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Commit 5ce8a415972a29e1a7986ffa979c1a581309bd36

Authored by Jacob Vosmaer
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Make it clearer where to put your HTTPS key/cert

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README.md
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... ... @@ -281,23 +281,27 @@ Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the LDAP settings to take effect.
281 281  
282 282 ### Enable HTTPS
283 283  
284   -By default, omnibus-gitlab does not use HTTPS. If you want to enable
285   -HTTPS for gitlab.example.com, first place your key and certificate in
  284 +By default, omnibus-gitlab does not use HTTPS. If you want to enable HTTPS for
  285 +gitlab.example.com, add the following statement to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
  286 +
  287 +```ruby
  288 +external_url "https://gitlab.example.com"
  289 +```
  290 +
  291 +Because the hostname in our example is 'gitlab.example.com', omnibus-gitlab
  292 +will look for key and certificate files called
286 293 `/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.key` and
287   -`/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.crt`, respectively.
  294 +`/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.crt`, respectively. Create the
  295 +`/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate there.
288 296  
289 297 ```
290 298 sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
291 299 sudo chmod 700 /etc/gitlab/ssl
292   -sudo cp gitlab.example.com.crt gitlab.example.com.key /etc/gitlab/ssl/
  300 +sudo cp gitlab.example.com.key gitlab.example.com.crt /etc/gitlab/ssl/
293 301 ```
294 302  
295   -Next, add the following line to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and run `sudo
296   -gitlab-ctl reconfigure`.
297   -
298   -```ruby
299   -external_url "https://gitlab.example.com"
300   -```
  303 +Now run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure`. When the reconfigure finishes your
  304 +GitLab instance should be reachable at `http://gitlab.example.com`.
301 305  
302 306 If you are using a firewall you may have to open port 443 to allow inbound
303 307 HTTPS traffic.
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