Start or stop the GitLab CE server
To start, stop or restart GitLab and all its components you just need to run the gitlab-ctl command.
Start all GitLab components:
$ sudo gitlab-ctl start
Stop all GitLab components:
$ sudo gitlab-ctl stop
Restart all GitLab components:
$ sudo gitlab-ctl restart
To start, stop or restart an individual component, run the gitlab-cli command specifying both the action and the service:
$ sudo gitlab-ctl restart sidekiq