Gitlab with non-standard SSH port (on VM with Iptable forwarding)

Question

My gitlab is on a virtual machine on a host server. I reach the VM with a non-standard SSH port (i.e. 766) which an iptable rule then forward from host:766 to vm:22.

So when I create a new repo, the instruction to add a remote provide a mal-formed URL (as it doesn't use the 766 port. For instance, the web interface give me this:

Malformed

git remote add origin [email protected]:group/project.git

Instead of an URL containing :766/ before the group.

Wellformed

git remote add origin [email protected]:766/group/project.git

So it time I create a repo, I have to do the modification manually, same for my collaborator. How can I fix that ?

Answer 1

In Omnibus-packaged versions you can modify that property in the /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb file:

gitlab_rails['gitlab_shell_ssh_port'] = 766

Then, you'll need to reconfigure GitLab:

# gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Your URIs will then be correctly displayed as ssh://[email protected]:766/group/project.git in the web interface.