gitlab set root password and ssl configuration using letsencrypt

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allow ssh 22,http 80,https 443 ports.

80 and 443 for all as letsenrypt server should reach

ssh your ip is enough

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

sudo gitlab-rails console -e production

in the console opened:

user = User.where(id: 1).first; user.password = 'new_password'; user.password_confirmation = 'new_password'; user.save!

exit

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

To enable ssl:

create a domain entry A record and then :

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install certbot

sudo certbot certonly --standalone -d your-domain.com

sudo nano /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

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external_url 'https://your-domain.com'

nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/fullchain.pem"

nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "/etc/letsencrypt/live/your-domain.com/privkey.pem"

sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

sudo gitlab-ctl restart

To Autorenew certificates:

sudo crontab -e

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0 0 1 * * certbot renew --quiet && gitlab-ctl restart nginx