docker gitlab

Alternatively, you can manually launch the gitlab container and the supporting postgresql and redis containers by following this three step guide.

Step 1. Launch a postgresql container

docker run --name gitlab-postgresql -d 
    --env 'DB_NAME=gitlabhq_production' 
    --env 'DB_USER=gitlab' --env 'DB_PASS=password' 
    --env 'DB_EXTENSION=pg_trgm' 
    --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql 
    sameersbn/postgresql:9.5-3

Step 2. Launch a redis container

docker run --name gitlab-redis -d 
    --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/redis:/var/lib/redis 
    sameersbn/redis:latest

Step 3. Launch the gitlab container

docker run --name gitlab -d 
    --link gitlab-postgresql:postgresql --link gitlab-redis:redisio 
    --publish 10022:22 --publish 10080:80 
    --env 'GITLAB_PORT=10080' --env 'GITLAB_SSH_PORT=10022' 
    --env 'GITLAB_SECRETS_DB_KEY_BASE=long-and-random-alpha-numeric-string' 
    --env 'GITLAB_SECRETS_SECRET_KEY_BASE=long-and-random-alpha-numeric-string' 
    --env 'GITLAB_SECRETS_OTP_KEY_BASE=long-and-random-alpha-numeric-string' 
    --volume /srv/docker/gitlab/gitlab:/home/git/data 
    sameersbn/gitlab:8.14.0

Please refer to Available Configuration Parameters to understand GITLAB_PORT and other configuration options

NOTE: Please allow a couple of minutes for the GitLab application to start.

Point your browser to http://localhost:10080 and set a password for the root user account.

You should now have the GitLab application up and ready for testing. If you want to use this image in production then please read on.

The rest of the document will use the docker command line. You can quite simply adapt your configuration into a docker-compose.yml file if you wish to do so.