GitLab email setup: sending via another mail server

Question

By default gitlab has the next configuration in gitlab.yml :

email:
  from: notify@gitlabhq.com
  host: gitlabhq.com

but, I ne

Answer 1

For Gitlab > 7 omnibus, edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb as below and run sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure

gitlab_rails['smtp_enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_address'] = "smtp.server"
gitlab_rails['smtp_port'] = 465
gitlab_rails['smtp_user_name'] = "smtp user"
gitlab_rails['smtp_password'] = "smtp password"
gitlab_rails['smtp_domain'] = "example.com"
gitlab_rails['smtp_authentication'] = "login"
gitlab_rails['smtp_enable_starttls_auto'] = true
gitlab_rails['smtp_openssl_verify_mode'] = 'none'

Source: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/smtp.md