Root user not created with default docker-compose.yml

[gianmarcotoso]

I have followed the instructions in the quick start and, after downloading docker-compose.yml and setting the keys, I ran docker-compose up and waited a bit. Connecting to the Gitlab instance presented me with the login screen, but no credentials worked. Connecting to the PGSQL container I tried a SELECT COUNT(*) FROM USERS, which resulted in a count of 0 rows.

I solved the problem by running docker-compose down, setting GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD within docker-compose.yml, doing docker-compose up and then manually running the setup by connecting to the gitlab container with docker exec -it gitlab_gitlab_1 /bin/bash (where gitlab_gitlab_1 was the name of my container, got it with docker-compose ps) and running bin/rake gitlab:setup.

Is this expected behavior?

[solidnerd]

Hey,
generally you don't need to set GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD. On the first startup you should asked for password in the browser. Thanks for question I found a bug in our README. I will fix this later.

[gianmarcotoso]

I expected to be asked for the password, but I wasn't. Setting GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD and manually calling the setup command works, but I found it strange. Glad to be of help!

[morsoinferno]

I have the same issue. I have a custom docker-compose for rancher-compose. I define the GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD and GITLAB_ROOT_EMAIL but without the expected result. As @gianmarcotoso said, it is needed to run bin/rake gitlab:production in orden to populate the DB with the admin credentials. Maybe is something missed in the Dockerfile or some script for building the image.

[LoicMahieu]

I had the same issue. By manually run:

exec_as_git force=yes bundle exec rake gitlab:setup       ${GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD:+GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD=$GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD}       ${GITLAB_ROOT_EMAIL:+GITLAB_ROOT_EMAIL=$GITLAB_ROOT_EMAIL}

I got the error:

== Seed from /home/git/gitlab/db/fixtures/production/001_admin.rb
Could not create the default administrator account:

--> Password is too short (minimum is 8 characters)

Maybe it's your case ? For me the value was root... Ok really too short ^^

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