{"id":31121,"date":"2022-09-04T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T12:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=31121"},"modified":"2022-12-23T05:47:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T05:47:32","slug":"gitlab-tutorials-gitlab-installation-environment-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/gitlab-tutorials-gitlab-installation-environment-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"GitLab Tutorials: Gitlab Installation Environment variables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GitLab exposes certain environment variables which can be used to override their defaults values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People usually configure GitLab with \/etc\/gitlab\/gitlab.rb<\/code> for Omnibus installations, or gitlab.yml<\/code> for installations from source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use the following environment variables to override certain values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported environment variables<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Variable<\/th>Type<\/th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
DATABASE_URL<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The database URL; is of the form: postgresql:\/\/localhost\/blog_development<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
ENABLE_BOOTSNAP<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Toggles Bootsnap<\/a> for speeding up initial Rails boot. Enabled by default for non-production environments. Set to 0<\/code> to disable.<\/td><\/tr>
EXTERNAL_URL<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Specify the external URL at the time of installation<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
EXTERNAL_VALIDATION_SERVICE_TIMEOUT<\/code><\/td>integer<\/td>Timeout, in seconds, for an external CI\/CD pipeline validation service<\/a>. Default is 5<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
EXTERNAL_VALIDATION_SERVICE_URL<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>URL to an external CI\/CD pipeline validation service<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
EXTERNAL_VALIDATION_SERVICE_TOKEN<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The X-Gitlab-Token<\/code> for authentication with an external CI\/CD pipeline validation service<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_CDN_HOST<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Sets the base URL for a CDN to serve static assets (for example, https:\/\/mycdnsubdomain.fictional-cdn.com<\/code>).<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_EMAIL_DISPLAY_NAME<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The name used in the From<\/strong> field in emails sent by GitLab.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_EMAIL_FROM<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The email address used in the From<\/strong> field in emails sent by GitLab.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_EMAIL_REPLY_TO<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The email address used in the Reply-To<\/strong> field in emails sent by GitLab.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_EMAIL_SUBJECT_SUFFIX<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The email subject suffix used in emails sent by GitLab.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_HOST<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The full URL of the GitLab server (including http:\/\/<\/code> or https:\/\/<\/code>).<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_MARKUP_TIMEOUT<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Timeout, in seconds, for rest2html<\/code> and pod2html<\/code> commands executed by the gitlab-markup<\/code> gem<\/a>. Default is 10<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Sets the password for the root<\/code> user on installation.<\/td><\/tr>
GITLAB_SHARED_RUNNERS_REGISTRATION_TOKEN<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Sets the initial registration token used for runners.<\/td><\/tr>
RAILS_ENV<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>The Rails environment; can be one of production<\/code>, development<\/code>, staging<\/code>, or test<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
UNSTRUCTURED_RAILS_LOG<\/code><\/td>string<\/td>Enables the unstructured log in addition to JSON logs (defaults to true<\/code>).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding more variables<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We welcome merge requests to make more settings configurable by using variables. Make changes to the config\/initializers\/1_settings.rb<\/code> file, and use the naming scheme GITLAB_#{name in 1_settings.rb in upper case}<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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