GitLab Installation on Windows using Docker

Pre-requisites

• Docker Desktop Installed on Windows 10/11
• A folder(Gitlab) was created in the local(`C:\Users\AbdulBasha\OWN\Temporary\Omilia\Gitlab`)

Steps

• Export the `GITLAB_HOME` variable on Windows Powershell using the below command;

$GITLAB_HOME = "C:\Users\AbdulBasha\OWN\Temporary\Omilia\Gitlab"

• Run the below command to start the GitLab container

docker run --detach --hostname gitlab.example.com --publish 443:443 --publish 80:80 --publish 22:22 --name gitlab --restart always --volume $GITLAB_HOME/config:/etc/gitlab --volume $GITLAB_HOME/logs:/var/log/gitlab --volume $GITLAB_HOME/data:/var/opt/gitlab --shm-size 256m gitlab/gitlab-ee:latest

• Wait for 5–10mins
• Check if the docker container status
• Open localhost or 127.0.0.1 locally to get the GitLab page, as below

• Default username is root
• The default password will be in the container, SSH into the docker container docker exec it gitlab /bin/bashand run cat /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password to get its password

• Successfully installed and logged in

Changing Root Password

To Manually change the root password

Pass the Root Password in Docker

Pass the Root Password as a variable while starting the container, using the below command

docker run --detach --hostname gitlab.example.com --publish 443:443 --publish 80:80 --publish 22:22 --name gitlab --restart always --volume $GITLAB_HOME/config:/etc/gitlab --volume $GITLAB_HOME/logs:/var/log/gitlab --volume $GITLAB_HOME/data:/var/opt/gitlab --shm-size 256m -e GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD=Abdul@123 gitlab/gitlab-ee:latest

References

• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/security/reset_user_password.html?tab=Linux+package+%28Omnibus%29
• https://forum.gitlab.com/t/how-to-login-for-the-first-time-local-install-with-docker-image/55297/8
• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/docker.html#install-gitlab-using-docker-engine