Setup up Mattermost with existing Gitlab

Based on

I was trying to set up mattermost with Gitlab I have installed on an Apache2 server in Ubuntu from source. The follow procedure proved to work for me.

Install Docker

Download and install Docker

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wget
wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker <username>
sudo service docker start
newgrp docker

Set up your dockerhost address by editing your /etc/hosts file to include the following line
```
127.0.0.1 dockerhost
```

Install build essentials
```
apt-get install build-essential
```

Install Go

If you installed the Gitlab 8+, you should already have GO installed.

Install Node.js

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Install mysql server 5.6 or above

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6

After that, create a databased called mattermost

Mattermost Server

Download the latest Mattermost Server by typing:

wget https://releases.mattermost.com/2.2.0/mattermost-team-2.2.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvzf mattermost.tar.gz

Create the storage directory for files.

sudo mkdir -p /mattermost/data
sudo chown -R username /mattermost

Configure Mattermost Server by editing the config.json file at mattermost/config
- cd ~/mattermost/config
- Edit the file by typing: nano config.json
- replace DataSource“: “mmuser:mostest@tcp(dockerhost:3306)/mattermost?charset=utf8mb4,utf8 with your own mysql database name and password

Test the Mattermost Server
```
cd ~/mattermost/bin
./platform
```
You should see a console log like
```
Server is listening on :8065
```
if it runs correctly.
Stop the server for now by pressing ctrl-c

Setup Mattermost to use the Upstart daemon which handles supervision of the Mattermost process.

sudo nano /etc/init/mattermost.conf

Copy the following lines into /etc/init/mattermost.conf

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [016]
respawn
chdir /home/ubuntu/mattermost
setuid ubuntu
exec bin/platform

Test the setup by starting the service using
```
sudo start mattermost
```
Verify the service is running by typing: curl
```
http://127.0.0.1:8065
```
You should see a page titles Mattermost - Signup if running correctly.

Setup up the Apache2 server

Create a config file using

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mattermost.conf

In the file, include the following (note to change your domain name):

 <VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName mattermost.xxx.org

  ProxyPreserveHost On
  RewriteEngine     On

  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/api/v1/websocket      [NC,OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:UPGRADE} ^WebSocket$             [NC,OR]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:CONNECTION} ^Upgrade$            [NC]
  RewriteRule .* ws://127.0.0.1:8065%{REQUEST_URI}   [P,QSA,L]

  RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME}    !-f
  RewriteRule .* http://127.0.0.1:8065%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L]

  # Be sure to uncomment the next 2 lines if https is used
  # RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"
  # Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"


  # Prevent apache from sending incorrect 304 status updates
  RequestHeader unset If-Modified-Since
  RequestHeader unset If-None-Match

  <Location /api/v1/websocket>
     Require all granted
     ProxyPassReverse ws://127.0.0.1:8065/api/v1/websocket
     ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain 127.0.0.1 mattermost.xxx.org
  </Location>

  <Location />
     Require all granted
     ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8065/
     ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain 127.0.0.1 mattermost.xxx.org
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>

Start the service by using

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_balancer
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod mod_proxy_wstunnel
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2ensite mattermost
sudo service apache2 reload

Then you can point to mattermost in your web browser.

Using Gitlab as Single-Sign-On

Follow the instruction here: http://docs.mattermost.com/deployment/sso-gitlab.html

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