GitLab CE web-interface "broken" after upgrade on Ubuntu 14.04

I've installed GitLab CE in my homelab as detailed here.

After an apt upgrade, the web interface was not loading the JavaScript and CSS assets:

The fix that worked for me:

mygitlab$ sudo gitlab-rake cache:clear 
mygitlab$ sudo gitlab-ctl restart

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GitLab CE Quick Installation Guide on Ubuntu 14.04

Here's a short write up of how I installed GitLab CE on one of my homelab servers

Install GitLab

First add gitlab repository, key and install it with 'apt-get' thru the script 'gitlab_ubuntu1404_setup.sh'

File: gitlab_ubuntu1404_setup.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# GitLab CE Quick Installation Guide on Ubuntu 14.04
#
# @NorSoulx 2016
#

if [ "$EUID" != 0 ] ; then echo "Please run as root"; exit ; fi

#####################
# 1) Add GitLab Repos
#
APTSRC=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gitlab_gitlab-ce.list
BACKUPFILE=/tmp/gitlab.apt.source.bak.$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').$$
if [ -f $APTSRC ]; then cp $APTSRC $BACKUPFILE ; fi

cat << APTEND > $APTSRC
#GitLab
deb https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/ubuntu/ trusty main
deb-src https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/ubuntu/ trusty main
APTEND


#####################
# 2) Add GitLab key
#
wget -qO - https://packages.gitlab.com/gpg.key | apt-key add -

#####################
# 3) Install packages
#
PKGS="openssh-server ca-certificates postfix gitlab-ce"

apt-get update
for PKG in $PKGS; do
  apt-get install $PKG
done

#####################
# 4) Configure
#
gitlab-ctl reconfigure

# 5) Summary
#
cat << DIREND
GITLAB DIRS
-----------
/opt/gitlab             application code
/var/opt/gitlab         application data and configuration files (gitlab-ctl)   DO NOT EDIT
/etc/gitlab             configuration files (omnibus-gitlab).                   EDIT MANUALLY
/var/log/gitlab         log data (omnibus-gitlab)
DIREND



Installed by running:

mygitlab$ sudo ./gitlab_ubuntu1404_setup.sh

Configure GitLab

I have multiple bonding interfaces and subnets configured on this homelab server, so I  put GitLab on a new ip alias.

Add alias IP

To manually add the alias ip, I did (I've also added this IP to my boot-startup-script)

mygitlab$ sudo ip addr add 10.11.12.13/32 dev bond0


Added new alias IP to local DNS or /etc/hosts.

mygitlab$ grep mygitlab /etc/hosts
10.11.12.13 mygitlab

Create certificate

Created local certificate for https:

mygitlab$ sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
mygitlab$ sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/gitlab/ssl/mygitlab.key -out /etc/gitlab/ssl/mygitlab.crt

Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

Made changes to /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb.
Change url and ssh host, move backups and datadir, configure ssl.

Set:

external_url 'https://mygitlab'
gitlab_rails['gitlab_ssh_host'] = 'mygitlab'
gitlab_rails['backup_path'] = "/data02/gitlab/backups"
git_data_dir "/data01/gitlab/git-data"
nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/mygitlab.crt"
nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/mygitlab.key"
nginx['listen_addresses'] = ['mygitlab']

Reconfigure

Ran gitlab-ctl reconfigure for changes to take effect:

mygitlab$ sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Login and change default root password

Login with web-browser: https://mygitlab

Default:
Username: root
Password: 5iveL!fe (change to something else)


Next add users and create projets via web-interface.

Git repositories are located under directory:

/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories

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