Note: Instructions based on but have been modified in a few places to make it work with mySQL: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/database_mysql.md Extra related Info: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/installation.md https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/development/gitlab-on-ubuntu-14-04 and https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-gitlab-as-your-very-own-private-github-clone#database-setup STEPS adduser –disabled-login –gecos ‘GitLab’ git apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl openssh-server redis-server checkinstall libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libicu-dev logrotate python-docutils …