reset gitlab root password

1.

# gitlab-rake "gitlab:password:reset[root]"

Wait 10 minutes. And result

Enter password:
Confirm password:
Password successfully updated for user with username root.

2. Reset your GitLab root password from a terminal

Start the console with this command:

1	> gitlab-rails console production

Next wait until the console has loaded. You will see something like this if everything is OK:

 

Now there are multiple ways to find your user. In my case I know there was only one user and it had so it has ID 1. But you can also search for email or username.

1	irb(main):001:0> u = User.where(id: 1).first

Now lets change your password:

1 2	> u.password = 'secret_pass' > u.password_confirmation = 'secret_pass'

Its important that you change both password and password_confirmation to make it work.
Now lets save the changes.

1

> u.save!

The ( ! ) symbol is very important. Otherwise your changes are not pushed to the database. Now exit the console and try to login with your new password. It should work now.