Setup gitlab on ubuntu in 5 minutes with docker un ubuntu 15.04

Yesterday my virtualbox image on my external usb harddisk crashed and I quickly needed a new gitlab VM. I remembered my installation process last week, which tooked nearly an hour for a simple baseinstallation.

I didn't want to wait for a 2 h Vagrant imagedownload, so i decided to give docker a chance.

Docker on ubuntu 15.04 was installed in minutes.

1) Update ubuntu repos

Commandline:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D

Open and add: 
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list

Add
deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-vivid main

Save the file

Update your ubuntu
apt-get update



Install Docker
sudo apt-get install docker-engine

Start Docker

sudo service docker start

Pull gitlab on docker from docker hub

docker pull sameersbn/gitlab:8.2.0 

Download docker composer
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/master/docker-compose.yml

Generate gitlab secretkey 

apt-get install pwd

genpwdgen Bsv1 64 
 

copy generated string an open downloaded docker-compose 

nano docker-compose.yml

search GITLAB_SECRETS_DB_KEY_BASE and set the generated secret

Install docker-composer

apt-get install docker-composer 

start gitlab composing

docker-compose up

Point your browser to http://localhost:10080 and login using the default username and password:

• username: root
• password: 5iveL!fe