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diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md index 618391e16d2..0a19a060a9a 100644 --- a/doc/install/installation.md +++ b/doc/install/installation.md @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ up-to-date and install it. Install the required packages (needed to compile Ruby and native extensions to Ruby gems): - sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate python-docutils pkg-config cmake nodejs + sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl openssh-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate python-docutils pkg-config cmake nodejs If you want to use Kerberos for user authentication, then install libkrb5-dev: @@ -174,7 +174,23 @@ We recommend using a PostgreSQL database. For MySQL check [MySQL setup guide](da ## 6. Redis - sudo apt-get install redis-server +As of this writing, most Debian/Ubuntu distributions ship with Redis 2.2 or +2.4. GitLab requires at least Redis 2.8. If your platform doesn't provide +this, the following instructions cover building and installing Redis from +scratch. + +Ubuntu users [can also use a PPA](https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/ubuntu/redis-server) +to install a recent version of Redis. + + # Build Redis + wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-2.8.23.tar.gz + tar xzf redis-2.8.23.tar.gz + cd redis-2.8.23 + make + + # Install Redis + cd utils + sudo ./install_server.sh # Configure redis to use sockets sudo cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig @@ -197,7 +213,7 @@ We recommend using a PostgreSQL database. For MySQL check [MySQL setup guide](da fi # Activate the changes to redis.conf - sudo service redis-server restart + sudo service redis_6379 start # Add git to the redis group sudo usermod -aG redis git |