How to check the version of GitLab?

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How to check which version of GitLab is installed on the server?

I am about version specified in GitLab changelog:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

For example: "6.5.0", "6.4.3", etc.

Сan this be done only through the terminal?
Is there a way to do that remotely (with browser instead of terminal)?

score 369 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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I have updated my server to GitLab 6.6.4 and finally found the way to get version of GitLab remotely without SSH access to server.

You should be logged in to access the following page: https://your.domain.name/help

It shows something similar to:

GitLab 6.6.4 42e34ae

GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code.
...
etc.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 03 '14 at 04:03

Maxim

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You have to be signed in though. (I've been scratching my head on this for 10 minutes...) – julien_c Feb 17 '16 at 15:19
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Do you know a way to do this from a filesystem? I.e., a server that no longer boots. – Christophe De Troyer Sep 01 '16 at 12:52
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Find filename "version-manifest.txt"... For gitlab omnibus it is stored at "/opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt" – Maxim Sep 01 '16 at 13:42
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Note: you can see what this looks like on the hosted gitlab at https://gitlab.com/help (if you are logged into that service). – bryanbraun Apr 27 '17 at 03:02
It's sad not work on "https://gitlab.ow2.org/help", maybe it's too old. – Leo Lee Feb 10 '18 at 03:25
Using grep: grep "gitlab-ce" /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt for community edtion grep "gitlab-ee" /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt for enterprise edtion – Marcelo Machado Mar 02 '18 at 17:51

score 88 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 16 '15 at 20:12

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For omnibus versions:\

sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

Example:

System information
System:     Ubuntu 12.04
Current User:   git
Using RVM:  no
Ruby Version:   2.1.7p400
Gem Version:    2.2.5
Bundler Version:1.10.6
Rake Version:   10.4.2
Sidekiq Version:3.3.0

GitLab information
Version:    8.2.2
Revision:   08fae2f
Directory:  /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: postgresql
URL:        https://your.hostname
HTTP Clone URL: https://your.hostname/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:  git@your.hostname:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP: yes
Using Omniauth: no

GitLab Shell
Version:    2.6.8
Repositories:   /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
Hooks:      /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/hooks/
Git:        /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git

answered Dec 16 '15 at 20:12

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It does, but it's SLOW AS HELL. WebURL/help page is much better solution for such a simple task - checking version. – stamster Oct 18 '16 at 11:02
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@stamster OP asked "Сan this be done only through the terminal?" – ntwrkguru Apr 12 '18 at 22:06
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What is this command doing that it takes sooo long to get back version info? – Gregory Arenius Sep 07 '18 at 00:39

John McGehee · Answer 3 · 2020-02-14T01:07:06.530

You can access the version through a URL, the web GUI, and the ReST API.

Via a URL

An HTML page displaying the version can be displayed in a browser at https://your-gitlab-url/help. The version is displayed only if you are signed in.

Via a menu in the web GUI

If you do not care to type this URL, you can also access the same HTML page from a menu in the GitLab web GUI:

In GitLab 11 and later

Log in to GitLab
Click on the drop down menu in the upper right. Select Help.
The GitLab version appears at the top of the page

In earlier versions, like GitLab 9

Log in to GitLab
Click on the drop down menu in the upper left. Select Help.
And then the version appears at the top of the page

Via the ReST API

Log in as any user, select the user icon in the upper right of the screen. Select Settings > Access Tokens. Create a personal access token and copy it to your clipboard.

In a Linux shell, use curl to access the GitLab version:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: personal-access-token" your-gitlab-url/api/v4/version

And then? Can you be more specific. I'm trying to set up python-gitlab as a non-admin but fail to find the API version — blkpingu, Oct 18 '18 at 09:59

score 28 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 11:53

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If you are using a self-hosted version of GitLab then you may consider running this command.

grep gitlab /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt

answered Mar 29 '18 at 11:53

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Easiest solution I've seen so far with GitLab self-hosted 12.10.x, thanks much. – Johnny Utahh May 03 '20 at 21:28

score 25 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 26 '17 at 23:48

You have two choices (after logged in).

Use API url https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/version (you can use it from command line with private token), it returns {"version":"10.1.0","revision":"5a695c4"}
Use HELP url in browser https://gitlab.example.com/help and you will see version of GitLab, ie GitLab Community Edition 10.1.0 5a695c4

score 12 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 28 '17 at 17:30

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cd /opt/gitlab

cat version-manifest.txt

Example:

gitlab-ctl 6.8.2-omnibus
gitlab-rails v6.8.2

Current gitlab version is 6.8.2

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answered Apr 24 '17 at 07:27

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score 10 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 13 '20 at 08:11

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You can view GitLab's version at: https://your.domain.name/help

Or via terminal: gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

edited Jul 13 '20 at 08:11

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answered Jul 13 '20 at 07:31

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score 8 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 11 '14 at 23:03

Get information about GitLab and the system it runs on :

bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production

Example output of gitlab:env:info

System information
System:     Arch Linux
Current User:   git
Using RVM:  yes
RVM Version:    1.20.3
Ruby Version:   2.0.0p0
Gem Version:    2.0.0
Bundler Version:1.3.5
Rake Version:   10.0.4

GitLab information
Version:    5.2.0.pre
Revision:   4353bab
Directory:  /home/git/gitlab
DB Adapter: mysql2
URL:        http://gitlab.arch
HTTP Clone URL: http://gitlab.arch/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:  git@gitlab.arch:some-project.git
Using LDAP: no
Using Omniauth: no

GitLab Shell
Version:    1.4.0
Repositories:   /home/git/repositories/
Hooks:      /home/git/gitlab-shell/hooks/
Git:        /usr/bin/git

Read this article, it will help you.

It works, but current directory should be changed before to directory where gitlab is installed: cd /home/git/gitlab (otherwise it will report: Could not locale Gemfile). — Maxim, Jan 11 '14 at 23:27
Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) I can use this command to achieve the same: `gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production` — Thomas Urban, Jun 13 '17 at 13:57

Rajana Deepak · Answer 9 · 2018-05-30T11:33:30.003

Instead of http://domain-name/help you can also check your Gitlab version name in browser by logging as Admin

Go to http://domain-name
Log in to Gitlab as Admin (Root)
Go to Admin Area
On the right corner, below Groups tab, you can find Components tab

There you can find not only Gitlab version but also different components like Gitlab Shell, Gitlab workhorse, Gitlab API etc, version numbers You will also find the suggestions to update the versions there

score 6 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 06 '20 at 16:21

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cat /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt |grep gitlab-ce|awk '{print $2}'

edited Aug 06 '20 at 16:21

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answered May 27 '17 at 08:48

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Great option to get the version automatically, though using too much code ;) ... try `awk '$1=="gitlab-ce"{print $2}' /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt` instead. – Thomas Urban Jun 13 '17 at 14:00
that is fantastic!! – Micromegas Feb 12 '20 at 08:12

score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 04 '19 at 18:29

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If using the Gitlab Docker image:

sudo cat /srv/gitlab/data/gitlab-rails/VERSION

Example output:

12.1.3

answered Aug 04 '19 at 18:29

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score 4 · Answer 12 · answered Dec 12 '19 at 11:07

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I have Version: 12.2.0-ee and I tried the URL via (https://yourgitlab/help ) but I have not got this information. In the other hand I got this with gitlab-rake with success into the command line:

sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

... GitLab information Version: 12.2.0-ee ...

answered Dec 12 '19 at 11:07

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gitlab.com is also EE and you can easy access https://gitlab.com/help if you are logged in. So you have made something wrong. – Maxim Mar 09 '20 at 02:11

score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 25 '17 at 21:14

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It can be retrieved using REST, see Version API :

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/version

For authentication see Personal access tokens documentation.

answered Nov 25 '17 at 21:14

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Neal · Answer 14 · 2021-01-20T22:23:53.870

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you can use the package manager to query installed version of gitlab-ce. if it happens to be debian or ubuntu, like this:

dpkg -l | grep gitlab-ce | tr -s [:space:] | cut -d" " -f3

should work similarly with other distributions, assuming you used package manager to install.

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answered Jan 20 '21 at 22:16

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score 2 · Answer 15 · answered May 22 '20 at 05:59

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The easiest way is to paste the following command:

cat /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt | head -n 1

and there you get the version installed. :)

answered May 22 '20 at 05:59

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 10:49

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If you are an admin and if you want to see the Gitlab version (and more you didn't know about) click on the wrench/admin menu icon and under Components you can see a lot , especially if you are using Omnibus.

answered Mar 10 '17 at 10:49

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