Gitlab change the default home page url

[Mihai]

Cannot change Home page URL from the admin page

Login into internal gitlab database

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sudo -u gitlab-psql /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/psql -h /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql -d gitlabhq_production

Check home_page_url:

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select home_page_url from application_settings;


         home_page_url         
-------------------------------
 https://my.old.gitlab.tld
(1 row)

Update home_page_url with new url:

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update application_settings set home_page_url='https://my.new.gitlab.tld' where home_page_url='https://my.old.gitlab.tld';

Check if url changed.

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select home_page_url from application_settings;


         home_page_url         
-------------------------------
 https://my.new.gitlab.tld
(1 row)

Reconfigure then restart gitlab.