Self-host GitLab CE with Docker

A complete DevOps platform for source control, code review, issues, and CI/CD in one place.

This page describes the Levelrail template for GitLab CE (Developer Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.

Project site: https://docs.gitlab.com/install/docker/installation/.

Recommended memory: about 4096 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
gitlab	gitlab/gitlab-ce:19.3.1-ce.0	80	gitlab_config -> /etc/gitlab gitlab_logs -> /var/log/gitlab gitlab_data -> /var/opt/gitlab

Environment variables

Service	Variable	Value
gitlab	GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG	Preset in the template

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

Deploy GitLab CE with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select GitLab CE. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy gitlab-ce --name my-gitlab-ce

See Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

More Developer Tools templates

• Appsmith
• Appwrite
• Browserless
• ByteStash
• code-server
• ConvertX

All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.