Gitlab server on stretch?

[HankB]

Hi all,
I'd like to get Gitlab running on my file server. I've just upgraded that from Jessie (32 bit) to Stretch RC2 (64 bit.) I tried following the instructions at https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#debian8 and found that there is no package for Stretch. Then I found there is already a package for Gitlab in the normal repos:

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gitlab/testing,now 8.13.11+dfsg-1 all [installed]
  git powered software platform to collaborate on code

I installed that and it pulled in over 400 packages (mostly Ruby packages, it seems, but also Nginx.) When the installation finally completed (this is a J1900 running from a laptop drive) I opened a browser page pointing to the system and found an Nginx welcome page that included

If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and working. Further configuration is required.

The instructions for Gitlab suggest I should run 'gitlab-ctl' but that seems not to have been installed. I tried opening http://hostname/gitlab and that page is 404.

It seems like Gitlab is partially installed (it is producing log files) but either I need to know the correct URL or it requires additional configuration. I have no idea which and no idea where to look next.
Documentation at https://wiki.debian.org/gitlab and https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-g ... /README.md both mention gitlab-ctl which I cannot find. Searches for "gitlab-ctl missing" point to it in /opt/... but /opt is empty.

Any help is appreciated!

Edit:Never mind. I uninstalled all 435 packages and went with Gitlab in a docker container.