use postgres commands to create database

debian/config

@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
  
 set -e
 
+echo "Call debconf to configure gitlab"
 # source debconf stuffs
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
-
-# DB password can be left blank
-db_input high gitlab/dbpass || true
-db_go || true

debian/grantpriv.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+user=gitlab
+dbname=gitlab_production
+
+if su gitlab -c 'psql gitlab_production -c ""'
+then
+	echo "Create $user user with create database privillege..."
+	sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER $user CREATEDB;" || {
+	  exit 1 
+	  }
+fi
+
+echo "Make $user user owner of $dbname database..."
+sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER DATABASE $dbname OWNER to $user;" || {
+  exit 1 
+  }
+
+echo "Grant all privileges to $user user..."
+sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE template1 to $user;"|| {
+  exit 1
+  }
+
+

debian/install

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ debian/database.yml etc/gitlab
 debian/gitlab.yml etc/gitlab
 debian/gitlab-debian.conf etc/gitlab
 debian/adduser.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
+debian/grantpriv.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 debian/rake-tasks.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 app usr/share/gitlab
 bin usr/share/gitlab

debian/postinst

@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ case "$1" in
 	. /usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/adduser.sh
 	chown -R ${gitlab_user}: ${gitlab_home}
 	cd ${gitlab_home}
-	
 	# Show debconf questions
         . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+	echo "Create database if not present"
+	if ! su gitlab -s /bin/sh -c "psql  gitlab_production -c ''"
+	then
+		su postgres -c 'createdb gitlab_production'
+	fi
 
+	. /usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/grantpriv.sh
 	echo "Setting up environment varibales..."
 	export RAILS_ENV=production
 	export DB=postgres