Gitlab Community Edition (Docker) with persistant volumes

gitlab-ce-docker.md

Prepare volumes

Also refer to the GitLab Documentation

docker volume create gitlab-data
docker volume create gitlab-logs
docker volume create gitlab-config

Start GitLab (First Run)

Refer to Docker Hub for the available versions

Prepare the following environment variables:

Environment Variable	Content	Example
GITLAB_HOSTNAME	Hostname	export GITLAB_HOSTNAME="192.168.2.6"
GITLAB_SECURE_PORT	HTTPS Port	export GITLAB_SECURE_PORT=7443
GITLAB_INSECURE_PORT	HTTP Port	export GITLAB_INSECURE_PORT=7080
GITLAB_SSH_PORT	SSH Port	export GITLAB_SSH_PORT=7022
GITLAB_VERSION	The version	export GITLAB_VERSION="14.10.0-ce.0"
GITLAB_RESTART_POLICY	The restart policy	export GITLAB_RESTART_POLICY="unless-stopped"

And then start GitLab with the following command:

docker run --detach \
  --hostname $GITLAB_HOSTNAME \
  --publish $GITLAB_SECURE_PORT:443 --publish $GITLAB_INSECURE_PORT:80 --publish $GITLAB_SSH_PORT:22 \
  --name gitlab \
  --restart $GITLAB_RESTART_POLICY \
  --mount source=gitlab-config,target=/etc/gitlab \
  --mount source=gitlab-logs,target=/var/log/gitlab \
  --mount source=gitlab-data,target=/var/opt/gitlab \
  --shm-size 256m \
  gitlab/gitlab-ce:$GITLAB_VERSION

Note: The first run can take a minute or two for setup to complete.

Initial root password

Run the following:

docker exec -it gitlab cat /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password

Post installation tasks

Typically the following tasks should be performed post installation:

1. Set the root password
2. Disable user self-registration (unless you want users to self-register)
3. Create a normal user for you
4. Load your SSH public key