Issues setting up gitlab locally, accessible only over a network

How to Use GitLab Self-managed
1

Problem to solve

Hi, I wanted to setup a local instance of GitLab to manage some repositories I had. But ran into a few issues along the way

1. Mails sent from my local install were not being received on gmail but were received on temp-mail.org

2. HTTPS git clone not working with self signed certificates

So I wanted to know what would be the best way to setup a local gitlab instance that can only accessed in a particular network?, I know that HTTPS wont work with an IP Address as the URL so any idea about how I setup an internal DNS?

2

To solve the problem with git clone:

git config --global http.sslVerify false

as for your email issues, look at configuring email in the Gitlab docs. SMTP settings | GitLab

The above git command will disable SSL certificate verification for all clones, the better way (and more safer than disabling for all git commands) would be:

git -c http.sslVerify=false clone https://gitlab.example.com/group/repo

replacing gitlab.example.com with the name of your Gitlab server, and the appropriate group/repo.