Commit 20c663e1 authored by Chris Wilson's avatar Chris Wilson

Fix requirements.md link and improve PostgreSQL commands

 - Point requirements.md link to the correct location

 - Link to gitlab installation.md document instead of github

 - Use psql command switch to run specified SQL commands for creation of user and database permissions.
parent f7da99ae
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This guide is long because it covers many cases and includes all commands you need, this is [one of the few installation scripts that actually works out of the box](https://twitter.com/robinvdvleuten/status/424163226532986880).
This installation guide was created for and tested on **Debian/Ubuntu** operating systems. Please read [doc/install/requirements.md](./requirements.md) for hardware and operating system requirements. If you want to install on RHEL/CentOS we recommend using the [Omnibus packages](https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/).
This installation guide was created for and tested on **Debian/Ubuntu** operating systems. Please read [requirements.md](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/requirements.md) for hardware and operating system requirements. If you want to install on RHEL/CentOS we recommend using the [Omnibus packages](https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/).
This is the official installation guide to set up a production server. To set up a **development installation** or for many other installation options please see [the installation section of the readme](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/README.md#installation).
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# Install the database packages
sudo apt-get install -y postgresql postgresql-client libpq-dev
# Login to PostgreSQL
sudo -u postgres psql -d template1
# Create a user for GitLab
# Do not type the 'template1=#', this is part of the prompt
template1=# CREATE USER git CREATEDB;
sudo -u postgres psql -d template1 -c "CREATE USER git CREATEDB;"
# Create the GitLab production database & grant all privileges on database
template1=# CREATE DATABASE gitlabhq_production OWNER git;
# Quit the database session
template1=# \q
sudo -u postgres psql -d template1 -c "CREATE DATABASE gitlabhq_production OWNER git;"
# Try connecting to the new database with the new user
sudo -u git -H psql -d gitlabhq_production
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- FreeBSD
On the above unsupported distributions is still possible to install GitLab yourself.
Please see the [installation from source guide](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md) and the [unofficial installation guides](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-public-wiki/wiki/Unofficial-Installation-Guides) on the public wiki for more information.
Please see the [installation from source guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md) and the [unofficial installation guides](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-public-wiki/wiki/Unofficial-Installation-Guides) on the public wiki for more information.
### Non-Unix operating systems such as Windows
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