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diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md index 800e06fdfdf..6cad280acaf 100644 --- a/doc/install/installation.md +++ b/doc/install/installation.md @@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ up-to-date and install it. apt-get install sudo -y **Note:** -Vim is an editor that is used here whenever there are files that need to be -edited by hand. But, you can use any editor you like instead. +During this installation some files will need to be edited manually. +If you are familiar with vim set it as default editor with the commands below. +If you are not familiar with vim please skip this and keep using the default editor. - # Install vim + # Install vim and set as default editor sudo apt-get install -y vim + sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic Install the required packages: @@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ GitLab Shell is a ssh access and repository management software developed specia # Edit config and replace gitlab_url # with something like 'http://domain.com/' - sudo -u git -H vim config.yml + sudo -u git -H editor config.yml # Do setup sudo -u git -H ./bin/install @@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ You can change `5-3-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, # Make sure to change "localhost" to the fully-qualified domain name of your # host serving GitLab where necessary - sudo -u git -H vim config/gitlab.yml + sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml # Make sure GitLab can write to the log/ and tmp/ directories sudo chown -R git log/ @@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ You can change `5-3-stable` to `master` if you want the *bleeding edge* version, # Enable cluster mode if you expect to have a high load instance # Ex. change amount of workers to 3 for 2GB RAM server - sudo -u git -H vim config/puma.rb + sudo -u git -H editor config/puma.rb # Configure Git global settings for git user, useful when editing via web # Edit user.email according to what is set in gitlab.yml @@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ Make sure to edit both `gitlab.yml` and `puma.rb` to match your setup. # Change 'root' to 'gitlab' # Change 'secure password' with the value you have given to $password # You can keep the double quotes around the password - sudo -u git -H vim config/database.yml + sudo -u git -H editor config/database.yml # Make config/database.yml readable to git only sudo -u git -H chmod o-rwx config/database.yml @@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ Make sure to edit the config file to match your setup: # Change YOUR_SERVER_FQDN to the fully-qualified # domain name of your host serving GitLab. - sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab + sudo editor /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab ## Restart |