default port for nginx add the _gitlab_port_ to /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:

    My /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:

    external_url = 'gitlab.example.org'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_port'] = 12345

    After changing the port, you have to call gitlab-ctl reconfigure and gitlab-ctl restart in your command line.

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  8. You must change the external_url value on Gitlab configuration file.

    Follow these steps:

    1. Edit config file by run this command
    sudo nano /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
    1. Find the external_url and change to your URL and port

    Change external_url

    1. Exit and save the change (ctrl + X)
    2. Run this command to reconfiguration the Gitlab local server
    sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

    ? If you use the webserver like Nginx you must change the external port from the reverse proxy in the configuration of Nginx.

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