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Add information about omnibus-gitlab and SELinux See merge request !173
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@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ unicorn['port'] = 3456 | @@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ unicorn['port'] = 3456 | ||
84 | 84 | ||
85 | For Nginx port changes please see the section on enabling HTTPS below. | 85 | For Nginx port changes please see the section on enabling HTTPS below. |
86 | 86 | ||
87 | +#### Git SSH access stops working on SELinux-enabled systems | ||
88 | + | ||
89 | +On SELinux-enabled systems the git user's `.ssh` directory or its contents can | ||
90 | +get their security context messed up. You can fix this by running `sudo | ||
91 | +gitlab-ctl reconfigure`, which will run a `chcon --recursive` command on | ||
92 | +`/var/opt/gitlab/.ssh`. | ||
93 | + | ||
87 | #### Reconfigure fails to create the git user | 94 | #### Reconfigure fails to create the git user |
88 | 95 | ||
89 | This can happen if you run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` as the git user. | 96 | This can happen if you run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` as the git user. |
@@ -521,6 +528,17 @@ Omnibus-gitlab uses four different directories. | @@ -521,6 +528,17 @@ Omnibus-gitlab uses four different directories. | ||
521 | - `/var/log/gitlab` contains all log data generated by components of | 528 | - `/var/log/gitlab` contains all log data generated by components of |
522 | omnibus-gitlab. | 529 | omnibus-gitlab. |
523 | 530 | ||
531 | +## Omnibus-gitlab and SELinux | ||
532 | + | ||
533 | +Although omnibus-gitlab runs on systems that have SELinux enabled, it does not | ||
534 | +use SELinux confinement features: | ||
535 | +- omnibus-gitlab creates unconfined system users; | ||
536 | +- omnibus-gitlab services run in an unconfined context. | ||
537 | + | ||
538 | +The correct operation of Git access via SSH depends on the labeling of | ||
539 | +`/var/opt/gitlab/.ssh`. If needed you can restore this labeling by running | ||
540 | +`sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure`. | ||
541 | + | ||
524 | ## Logs | 542 | ## Logs |
525 | 543 | ||
526 | ### Tail logs in a console on the server | 544 | ### Tail logs in a console on the server |