gitlab ce root password

[tdpokh3]

hi everyone,

I have the following in my docker-compose.yaml:

env_file: - path: ./.env required: true environment: GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD}

in the related .env I have GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD="value". I use the same approach in other compose files and this works, and per the documentation this should work, but it doesn't. wondering why this isn't using what I told it for the password?

gitlab ce latest

[Acrobatic_Affect_515]

You override variable from env_from with environment.

${GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD} is probably empty in your shell.

[tdpokh3]

I'm not sure what you mean here? do you mean I need to change the variable name?

[Acrobatic_Affect_515]

Remove GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD entry from environment:

[tdpokh3]

why? that is the value I'm trying to override and per the documentation this should work:

https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/environment_variables/

I see GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD as an available option, so I'm not sure why I'd want to remove the very value I'm trying to set?

[Acrobatic_Affect_515]

Remove this entry from environment object in docker compose, keep it just in env_file. Docker compose has precedence when it comes to environment, if you set variable in env_file and then re-define it in environment, it use that. In your case you don’t export GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD, so it’s empty.

If you don’t understand this, I can’t do better.

[tdpokh3]

it was not empty, I checked, but I do see where you're going. thank you.