Git_data_dirs not working with mapped directory

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#1

Hey,

I’ve modified my gitlab.rb to have a new data directory, using another machine as our file server:

git_data_dirs({
    "default" => {
        "path" => "/media/ShareName/git-data"
    }
})

I’ve mounted this using fstab

//192.168.123.456/ShareName /media/ShareName cifs _netdev,uid=git,gid=git,iocharset=utf8 0 0

When running reconfigure I get the following assertion:

Failed asserting that mode permissions on "/media/ShareName/git-data" is 0700

If I modify my fstab to mount with these permissions, I get a new error:

Failed asserting that mode permissions on "/media/ShareName/git-data/repositories" is 2770

Is it possible to mount a share and use this for data?.. If I have to set the permissions in fstab I’m not sure how I can get different permissions for git-data and git-data/repositories…

#2

Hi,

Did you find a resolution to this? I’m currently stuck with the same issue.

Cheers,
Jon

#3

A year later and I have also been battling with this too. Quite stressful.

I’m not 100% sure yet, but I think I have found the answer.

In the docs on the config options:

https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/configuration.html

There is a setting in the gitlab config to disable storage directories management. As soon as I set this to false, gitlab-ctl reconfigure completed.

For now, I have mounted the cifs share with uid and gid git:git, and with file and dir mode set to 0770. I have then added my user account to the git group.

I have only just done this but Gitlab is back up and running. I guess only time will tell if this config ends up becoming a problem.

FS

#4

Nope. Doesn’t work.

Won’t let me create repos.

FML.

Would be great if someone from Gitlab could chime in. There must be a way to make this work properly.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

FS