How to install GitLab EE in RHEL8 using Omnibus packages in offline setup in 15 mins

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GitLab and GitHub have always been compared over their functionalities since they are similar products which utilise Git and offer web-based Git repository hosting services for source code management, continuous integration and continuous delivery(CI/CD) and collaboration among developers. Below is the trend comparison from Google Analytic. Although the search frequency for GitLab is lesser, it comes as a strong and emerging open source competitor.

In this article, I will share my experience of installing GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) in RHEL.

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Prerequisite

1. REDHAT DEVELOPER ACCOUNT

• Register an account here.
• If you encountered password error, probably your password has special character. In this case, you may want to change the password or using the activation key.
• if you want to use activation key, can try this https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3341191 , https://access.redhat.com/articles/1378093

2. RHEL workstation with minimum requirements