🛠️ Setting Up GitLab

Step 1 Sign Up / Log In

• Visit https://gitlab.forge99.com . Input your credentials and click on Sign in button.
• If the credentials did not work, reach out to your IT admin or project lead.

Step 2 Configure Git with GitLab

• Open a terminal and set up your Git username and email (must match your GitLab account):

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Step 3 Generate SSH Keys

Using SSH keys with Git and GitLab enhances security and simplifies the connection between your computer and your GitLab account.

Step 1 Open Terminal

Step 2 Copy and Paste Command

• Replace the comment with your email address.

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "<comment>"

Step 3 Press Enter

• The displayed output will be like this:

Generating public/private ed25519 key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user/.ssh/id_ed25519):

• Just hit enter until you see the > symbol.

Step 1 Open Terminal

Step 2 Copy and Paste Command

Using Git Bash

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | clip

Using macOS

tr -d '\n' <Steps ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub | pbcopy

Step 3 Add Key to GitLab

• Sign in to your account.
• Navigate to your profile at the upper left corner and click Edit Profile.
• On the sidebar, find and click the SSH Keys.
• Click the Add new key button.
• Do Ctrl + V to paste the ssh key generated earlier.
• Then, click the Add key button that can be found at the bottom part.
• The generated key is now already added on your GitLab account.