# Setting up a self-hosted Gitlab instance

## Prerequisites

• A server with a public IP address

• A domain name pointing to the server

• A user with sudo privileges

## Installation

### Install Docker

`bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y docker.io `

### Install Docker Compose

`bash sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose `

### Install Gitlab

`bash sudo mkdir -p /srv/gitlab/config /srv/gitlab/data /srv/gitlab/logs sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /srv/gitlab sudo chmod -R g+rwX /srv/gitlab `

`bash sudo vim /srv/gitlab/docker-compose.yml `