Installing the GitLab server

We have installed all required dependencies for the GitLab server. Run the following commands to install GitLab:

$curl -LO https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ce/script.deb.sh
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  5933    0  5933    0     0  23796      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 23827  

You can examine script.deb.sh and check all the packages that will be installed and their configuration, as you need to know what is being installed on your server. Once you have verified script.deb.sh, you are good to go for the next step in the installation:

$ sudo bash script.deb.sh 
Detected operating system as Ubuntu/xenial.
Checking for curl...

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