init

NAME

init - Initialize a new Gerrit server installation

SYNOPSIS

java -jar gerrit.war init
        -d <SITE_PATH>
        [--batch]
        [--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 in an existing $site_path, init will upgrade some resources as necessary.

OPTIONS

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

If during a schema migration unused objects (e.g. tables, columns) are detected they are not automatically dropped, but only a list of SQL statements to drop these objects is provided. To drop the unused objects these SQL statements have to be executed manually.
--no-auto-start: Don’t automatically start the daemon after initializing a newly created site path. This permits the administrator 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 libraries 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