GitLab email sending issues

Credit doesn't goes to me, google helps. if you have setup your gitlab on your cpanel setup, you will most likely be using apache and sendmail on gitlab. And one of the issue you will be seeing is that your gitlab email won't be sending to your receiver.

Solution

fire the following code

cp /home/git/gitlab/config/initializers/smtp_settings.rb.sample /home/git/gitlab/config/initializers/smtp_settings.rb

the above code copy the sample file to the actual smtp configure file. next we will need to open up the smtp file

vi /home/git/gitlab/config/initializers/smtp_settings.rb

and starts editing

  ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
    address: "email.server.com",
    port: 456,
    user_name: "smtp",
    password: "123456",
    domain: "gitlab.company.com",
    authentication: :login,
    enable_starttls_auto: true
  }

take note, all you have to change are the following parameters

    address: "email.server.com",
    port: 456,
    user_name: "smtp",
    password: "123456",
    domain: "gitlab.company.com",

and if you are not using https, change enable_starttls_auto to false. now restart your gitlab

root@monitor [/home/git/gitlab/config/initializers]# service gitlab restart
Stopping unicorn:                                          [  OK  ]
Stopping sidekiq:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting unicorn:                                          [  OK  ]
Starting sidekiq:                                          [  OK  ]

now go test your email, should work now!