GitLab Dependency Proxy administration (PREMIUM ONLY)

Introduced in GitLab Premium 11.11.

GitLab can be utilized as a dependency proxy for a variety of common package managers.

This is the administration documentation. If you want to learn how to use the dependency proxies, see the user guide.

Enabling the Dependency Proxy feature

NOTE: Note: Dependency proxy requires the Puma web server to be enabled. Puma support is EXPERIMENTAL at this time.

To enable the Dependency proxy feature:

Omnibus GitLab installations

Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and add the following line:
```
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_enabled'] = true
```
Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Enable the Puma web server.

Installations from source

After the installation is complete, you will have to configure the dependency_proxy section in config/gitlab.yml. Set to true to enable it:
```
dependency_proxy:
  enabled: true
```
Restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.
Enable the Puma web server.

Changing the storage path

By default, the dependency proxy files are stored locally, but you can change the default local location or even use object storage.

Changing the local storage path

The dependency proxy files for Omnibus GitLab installations are stored under /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/dependency_proxy/ and for source installations under shared/dependency_proxy/ (relative to the git home directory). To change the local storage path:

Omnibus GitLab installations

Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and add the following line:

gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_storage_path'] = "/mnt/dependency_proxy"

Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.

Installations from source

Edit the dependency_proxy section in config/gitlab.yml:

dependency_proxy:
  enabled: true
  storage_path: shared/dependency_proxy

Restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.

Using object storage

Instead of relying on the local storage, you can use an object storage to upload the blobs of the dependency proxy:

Omnibus GitLab installations

Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb and add the following lines (uncomment where necessary):

gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_enabled'] = true
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_storage_path'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/dependency_proxy"
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_enabled'] = true
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_remote_directory'] = "dependency_proxy" # The bucket name.
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_direct_upload'] = false         # Use Object Storage directly for uploads instead of background uploads if enabled (Default: false).
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_background_upload'] = true      # Temporary option to limit automatic upload (Default: true).
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_proxy_download'] = false        # Passthrough all downloads via GitLab instead of using Redirects to Object Storage.
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_object_store_connection'] = {
  ##
  ## If the provider is AWS S3, uncomment the following
  ##
  #'provider' => 'AWS',
  #'region' => 'eu-west-1',
  #'aws_access_key_id' => 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID',
  #'aws_secret_access_key' => 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY',
  ##
  ## If the provider is other than AWS (an S3-compatible one), uncomment the following
  ##
  #'host' => 's3.amazonaws.com',
  #'aws_signature_version' => 4             # For creation of signed URLs. Set to 2 if provider does not support v4.
  #'endpoint' => 'https://s3.amazonaws.com' # Useful for S3-compliant services such as DigitalOcean Spaces.
  #'path_style' => false                    # If true, use 'host/bucket_name/object' instead of 'bucket_name.host/object'.
}

Save the file and reconfigure GitLab for the changes to take effect.

Installations from source

Edit the dependency_proxy section in config/gitlab.yml (uncomment where necessary):

dependency_proxy:
  enabled: true
  ##
  ## The location where build dependency_proxy are stored (default: shared/dependency_proxy).
  ##
  #storage_path: shared/dependency_proxy
  object_store:
    enabled: false
    remote_directory: dependency_proxy # The bucket name.
    #direct_upload: false      # Use Object Storage directly for uploads instead of background uploads if enabled (Default: false).
    #background_upload: true   # Temporary option to limit automatic upload (Default: true).
    #proxy_download: false     # Passthrough all downloads via GitLab instead of using Redirects to Object Storage.
    connection:
      ##
      ## If the provider is AWS S3, uncomment the following
      ##
      #provider: AWS
      #region: us-east-1
      #aws_access_key_id: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
      #aws_secret_access_key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
      ##
      ## If the provider is other than AWS (an S3-compatible one), uncomment the following
      ##
      #host: 's3.amazonaws.com'             # default: s3.amazonaws.com.
      #aws_signature_version: 4             # For creation of signed URLs. Set to 2 if provider does not support v4.
      #endpoint: 'https://s3.amazonaws.com' # Useful for S3-compliant services such as DigitalOcean Spaces.
      #path_style: false                    # If true, use 'host/bucket_name/object' instead of 'bucket_name.host/object'.

Restart GitLab for the changes to take effect.