The following discussion from !26411 should be addressed: - [ ] @twk3 started a [discussion](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/26411#note_304842219): > `Settings.gitlab['host']` is being used by the smartcard settings, before it has been defaulted in `1_settings.rb`. That means that if it was unset or set using the environment variable, we will get an error: > > ``` > │ migrations NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass > │ migrations /srv/gitlab/config/initializers/1_settings.rb:80:in `block in <main>' > │ migrations /srv/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:95:in `ee' > ```