Troubleshooting your GitLab installation

When your GitLab instance does not work the way you expect it to work, it's nice to have a way to check what parts of your installation are not working properly. In this recipe, we will take a look at the self-diagnostic tools provided by GitLab.

How to do it…

Learn how to troubleshoot your GitLab server with the following steps:

  1. Log in to your server using SSH.

    The first case shows troubleshooting in the case of a GitLab source installation.

  2. Go to your gitlab folder:
    $ cd /home/git/gitlab
  3. To autodiagnose your installation, run the following command:
    $ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production
  4. When there is a problem with your GitLab installation, it will be outputted in red text, as ...

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