Create (if necessary) and link the gitlab-shell secret file on the rake install task

config/initializers/gitlab_shell_secret_token.rb

-# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
-
-require 'securerandom'
-
-# Your secret key for verifying the gitlab_shell.
-
-
-secret_file = Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.secret_file
-
-unless File.exist? secret_file
-  # Generate a new token of 16 random hexadecimal characters and store it in secret_file.
-  token = SecureRandom.hex(16)
-  File.write(secret_file, token)
-end
-
-link_path = File.join(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.path, '.gitlab_shell_secret')
-if File.exist?(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.path) && !File.exist?(link_path)
-  FileUtils.symlink(secret_file, link_path)
-end
+Gitlab::Shell.new.generate_and_link_secret_token

lib/gitlab/backend/shell.rb

+require 'securerandom'
+
 module Gitlab
   class Shell
     class Error < StandardError; end
@@ -188,6 +190,21 @@ module Gitlab
       File.exist?(full_path(storage, dir_name))
     end
+    # Create (if necessary) and link the secret token file
+    def generate_and_link_secret_token
+      secret_file = Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.secret_file
+      unless File.exist? secret_file
+        # Generate a new token of 16 random hexadecimal characters and store it in secret_file.
+        token = SecureRandom.hex(16)
+        File.write(secret_file, token)
+      end
+
+      link_path = File.join(gitlab_shell_path, '.gitlab_shell_secret')
+      if File.exist?(gitlab_shell_path) && !File.exist?(link_path)
+        FileUtils.symlink(secret_file, link_path)
+      end
+    end
+
     protected
     def gitlab_shell_path

lib/tasks/gitlab/shell.rake

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       File.open(File.join(home_dir, ".ssh", "environment"), "w+") do |f|
         f.puts "PATH=#{ENV['PATH']}"
       end
+
+      Gitlab::Shell.new.generate_and_link_secret_token
     end
     desc "GitLab | Setup gitlab-shell"

spec/lib/gitlab/backend/shell_spec.rb

@@ -21,6 +21,29 @@ describe Gitlab::Shell, lib: true do
   it { expect(gitlab_shell.url_to_repo('diaspora')).to eq(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell.ssh_path_prefix + "diaspora.git") }
+  describe 'generate_and_link_secret_token' do
+    let(:secret_file) { 'tmp/tests/.secret_shell_test' }
+    let(:link_file) { 'tmp/tests/shell-secret-test/.gitlab_shell_secret' }
+
+    before do
+      allow(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell).to receive(:path).and_return('tmp/tests/shell-secret-test')
+      allow(Gitlab.config.gitlab_shell).to receive(:secret_file).and_return(secret_file)
+      FileUtils.mkdir('tmp/tests/shell-secret-test')
+      gitlab_shell.generate_and_link_secret_token
+    end
+
+    after do
+      FileUtils.rm_rf('tmp/tests/shell-secret-test')
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(secret_file)
+    end
+
+    it 'creates and links the secret token file' do
+      expect(File.exist?(secret_file)).to be(true)
+      expect(File.symlink?(link_file)).to be(true)
+      expect(File.readlink(link_file)).to eq(secret_file)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe Gitlab::Shell::KeyAdder, lib: true do
     describe '#add_key' do
       it 'normalizes space characters in the key' do