FreeBSD installation - use port instead of manual steps?

[aaronjwood]

This has some very detailed instructions on how to install and setup GitLab on FreeBSD but there is a port available as well (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202468 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208511). Should the above page just refer to using the port?

portsnap fetch extract (update if you've already extracted before)
cd /usr/ports/www/gitlab && make install

I'm currently in the middle of installing this via the port so I can't say if it works 100% or not but it sounds like it should be a stable solution as of earlier this year https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/50920/page-2

[aaronjwood]

All compilation was successful with the port so no issues there. Looks like there's also a package available which might be easier/faster for users https://github.com/t-zuehlsdorff/gitlabhq/blob/master/doc/install/installation-freebsd.md#1-package-or-port

[TimurShaidulin]

Official repo has much newer version.
And look at their huge changelog and all the changes been made since 8.11.11 (port version atm). And those are not just feature additions, a lot of fixes also.
Who wants to use buggy version just because he's lazy to manually install gitlab?

[oriold]

This won't work with Gitlab 9 as grpc doesn't compile for now in FreeBSD.