NAME

init - Initialize a new Gerrit server installation

SYNOPSIS

java -jar gerrit.war init -d <SITE_PATH> [--batch] [--import-projects] [--no-auto-start]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a new Gerrit server installation, interactively prompting for some basic setup prior to writing default configuration files into a newly created $site_path.

If run an an existing $site_path, init will upgrade some resources as necessary. This can be useful to import newly created projects.

OPTIONS

--batch

Run in batch mode, skipping interactive prompts. Reasonable configuration defaults are chosen based on the whims of the Gerrit developers.

--import-projects

Recursively search gerrit.basePath for any Git repositories not yet registered as a project, and initializes a new project for them.

--no-auto-start

Don’t automatically start the daemon after initializing a newly created site path. This permits the administartor to inspect and modify the configuration before the daemon is started.

-d
--site-path

Location of the gerrit.config file, and all other per-site configuration data, supporting libaries and log files.

CONTEXT

This command can only be run on a server which has direct connectivity to the metadata database, and local access to the managed Git repositories.

Part of Gerrit Code Review