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If you're not interested in using the Omnibus packages, you can install GitLab from source [0]. That said, the source installation is too complex, too long and

• stephenr 11y ago
  > source installation is too complex Which is why a lot of smart people have invented these things called package managers. If your app needs a redis instance and a postgres instance, define dependencies on those two things in the package metadata. > Why do you think the Omnibus packages are a nightmare? Because they force the use of bundled software in a virtual black-box. You are then dependent on the maintainer of the application to also keep up to date with security patches for every piece of software they bundle. It also ties you to their setup process - a package that simply declares its requirements/recommendations means that I can integrate it with my existing systems e.g. I can use a Debian config package to configure and install a redis instance how i want, and their software doesn't need to worry about it. I am amazed that people can say "our product is a rails application, but we also bundle a postgres server and a redis server and nginx and ruby" with a straight face. If you want to target potential users who find it too hard to use a package manager (which again, should be automatic or very close to it), provide pre-installed images for the major virtualisation/containerisation platforms.
  • toxsick 11y ago
    I understand the philosophical part about that, but in my case it just worked without much pain and that was a good thing.