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diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ca56a9b35a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docker/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +What is GitLab? +=============== + +GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds, wikis. It has LDAP/AD integration, handles 25,000 users on a single server but can also run on a highly available active/active cluster. A subscription gives you access to our support team and to GitLab Enterprise Edition that contains extra features aimed at larger organizations. + +<https://about.gitlab.com> + + + + +How to use this image. +====================== + +I recommend creating a data volume container first, this will simplify migrations and backups: + + docker run --name gitlab_data genezys/gitlab:7.5.1 /bin/true + +This empty container will exist to persist as volumes the 3 directories used by GitLab, so remember not to delete it: + +- `/var/opt/gitlab` for application data +- `/var/log/gitlab` for logs +- `/etc/gitlab` for configuration + +Then run GitLab: + + docker run --detach --name gitlab --publish 8080:80 --publish 2222:22 --volumes-from gitlab_data genezys/gitlab:7.5.1 + +You can then go to `http://localhost:8080/` (or most likely `http://192.168.59.103:8080/` if you use boot2docker). Next time, you can just use `docker start gitlab` and `docker stop gitlab`. + + +How to configure GitLab. +======================== + +This container uses the official Omnibus GitLab distribution, so all configuration is done in the unique configuration file `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. + +To access GitLab configuration, you can start a new container using the shared data volume container: + + docker run -ti --rm --volumes-from gitlab_data ubuntu vi /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb + +**Note** that GitLab will reconfigure itself **at each container start.** You will need to restart the container to reconfigure your GitLab. + +You can find all available options in [GitLab documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/README.md#configuration). |