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GitLab Packages allows organizations to use GitLab as a private repository for a variety of common package managers. Users are able to build and publish packages, which can be easily consumed as a dependency in downstream projects.
The Packages feature allows GitLab to act as a repository for the following:
The Package Registry supports the following formats:
The below table lists formats that are not supported, but are accepting Community contributions for. Consider contributing to GitLab. This development documentation guides you through the process.
Format | Status |
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Chef | #36889 |
CocoaPods | #36890 |
Conda | #36891 |
CRAN | #36892 |
Debian | WIP: Merge Request |
Opkg | #36894 |
P2 | #36895 |
Puppet | #36897 |
RPM | #5932 |
RubyGems | #803 |
SBT | #36898 |
Terraform | WIP: Merge Request |
Vagrant | #36899 |
NOTE: Note: After the Packages feature is enabled, the repositories are available for all new projects by default. To enable it for existing projects, users explicitly do so in the project's settings.
To enable the Packages feature:
Omnibus GitLab installations
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Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and add the following line:gitlab_rails['packages_enabled'] = true
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Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Installations from source
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After the installation is complete, you configure the
packages
section inconfig/gitlab.yml
. Set totrue
to enable it:packages: enabled: true
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Restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Helm Chart installations
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After the installation is complete, you configure the
packages
section inglobal.appConfig.packages
. Set totrue
to enable it:packages: enabled: true
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Restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.
By default, the packages are stored locally, but you can change the default local location or even use object storage.
The packages for Omnibus GitLab installations are stored under
/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/packages/
and for source
installations under shared/packages/
(relative to the Git home directory).
To change the local storage path:
Omnibus GitLab installations
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Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and add the following line:gitlab_rails['packages_storage_path'] = "/mnt/packages"
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Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Installations from source
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Edit the
packages
section inconfig/gitlab.yml
:packages: enabled: true storage_path: shared/packages
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Save the file and restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Instead of relying on the local storage, you can use an object storage to store packages.
Read more about using object storage with GitLab.
NOTE: Note: We recommend using the consolidated object storage settings. The following instructions apply to the original config format.
Omnibus GitLab installations
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Edit
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
and add the following lines (uncomment where necessary):gitlab_rails['packages_enabled'] = true gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_enabled'] = true gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_remote_directory'] = "packages" # The bucket name. gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_direct_upload'] = false # Use Object Storage directly for uploads instead of background uploads if enabled (Default: false). gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_background_upload'] = true # Temporary option to limit automatic upload (Default: true). gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_proxy_download'] = false # Passthrough all downloads via GitLab instead of using Redirects to Object Storage. gitlab_rails['packages_object_store_connection'] = { ## ## If the provider is AWS S3, uncomment the following ## #'provider' => 'AWS', #'region' => 'eu-west-1', #'aws_access_key_id' => 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', #'aws_secret_access_key' => 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', ## If an IAM profile is being used with AWS, omit the aws_access_key_id and aws_secret_access_key and uncomment #'use_iam_profile' => true, ## ## If the provider is other than AWS (an S3-compatible one), uncomment the following ## #'host' => 's3.amazonaws.com', #'aws_signature_version' => 4 # For creation of signed URLs. Set to 2 if provider does not support v4. #'endpoint' => 'https://s3.amazonaws.com' # Useful for S3-compliant services such as DigitalOcean Spaces. #'path_style' => false # If true, use 'host/bucket_name/object' instead of 'bucket_name.host/object'. }
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Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Installations from source
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Edit the
packages
section inconfig/gitlab.yml
(uncomment where necessary):packages: enabled: true ## ## The location where build packages are stored (default: shared/packages). ## # storage_path: shared/packages object_store: enabled: false remote_directory: packages # The bucket name. # direct_upload: false # Use Object Storage directly for uploads instead of background uploads if enabled (Default: false). # background_upload: true # Temporary option to limit automatic upload (Default: true). # proxy_download: false # Passthrough all downloads via GitLab instead of using Redirects to Object Storage. connection: ## ## If the provider is AWS S3, use the following: ## provider: AWS region: us-east-1 aws_access_key_id: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID aws_secret_access_key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY ## ## If the provider is other than AWS (an S3-compatible one), comment out the previous 4 lines and use the following instead: ## # host: 's3.amazonaws.com' # default: s3.amazonaws.com. # aws_signature_version: 4 # For creation of signed URLs. Set to 2 if provider does not support v4. # endpoint: 'https://s3.amazonaws.com' # Useful for S3-compliant services such as DigitalOcean Spaces. # path_style: false # If true, use 'host/bucket_name/object' instead of 'bucket_name.host/object'.
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Save the file and restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.
After configuring the object storage, you may use the following task to migrate existing packages from the local storage to the remote one. The processing is done in a background worker and requires no downtime.
For Omnibus GitLab:
sudo gitlab-rake "gitlab:packages:migrate"
For installations from source:
RAILS_ENV=production sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:packages:migrate