GitLab with Let's Encrypt Using Docker Compose

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❗ Change variables in the .env to meet your requirements.

💡 Note that the .env file should be in the same directory as gitlab-traefik-letsencrypt-docker-compose.yml.

Create networks for your services before deploying the configuration using the commands:

docker network create traefik-network

docker network create gitlab-network

Deploy GitLab using Docker Compose:

docker compose -f gitlab-traefik-letsencrypt-docker-compose.yml -p gitlab up -d

Visit the GitLab URL, and sign in with the username root and the password from the following command:

sudo docker exec -it $(sudo docker ps -aqf "name=gitlab-gitlab-1") grep 'Password:' /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password

Get the GitLab Runner's registration token via this link:

https://gitlab.heyvaldemar.net/admin/runners

Note that you need to specify the domain name of the service, previously defined in the .env file.

Register the GitLab Runner with an obtained token:

REGISTRATION_TOKEN=125DGwcgyrAsVVjUkxTL \
&& docker exec -it $(sudo docker ps -aqf "name=gitlab-runner-1") gitlab-runner register \
--non-interactive \
--url "http://gitlab/" \
--registration-token "$REGISTRATION_TOKEN" \
--executor "docker" \
--docker-image docker:stable \
--description "docker-runner-1" \
--tag-list "docker,linux" \
--run-untagged="true" \
--docker-privileged \
--output-limit "50000000" \
--access-level="not_protected" \
--docker-volumes "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"

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