using gitlab 11.0.0 on EL 10.
setting the location of the SSL certificate and key file for the gitlab omnibus nginx instance
gitlab::ngnix:
redirect_http_to_https: true
ssl_certificate: '/etc/pkit/tls/certs/wildcard.no-dns.co.uk.crt'
ssl_certificate_key: '/etc/pki/tls/private/wildcard.no-dns.co.uk.key'
should have nginx look in the system locations for SSL certificate and key locations
the gitlab nginx instance fails to start appearing to pickup both the location and certificate (and key) name from the hostname of the instance.
2026-06-09_09:18:30.58845 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:31.59979 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:32.61033 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:33.62665 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:34.64666 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:35.65835 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
the actual nginx config held in /opt/gitlab/embedded/conf/nginx.conf does not reference any SSL configuration which is most likely what's forcing the default parameters to be picked up
I'll provide more information as I look deeper
using gitlab 11.0.0 on EL 10.
setting the location of the SSL certificate and key file for the gitlab omnibus nginx instance
gitlab::ngnix:
redirect_http_to_https: true
ssl_certificate: '/etc/pkit/tls/certs/wildcard.no-dns.co.uk.crt'
ssl_certificate_key: '/etc/pki/tls/private/wildcard.no-dns.co.uk.key'
should have nginx look in the system locations for SSL certificate and key locations
the gitlab nginx instance fails to start appearing to pickup both the location and certificate (and key) name from the hostname of the instance.
2026-06-09_09:18:30.58845 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:31.59979 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:32.61033 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:33.62665 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:34.64666 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
2026-06-09_09:18:35.65835 nginx: [emerg] cannot load certificate "/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt": BIO_new_file() failed (SSL: error:80000002:system library::No such file or directory:calling fopen(/etc/gitlab/ssl/dax.no-dns.co.uk.crt, r) error:10000080:BIO routines::no such file)
the actual nginx config held in /opt/gitlab/embedded/conf/nginx.conf does not reference any SSL configuration which is most likely what's forcing the default parameters to be picked up
I'll provide more information as I look deeper