Gitlab Restore Troubleshooting

Issue: API tokens not working

State

Gitlab backup restored from host to docker. The secrets were copied. There were no critical problems during the restoration process. After installation, the root password was reset. A private API token has been created, we didn't have any tokens before. The external URL domain has changed.

Request

curl -s "http://gitlab.loc/api/v4/projects?private_token=glpat-XXXXXXXX"
500 Internal Error

Container logs:

==> /var/log/gitlab/puma/puma_stderr.log <==
caught error of type OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError in after callback inside Grape::Middleware::Formatter : 

==> /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log <==

OpenSSL::Cipher::CipherError ():
  /opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/encryptor-3.0.0/lib/encryptor.rb:98:in 'final'
  /opt/gitlab/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/3.1.0/gems/encryptor-3.0.0/lib/encryptor.rb:98:in 'crypt'

Solution

Fix Timezone in container

    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro