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gitlab-ctl: Restart every service.

gitlab-ctl

$ sudo gitlab-ctl restart

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This command is used to restart the GitLab service on a system that has GitLab installed.

Here's an explanation of each component of the command:

sudo: This is a command used in Unix-like operating systems to run a command with administrative privileges. It stands for "SuperUser Do". By running the command with sudo, you are authorizing the restart operation as an administrator.
gitlab-ctl: This stands for "GitLab Control" and is a utility that is bundled with GitLab to manage various aspects of the GitLab installation.
restart: This is a subcommand of gitlab-ctl which instructs it to restart the GitLab service. When you run this command, GitLab will stop all its components and then start them again, effectively restarting the GitLab service.

By running sudo gitlab-ctl restart, you ensure that the GitLab service is restarted as an administrator, which may be necessary to perform certain system-level operations.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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