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How to Customize Rails Secrets

Set the following environment variables first:

export NEW_GITLAB_NAMESPACE=<namespace of the new GitLab instance>
export NEW_GITLAB_NAME=<name of the new GitLab instance>

Save the Rails secrets in a local secrets.yml file.

Example:

# Create the file
cat > secrets.yml <<EOF
production:
  secret_key_base: ...
  otp_key_base: ...
  ...
EOF

Save the Rails secrets to a Kubernetes Secret:

kubectl create secret generic rails-secret -n ${NEW_GITLAB_NAMESPACE} --from-file=secrets.yml

Update the GitLab instance configuration:

kubectl edit gitlabofficial ${NEW_GITLAB_NAME} -n ${NEW_GITLAB_NAMESPACE}

Add the following spec configuration to the CR:

spec:
  helmValues:
    global:
      railsSecrets:
        secret: rails-secret

Wait for the instance to complete redeployment.