installed gitlab on ubuntu shows apache default page

I installed gitlab on my vps from DigitalOcean using this command: sudo EXTERNAL_URL="http://gitlab.cc-soft.xyz" apt-get install gitlab-ee. When I go to http://gitlab.cc-soft.xyz it shows me this page: how to fix this problem?

Solution 1:

I tried the installation steps on an ubuntu docker container and gitlab runs with no problem. in case someone is interested:

docker run --name ubuntu-gitlab -p 8000:80 -p 8443:443 -it ubuntu:latest bash

Now about your problem. I can think of two possibilities:

• you have forgotten to set your DNS records for your gitlab machine and it currently points to another one running apache server.
• or you already have an web server installation in that machine.

In the latter case, you need to take one of these actions:

• remove current web server and install gitlab as the only one serving in that machine
• configure gitlab to use a relative url described in here. you may need extra proxy setup in your main web server.

However, in my clear setup, i did not have another server and gitlab show the same first 404 page with the foxy (the one we get until gitlab get fully functional) in the main domain. it runs smooth in http://domain/gitlab

PS: not related to your issue, I will add a problem I faced and the solution I have found, for future referencing.

during the installation, I got a freeze (or maybe was taking too long):

ruby_block[wait for logrotate service socket] action run

and running the following in another shell seemed to work and it continued to the installation (sudo will be needed for non-root setup)

/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/runsvdir-start