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We want to make it as easy and fast as possible to start with GitLab, hence the curl from https. But feel free to send a merge request to improve the download p

• stephenr 11y ago
  > Sending the hostname is default Packagecloud.io behaviour Your own download page states: We recommend you set the name to the fqdn of the target node (the value of hostname -f on linux), but you can set it to whatever you want If your company is recommending something, shouldn't you have a good reason why?
  • sytse 11y ago
    Can you link to the page where you found this? I can't find it on https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#debian8 https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#debian8 This seems like setup instructions for GitLab and I think it is unrelated.
    • stephenr 11y ago
      The page I linked above: https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/install https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/install Click the "Manual" tab, last paragraph of the 'deb' section.
      • sytse 11y ago
        This is the default download page of PackageCloud. The reason for this is probably that most of the time PackageCloud requires credentials to download packages. But I'll ask the author.
        • sytse 11y ago
          Joe of PackageCloud was kind enough to change the code so that an id will be send back, not the hostname. The changes: 1.) Renamed hostname to unique_id everywhere, and added more prose around replacing unique_id with any unique identifier. 2.) Removed the unique_id code from install scripts for public repos (still exists in private repos) 3.) Modified the manual install instructions to be easier to follow, and not require a curl to the server for public repos. 4.) Added mirroring instructions for both YUM and APT. Shipping in 1.0.23