How do we change the URL of a working GitLab install?

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GitLab Omnibus

For an Omnibus install, it is a little different.

The correct place in an Omnibus install is:

/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
    external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'

Finally, you’ll need to execute sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure and sudo gitlab-ctl restart so the changes apply.

I was making changes in the wrong places and they were getting blown away.

The incorrect paths are:

/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/config/gitlab.yml
/var/opt/gitlab/.gitconfig
/var/opt/gitlab/nginx/conf/gitlab-http.conf

Pay attention to those warnings that read:

# This file is managed by gitlab-ctl. Manual changes will be
# erased! To change the contents below, edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
# and run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure`.

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