This Dockerfile will create a new Docker container running GitLab 6.2 on Ubuntu 13.10.

Follow these instructions to download or build GitLab.

Follow these instructions to get Docker running on your server.

Clone repository:

git clone https://github.com/yep/gitlab-docker.git
cd gitlab-docker

Edit the firstrun.sh script and change the variables:

• POSTGRES_PASS to a new, random password for postgresql
• DOMAIN_NAME to the fully qualified domain name of your server

Start the build:

docker build -t gitlab .

Note that since GitLab has a large number of dependencies, both pulling from the index or running the build process will take a while, although pulling should be somewhat faster.

This build makes use of Docker's ability to map host directories to directories inside a container. It does this so that a user's custom configuration can be injected into the container at first start. In addition, since the data is stored outside the container, it allows a user to put the folder on faster storage such as an SSD for higher performance.

To create the container instance, replace PATH/TO/gitlab-docker with the absolute path of your git repository clone and run the following:

cd PATH/TO/gitlab-docker
docker run -d -v PATH/TO/gitlab-docker:/srv/gitlab gitlab

That's all to start running gitlab. You might want to do some further configuration, though.

Log in to your gitlab install using the account below, change its password and optionally its email address, too:

login: [email protected]
password: 5iveL!fe

The setup redirects http requests to https and uses a self signed https certificate. In order to be sure you are connecting to the correct host with https, check the https certificate fingerprint.

Display https certifcate SHA-1 fingerprint (replace CONTAINER_ID):

docker logs CONTAINER_ID 2>&1 | grep Fingerprint

Distribute this fingerprint to everybody who is going to use the server. They can then each check if the SHA-1 fingerprint shown by their browser is correct.

It is recommended to permanently trust the self signed certificate so you can notice if it should change unintentionally some day. How to trust the certificate permanently depends on the browser you use.

On OS X with Chrome version 30, permanently trust the certificate like this:

• Click on the padlock icon next to the URL of your server
• In tab connection press on certificate information
• Drag and drop the certificate icon to your desktop
• Double click the certificate file with file extension .cer to add it to your keychain permanently
• Restart Chrome