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](../../user/group/dependency_proxy/index.md).
## 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**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
```ruby
gitlab_rails['dependency_proxy_enabled'] = true
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure "How to reconfigure Omnibus GitLab") for the changes to take effect.
1. Enable the [Puma web server](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/puma.html).
**Installations from source**
1. After the installation is complete, you will have to configure the `dependency_proxy`
section in `config/gitlab.yml`. Set to `true` to enable it:
```yaml
dependency_proxy:
enabled: true
```
1. [Restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source "How to restart GitLab") for the changes to take effect.
1. Enable the [Puma web server](../../install/installation.md#using-puma).
## 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**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure "How to reconfigure Omnibus GitLab") for the changes to take effect.
**Installations from source**
1. Edit the `dependency_proxy` section in `config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
dependency_proxy:
enabled: true
storage_path: shared/dependency_proxy
```
1. [Restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source "How to 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**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following lines (uncomment where
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_proxy_download'] = false # Passthrough all downloads via GitLab instead of using Redirects to Object Storage.
## 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'.
}
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure "How to reconfigure Omnibus GitLab") for the changes to take effect.
**Installations from source**
1. Edit the `dependency_proxy` section in `config/gitlab.yml` (uncomment where necessary):
```yaml
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).
