Docker Image: GitLab

  • Documentation for the GitLab Docker image can be found here.

  • Retrieve the GitLab Community Edition Docker image

    docker pull gitlab/gitlab-ce

Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from gitlab/gitlab-ce
5d3b2c2d21bb: Pull complete
56303c27e216: Pull complete
d77432ed39b2: Downloading [=====>                                             ]  103.4MB/910.7MB
Digest: sha256:f4ca6db8c0fca1bba34aa6b6cb3a320ffaf7e776653c4c310165972e57164184
Status: Downloaded newer image for gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest
docker.io/gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest

  • Start a detached container based on the GitLab CE image with a friendly name of MyGitLab.

    docker run -t -d --hostname my.host.com -p 8080:80 --name MyGitLab gitlab/gitlab-ce (1)

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    1 Note the -p option is redirecting the host’s local port 8080 to the container’s port 80
    Wait a few minutes while GitLab is automatically installed in the container.

  • Navigate to the containers web page.

    http://localhost:8080/users/sign_in

    gitlab-website

    The administrator’s user name is root.