A Technical I.T./DevOps Blog
Notice that there are two problem scenarios and two solutions.
Problem scenario: When installing Git on CentOS you get this error “http-push.c … fatal error … expat.h: No such file or directory”
Solution
Run this: yum install expat-devel
Problem scenario: When running commands to install Git on CentOS, you use the “make” command.
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Question
What is TCP port 8080 typically used for?
Answer
Jenkins, Docker, NodeJS, Apache Ambari, Apache Marathon, Apache Tomcat, Amazon Web Services’ Elastic Load Balancer, JBoss Application Server, GitLab, M2MLogger (remote monitoring), InfoSphere BigInsights Console (IBM’s proprietary Hadoop and Spark solution), JasperReports (because of Apache Tomcat), remote management of physical routers, and enterprise network proxy services all commonly use port 8080.
In part, taken from Learning AWS,
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Problem scenario: You want to copy a GitLab project from one instance of GitLab to a new instance of GitLab. The Git repository you want to copy to a new GitLab server is not presented via the git://, http://, nor https:// protocols.
Prerequisites: You have root access to the back end of the server with the GitLab.
Method of Solution:
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Problem scenario: When you bring up the web UI for GitLab CE (Community Edition) for the first time, you are prompted to enter a new password twice. This password will be for the admin@example.com username. If someone else set it up and failed to provide you with the username, and the back end email has not been configured, follow these directions.
Prerequisite: You must have root access.
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