Add “gravatar.com” to /etc/hosts, pointing to a bogus host or localhost, so it doesn't send traffic their way before you have a chance to disable the functionality
echo '127.0.0.1 gravatar.com' >> /etc/hosts
We have to set up smarthosting with SMTP AUTH, so the server can send mail.
touch /etc/postfix/relay_passwd chmod 600 /etc/postfix/relay_passwd echo '[smtp.relay.com]:25 username:password' >> /etc/postfix/relay_passwd
Then stick the following in /etc/postfix/main.cf:
relayhost = [smtp.relay.com]:25 smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options =
## Change the external_url to the address your users will type in their browser
external_url 'https://gitlab.daaave.org/'
## Update settings in the actual configuration file (gitlab-ctl reconfigure
## will apply these settings)
## /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/config/gitlab.yml
## Disable Gravatar
gitlab_rails['gravatar_enabled'] = 'false'
gitlab_rails['gravatar_plain_url'] = 'http://gitlab.daaave.org/avatar/${email}'
gitlab_rails['gravatar_ssl_url'] = 'https://gitlab.daaave.org/avatar/${email}'
## Allow users to sign themselves up for accounts
gitlab_rails['gitlab_signup_enabled'] = 'true'
## SSL setup
## You also need to make sure external_url is https
nginx['redirect_http_to_https'] = 'true'
nginx['ssl_certificate'] = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.crt'
nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.key'
## Enable Redmine integration
## Haven't actually tried this yet
#gitlab_rails['issues_tracker_redmine_title'] = 'Redmine'
#gitlab_rails['issues_tracker_redmine_project_url'] = 'http://redmine.domain.com/projects/:issues_tracker_id'
#gitlab_rails['issues_tracker_redmine_issues_url'] = 'http://redmine.domain.com/:project_id/:issues_tracker_id/:id'
#gitlab_rails['issues_tracker_redmine_new_issue_url'] = 'http://redmine.domain.com/projects/:issues_tracker_id/issues/new'
## EOF
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