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Problem to solve

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After an attempted upgrade from 16.11.3-ce to 17.0.1-ce

• What are you seeing, and how does that differ from what you expect to see?
  I see errors:

[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] INFO: Generating /etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json file

================================================================================
Recipe Compile Error in /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/config.rb

NoMethodError

undefined method `gsub’ for nil:NilClass

  redirect_uri = Gitlab['gitlab_pages']['auth_redirect_uri'].gsub('.', '\.')
                                                            ^^^^^

Cookbook Trace: (most recent call first)

/opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab-pages/libraries/gitlab_pages.rb:153:in parse_namespace_in_path' /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab-pages/libraries/gitlab_pages.rb:33:in parse_variables’
/opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/package/libraries/settings_dsl.rb:208:in block in generate_config' /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/package/libraries/settings_dsl.rb:206:in each’
/opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/package/libraries/settings_dsl.rb:206:in generate_config' /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/config.rb:35:in from_file’

Relevant File Content:

/opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab-pages/libraries/gitlab_pages.rb:

146: # If GitLab Pages isn’t enabled or namespace_in_path is isn’t enabled, do nothing.
147: return unless Gitlab[‘gitlab_pages’][‘enable’] && Gitlab[‘gitlab_pages’][‘namespace_in_path’]
148:
149: Gitlab[‘pages_nginx’][‘namespace_in_path’] = Gitlab[‘gitlab_pages’][‘namespace_in_path’]
150: url_scheme = Gitlab[‘gitlab_rails’][‘pages_https’] ? ‘https’ : ‘http’
151:
152: pages_port = Gitlab[‘gitlab_rails’][‘pages_port’]
153>> redirect_uri = Gitlab[‘gitlab_pages’][‘auth_redirect_uri’].gsub(‘.’, ‘.’)
154: # Add the following when pages_port is not 80 or 443
155: Gitlab[‘pages_nginx’][‘proxy_redirect’] =
156: if [80, 443].include?(pages_port)
157: {
158: “~^(#{redirect_uri})(.)$" => “$1$2”,
159: "~^#{url_scheme}://([^/])\.(#{Gitlab[‘pages_nginx’][‘fqdn_regex’]})/(.)$" => “#{url_scheme}://$2/$1/$3”,
160: "~^//([^/])\.(#{Gitlab[‘pages_nginx’][‘fqdn_regex’]})/(.)$" => “/$1/$3”,
161: "~^/(.)$” => “/$namespace/$1”,
162: }

System Info:

chef_version=18.3.0
platform=debian
platform_version=12
ruby=ruby 3.1.5p253 (2024-04-023 revision 1945f8dc0e) [x86_64-linux]
program_name=/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client
executable=/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/cinc-client
Running handlers:
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
Infra Phase failed. 0 resources updated in 02 seconds
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cinc-stacktrace.out
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] FATAL: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] FATAL: PLEASE PROVIDE THE CONTENTS OF THE stacktrace.out FILE (above) IF YOU FILE A BUG REPORT
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] FATAL: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2024-05-22T18:26:08-05:00] FATAL: NoMethodError: undefined method `gsub’ for nil:NilClass

  redirect_uri = Gitlab['gitlab_pages']['auth_redirect_uri'].gsub('.', '\.')
                                                            ^^^^^

Checking PostgreSQL executables: NOT OK
Could not update PostgreSQL executables.

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internet search for others having the same issue with the upgrade.

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System information
System: Debian 12
Current User: git
Using RVM: no
Ruby Version: 3.1.5p253
Gem Version: 3.5.9
Bundler Version:2.5.9
Rake Version: 13.0.6
Redis Version: 7.0.15
Sidekiq Version:7.1.6
Go Version: unknown

GitLab information
Version: 17.0.1
Revision: bd824d1abb2
Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: PostgreSQL
DB Version: 14.11GitLab Shell
Version: 14.35.0
Repository storages:

• default: unix:/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/gitaly.socket
  GitLab Shell path: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell

Gitaly

• default Address: unix:/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/gitaly.socket
• default Version: 16.11.3
• default Git Version: 2.43.4

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Thanks for taking the time to be thorough in your request, it really helps!

Same here, it disappears if I set auth_redirect_uri manually or enable access_control.

Ah thanks, this fix must have had a regression Omnibus generates invalid gitlab-pages-config: "auth-redirect-uri must be defined if authentication is supported" (#5954) · Issues · GitLab.org / omnibus-gitlab · GitLab