init - Initialize a new Gerrit server installation or upgrade an existing installation.
java -jar gerrit.war init -d <SITE_PATH> [--batch] [--delete-caches] [--no-auto-start] [--skip-plugins] [--list-plugins] [--install-plugin=<PLUGIN_NAME>] [--install-all-plugins] [--secure-store-lib] [--dev] [--skip-all-downloads] [--skip-download=<LIBRARY_NAME>]
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 upgrades existing resources (e.g. DB schema, plugins) as necessary.
-b; --batch
Run in batch mode, skipping interactive prompts. For a fresh install, reasonable configuration defaults are chosen based on the whims of the Gerrit developers. On upgrades, the existing settings in gerrit.config are respected.
If during a schema migration unused objects (e.g. tables, columns) are detected, they are not automatically dropped; a list of SQL statements to drop these objects is provided. To drop the unused objects these SQL statements must be executed manually.
--delete-caches
Force deletion of all persistent cache files. Note that re-creation of these caches may be expensive.
--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.
--skip-plugins
Entirely skip installation and initialization of plugins. This option is needed when initializing a gerrit site without an archive. That happens when running gerrit acceptance or integration tests in a debugger, using classes. Supplying this option leads to ignoring the --install-plugin and --install-all-plugins options, if supplied as well.
--list-plugins
Print names of plugins that can be installed during init process.
--install-all-plugins
Automatically install all plugins from gerrit.war without asking. This option also works in batch mode. This option cannot be supplied alongside --install-plugin.
--secure-store-lib
Path to the jar providing the chosen SecureStore implementation class. This option is used in the same way as the --new-secure-store-lib option documented in SwitchSecureStore.
--install-plugin
Automatically install plugin with given name without asking. This option also works in batch mode. This option may be supplied more than once to install multiple plugins. This option cannot be supplied alongside --install-all-plugins.
--dev
Install in developer mode. Default configuration settings are chosen to run the Gerrit server as a developer.
--skip-all-downloads
Do not automatically download and install required libraries. The administrator must manually install the required libraries in the lib/ folder.
--skip-download
Do not automatically download and install the library with the given name. The administrator must manually install the required library in the lib/ folder.
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