diff --git a/debian/gitlab-debian.conf b/debian/gitlab-debian.conf
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+++ b/debian/gitlab-debian.conf
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+export gitlab_user=gitlab
+export gitlab_conf=/etc/gitlab.conf
+export gitlab_home=/usr/share/gitlab
+export gitlab_scripts=/usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
+export gitlab_nginx_log=/var/log/gitlab
+export gitlab_ssl_path=/etc/gitlab/ssl
+
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
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+#! /bin/sh
+# postinst script for gitlab
+# copied from postinst script for hplip
+# $Id: hplip.postinst,v 1.1 2005/10/15 21:39:04 hmh Exp $
+#
+# see: dh_installdeb(1)
+
+set -e
+
+# summary of how this script can be called:
+#        * <postinst> `configure' <most-recently-configured-version>
+#        * <old-postinst> `abort-upgrade' <new version>
+#        * <conflictor's-postinst> `abort-remove' `in-favour' <package>
+#          <new-version>
+#        * <deconfigured's-postinst> `abort-deconfigure' `in-favour'
+#          <failed-install-package> <version> `removing'
+#          <conflicting-package> <version>
+# for details, see http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ or
+# the debian-policy package
+#
+# quoting from the policy:
+#     Any necessary prompting should almost always be confined to the
+#     post-installation script, and should be protected with a conditional
+#     so that unnecessary prompting doesn't happen if a package's
+#     installation fails and the `postinst' is called with `abort-upgrade',
+#     `abort-remove' or `abort-deconfigure'.
+
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure)
+
+	. /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf
+	chown -R ${gitlab_user}: ${gitlab_home}
+	cd ${diaspora_home}
+	
+	echo "Setting up environment varibales..."
+	export RAILS_ENV=production
+	export DB=postgres
+	
+	echo "Verifying we have all required libraries..."
+	sudo -u diaspora -E bundle install --local
+        
+	echo "Running final rake tasks..."
+	# Move these to rails-common
+	#. /usr/lib/diaspora-common/scripts/rake-tasks.sh
+   ;;
+
+    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/debian/rake-tasks.sh b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
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+++ b/debian/rake-tasks.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+# Read configuration values	
+. /etc/diaspora/diaspora-common.conf
+
+echo "Initializing database..."
+su diaspora -s /bin/sh -c 'bundle exec rake db:create db:schema:load'
+echo "Precompiling assets..."
+su diaspora -s /bin/sh -c 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile'
+su diaspora -s /bin/sh -c 'touch public/source.tar.gz'
+
+#Starting diaspora service...
+invoke-rc.d diaspora start
+
+if grep https ${diaspora_conf}
+then 
+	mkdir -p ${diaspora_ssl_path}
+	echo "Copy $SERVERNAME-bundle.pem and $SERVERNAME.key to /etc/diaspora/ssl"
+	echo "And reload nginx, run # /etc/init.d/nginx reload"
+fi
+
+echo "To stop diaspora, run # /etc/init.d/diaspora stop"
+echo "To see the service status, run # /etc/init.d/diaspora status"
+echo "To start diaspora service, run # /etc/init.d/diaspora start"
+
+echo "Visit your pod at $ENVIRONMENT_URL"