Gitlab : gitlab-http.conf revert back to original - nginx

I'm trying to create SSL for Gitlab server by following the steps below:
1-Change rb file to indicate the external_url
/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
external_url 'https://10.1.43.111:443/gitlab'
2-Define the ssl cert in nginx - gitlab-http.conf
/var/opt/gitlab/nginx/conf#
However, when i run reconfigure command for gitlab --> sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure, the content for gitlab-http.conf revert to the original file.
Did I define the SSL setting correctly? Any idea?
Thanks

One possible cause I get from the documentation "Configuration options for the GitLab Linux package / Specify the external URL at the time of installation"
As part of package updates, if you have EXTERNAL_URL variable set inadvertently, it replaces the existing value in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb without any warning.
Check the content of gitlab.rb after the reconfigure command: if it changes, that would explain why gitlab-http.conf is, in turn, affected.

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I'm using vagrant (VVV actually) to run local wordpress installs. I want to test different behaviors for different GEO's on my local machine instead of upload it every time to the server which is annoying.
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When I'm using ./configure the following is exists:
checking for GeoIP library ... found
checking for GeoIP IPv6 support ... found
I've also set the .dat files in my conf file, and set the $_SERVER (fastcgi_param) parameters - so they displayed when I'm printing the $_SERVER var.
But those GeoIP vars are empty. I'm not sure about the reason, but 2 things is bothering me. First, when I'm write nginx -V in the terminal the argument --with-http_geoip_module is missing. Second, could it actually works if the REMOTE_ADDR (IP) is not my real IP? (192.168.1.50 for example).
nginx is a bit strange for me, so sorry if something isn't exact..
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If there is a reverse proxy in front of your nginx, use geoip_proxy to set IPs whose X-Forwarded-For-Header can be trusted.
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Xdebug with PHPStorm and a Docker container

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zend_extension=xdebug.so
xdebug.remote_enable=on
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_connect_back=On
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.profiler_enable=0
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I wonder that there is only one file shown and not the entire project which is much bigger. If I accept the connection I can debug the very first line but it is not stopping on my breakpoint and creates a server entry which looks like:
What is very strange that host is empty.
I already added the server with the correct mapping but it got ignored.
So how to get Xdebug to stop on breakpoints?
What is very strange that host is empty.
PhpStorm requires this field to be filled as it uses this to recognize what server entry (and therefore path mappings) to use -- IDE supports debugging the same code base running on different domains / remote servers.
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Restart the service
Stop and start the container
Stop and start the boot2docker VM and docker daemon.
I have no clue as to why this is happening.
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curl :/….../login.html (we won’t get anything)
rename the file back to its original name login.html.moved to login.html
Hard refresh the page (Command + Shift + R).
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Link2
Link3
Link4
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I created a folder with name "work" as per instruction in doc .And website is working fine at port 8080 as per instructions.
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like i can use statements like 'content_by_lua ' there .
I am not able to configure this .
I am getting below error.
Starting nginx: nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "content_by_lua" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:25
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Let me know what i am doing wrong
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openresty-en/7UOz-y77CY4
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I'm just starting to explore nginx on my ubuntu 10.04. I installed nginx and I'm able to get the "Welcome to Nginx" page on localhost. However I'm not able to add a new server_name.
Even when I make the changes in site-available/default. I also tried reloading/restarting nginx, but nothing works.
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For examples beyond the default config, follow nginx beginner's guide or see wiki.nginx.org for more details.
After creating a new configuration in sites-available, create a symbolic link with this command, assuming that your conf file is named "myapp" and nginx is at /etc/nginx (could also be at /usr/local/etc/nginx):
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myapp /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myapp
By the way, you could always create your conf file directly in sites-enabled but the recommended way above allows you to "enable and disable" sites on the server very quickly without actually moving/deleting your conf files.
P.S: Don't trust the tutorials: check your configuration!
P.P.S: You can use the command nginx -t to test your sites conf and nginx -s reload to reload the conf.
The usual way to add another site in Nginx in Ubuntu is to copy the sites-available/default file to sites-available/new-site-name, then create a symbolic link in sites-enabled to sites-available/new-site-name.
In the new configuration file, you need to edit the listen and server directives. Use listen to specify the IP address and port, and the server directive to specify the hostnames. For more details, see HttpCoremodule.

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