From ec8a68771a6e1cece8efac8375bc76083b6c1494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:30:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Explain how to start a rails console

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 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the LDAP settings to take effect.
 
+### Starting a Rails console session
+
+For advanced users only. If you need access to a Rails production console for your
+GitLab installation you can start one with the following command:
+
+```shell
+sudo /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rails console
+```
+
+This will only work after you have run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` at least once.
+
 ## Building your own package
 
 See [the separate build documentation](doc/build.md).
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