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diff --git a/doc/install/docker.md b/doc/install/docker.md index 0ba41e06b65..252f34f7120 100644 --- a/doc/install/docker.md +++ b/doc/install/docker.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- stage: Systems group: Distribution -info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments +info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- # GitLab Docker images **(FREE SELF)** @@ -42,24 +42,26 @@ To use the GitLab Docker images: ## Set up the volumes location -Before setting everything else, configure a new environment variable `$GITLAB_HOME` -pointing to the directory where the configuration, logs, and data files will reside. -Ensure that the directory exists and appropriate permission have been granted. - -For Linux users, set the path to `/srv/gitlab`: +Before setting everything else, create a directory where the configuration, logs, +and data files will reside. It can be under your user's home directory (for example +`~/gitlab-docker`), or in a directory like `/srv/gitlab`. To create that directory: ```shell -export GITLAB_HOME=/srv/gitlab +sudo mkdir -p /srv/gitlab ``` -For macOS users, use the user's `$HOME/gitlab` directory: +If you're running Docker with a user other than `root`, ensure appropriate +permissions have been granted to that directory. + +Configure a new environment variable `$GITLAB_HOME` that sets the path to the +directory you created: ```shell -export GITLAB_HOME=$HOME/gitlab +export GITLAB_HOME=/srv/gitlab ``` -The `GITLAB_HOME` environment variable should be appended to your shell's profile so it is -applied on all future terminal sessions: +You can also append the `GITLAB_HOME` environment variable to your shell's +profile so it is applied on all future terminal sessions: - Bash: `~/.bash_profile` - ZSH: `~/.zshrc` |