How To Install gitlab-workhorse on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-workhorse on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gitlab-workhorse
gitlab-workhorse is:
gitlab-workhorse was designed to unload Git HTTP traffic from the GitLab Rails app (Unicorn) to a separate daemon. It also serves ‘git archive’ downloads for GitLab. All authentication and authorization logic is still handled by the GitLab Rails app.
Architecture: Git client -> NGINX -> gitlab-workhorse (makes auth request to GitLab Rails app) -> git-upload-pack
There are three methods to install gitlab-workhorse on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gitlab-workhorse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-workhorse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gitlab-workhorse
Install gitlab-workhorse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-workhorse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gitlab-workhorse
Install gitlab-workhorse Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gitlab-workhorse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gitlab-workhorse
How To Uninstall gitlab-workhorse on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gitlab-workhorse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gitlab-workhorse
Uninstall gitlab-workhorse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gitlab-workhorse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gitlab-workhorse
Remove gitlab-workhorse Configurations and Data
To remove gitlab-workhorse configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gitlab-workhorse
Remove gitlab-workhorse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gitlab-workhorse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gitlab-workhorse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gitlab-workhorse package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
