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diff --git a/doc/development/omnibus.md b/doc/development/omnibus.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0ba354d28a2..00000000000 --- a/doc/development/omnibus.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -# What you should know about omnibus packages - -Most users install GitLab using our omnibus packages. As a developer it can be -good to know how the omnibus packages differ from what you have on your laptop -when you are coding. - -## Files are owned by root by default - -All the files in the Rails tree (`app/`, `config/` etc.) are owned by 'root' in -omnibus installations. This makes the installation simpler and it provides -extra security. The omnibus reconfigure script contains commands that give -write access to the 'git' user only where needed. - -For example, the 'git' user is allowed to write in the `log/` directory, in -`public/uploads`, and they are allowed to rewrite the `db/schema.rb` file. - -In other cases, the reconfigure script tricks GitLab into not trying to write a -file. For instance, GitLab will generate a `.secret` file if it cannot find one -and write it to the Rails root. In the omnibus packages, reconfigure writes the -`.secret` file first, so that GitLab never tries to write it. - -## Code, data and logs are in separate directories - -The omnibus design separates code (read-only, under `/opt/gitlab`) from data -(read/write, under `/var/opt/gitlab`) and logs (read/write, under -`/var/log/gitlab`). To make this happen the reconfigure script sets custom -paths where it can in GitLab config files, and where there are no path -settings, it uses symlinks. - -For example, `config/gitlab.yml` is treated as data so that file is a symlink. -The same goes for `public/uploads`. The `log/` directory is replaced by omnibus -with a symlink to `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails`. |