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<h1>Setting up Gitlab with Docker on Ubuntu Server</h1> <div class="level1"> </div> <h2>Install Ubuntu Server</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> Choose from the official <a href="https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server" class="urlextern" title="https://www.ubuntu.com/download/server" rel="nofollow">ubuntu website</a>. </p> <p> Here : 16.04.1 Long Term Support (LTS) </p> </div> <h2>Install Docker</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> Follow the guidelines from the <a href="https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntulinux/" class="urlextern" title="https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntulinux/" rel="nofollow">official website</a> </p> </div> <h2>Install GitLab</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> Use the pull command as described on the <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/" class="urlextern" title="https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/" rel="nofollow">docker website</a> </p> <p> Remark : <b>sudo</b> should be used here as <b>sudo</b> <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/" class="urlextern" title="https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/" rel="nofollow">https://hub.docker.com/r/gitlab/gitlab-ce/</a> </p> <p> Then, run gitlab from docker : </p> <pre class="code">sudo docker run --detach \ --hostname local.ngen.gitlab.be \ --env GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG="external_url 'http://local.ngen.gitlab.be'; gitlab_rails['lfs_enabled'] = true;" \ --publish 10443:443 --publish 10080:80 --publish 10022:22 \ --name gitlab \ --restart always \ --volume /srv/gitlab/config:/etc/gitlab \ --volume /srv/gitlab/logs:/var/log/gitlab \ --volume /srv/gitlab/data:/var/opt/gitlab \ gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest </pre><p> </p> <p> How to inspect which container is running ? </p> <pre class="code">sudo docker ps </pre><p> </p> <p> OUTPUT HERE… </p> <p> How to inspect existing containers : </p> <pre class="code">docker ps -a </pre><p> </p> <p> OUTPUT HERE… </p> <p> If you need to remove a container </p> <pre class="code">docker rm drunk_fermi </pre><p> </p> <p> or forcefully using, </p> <pre class="code">docker rm -f drunk_fermi </pre><p> </p> </div> <h2>Configure GitLab</h2> <div class="level2"> <p> Access the GitLab shell </p> <pre class="code">sudo docker exec -it gitlab /bin/bash </pre><p> </p> <p> Access directly the main config file </p> <pre class="code">sudo docker exec -it gitlab /bin/bash </pre><p> </p> </div>