How can I debug Gitlab Web hooks?
gitlab, sidekiq, webhooks
Solution
First make sure your server can reach the internet or the WebHook address, e.g. use `curl` to make a request to your WebHook Url.
If the curl request succeeded, then try to trigger your GitLab to send a WebHook request by `Test` button. If there's nothing wrong, a notification 'Hook executed successfully: HTTP 200' will appear. If there is any error, a notification with the error details will show up.
After you triggered the hook by push event, you can lookup into GitLab's log (in production.log if your environment is production), like `WebHook Error => Failed to open TCP connection to 192.168.1.1:80 (No route to host - connect(2) for "192.168.1.1" port 80)`.
If the curl request failed, try to figure out what's wrong with your network. Once the error is resolved, the GitLab WebHook requests should be successfully sent out.
Problem
I am currently using gitlab_6.9.1-omnibus-1_amd64 on a fresh install Ubuntu 12.04 in a KVM instance with dedicated WAN IP. Everything works except web hooks. I have added every possible way of web hook adding options. - Gitlab shows hooks with a test button which does nothing. - I have also added global hooks via gitlab-rake but that does nothing too. - Sidekiq runs. - Also nothing in sidekiq log, just like gitlab-ctl - `tail` shows nothing wrong. `# gitlab-rake gitlab:web_hook:list` Could you please show me how I can debug web hooks on GitLab? PS: I would like to ask this on Server Fault but I thought it must be here since it would be debugging help.