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

The email:host: configuration in gitlab.yml isn't actually for the mail server/SMTP host. It's used to construct the links to your Gitlab host in the email. We call our gitlab server 'gitlab.local' (and have a DNS entry for it), so our configuration says host: gitlab.local.

This way, when users receive an email from Gitlab, the links will work, instead of linking to http://localhost/, as is the default.

There's some redundant configuration in there. For the git clone URLs to be displayed correctly within Gitlab, you also need to configure web:host: and git_host:host: with the same host name.

web:
  host: gitlab.local
  port: 80
  https: false

email:
   host: gitlab.local
   protocol: http

git_host:
   host: gitlab.local

If you are using HTTPS, change web:https:, web:port:, and email:protocol:.