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stage: Verify
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group: Runner
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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type: concepts, howto
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---
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# Run your CI/CD jobs in Docker containers **(FREE)**
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You can run your CI/CD jobs in separate, isolated Docker containers.
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If you run Docker on your local machine, you can run tests in the container,
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rather than testing on a dedicated CI/CD server.
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To run CI/CD jobs in a Docker container, you need to:
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1. Register a runner so that all jobs run in Docker containers. Do this by choosing the Docker executor during registration.
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1. Specify which container to run the jobs in. Do this by specifying an image in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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1. Optional. Run other services, like MySQL, in containers. Do this by specifying [services](../services/index.md)
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in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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## Register a runner that uses the Docker executor
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To use GitLab Runner with Docker you need to [register a runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/register/)
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that uses the Docker executor.
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This example shows how to set up a temporary template to supply services:
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```shell
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cat > /tmp/test-config.template.toml << EOF
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[[runners]]
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[runners.docker]
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[[runners.docker.services]]
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name = "postgres:latest"
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[[runners.docker.services]]
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name = "mysql:latest"
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EOF
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```
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Then use this template to register the runner:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-runner register \
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--url "https://gitlab.example.com/" \
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--registration-token "PROJECT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN" \
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--description "docker-ruby:2.6" \
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--executor "docker" \
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--template-config /tmp/test-config.template.toml \
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--docker-image ruby:2.6
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```
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The registered runner uses the `ruby:2.6` Docker image and runs two
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services, `postgres:latest` and `mysql:latest`, both of which are
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accessible during the build process.
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## What is an image
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The `image` keyword is the name of the Docker image the Docker executor
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uses to run CI/CD jobs.
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By default, the executor pulls images from [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/).
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However, you can configure the registry location in the `gitlab-runner/config.toml` file.
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For example, you can set the [Docker pull policy](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html#how-pull-policies-work)
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to use local images.
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For more information about images and Docker Hub, see
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the [Docker Fundamentals](https://docs.docker.com/engine/understanding-docker/) documentation.
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## Define `image` in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file
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You can define an image that's used for all jobs, and a list of
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services that you want to use during runtime:
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```yaml
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default:
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image: ruby:2.6
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services:
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- postgres:11.7
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before_script:
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- bundle install
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test:
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script:
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- bundle exec rake spec
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```
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The image name must be in one of the following formats:
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- `image: <image-name>` (Same as using `<image-name>` with the `latest` tag)
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- `image: <image-name>:<tag>`
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- `image: <image-name>@<digest>`
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## Extended Docker configuration options
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> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4.
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You can use a string or a map for the `image` or `services` entries:
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- Strings must include the full image name
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(including the registry, if you want to download the image from a registry
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other than Docker Hub).
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- Maps must contain at least the `name` option,
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which is the same image name as used for the string setting.
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For example, the following two definitions are equal:
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- A string for `image` and `services`:
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```yaml
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image: "registry.example.com/my/image:latest"
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services:
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- postgresql:14.3
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- redis:latest
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```
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- A map for `image` and `services`. The `image:name` is
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required:
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```yaml
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image:
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name: "registry.example.com/my/image:latest"
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services:
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- name: postgresql:14.3
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- name: redis:latest
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```
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## Where scripts are executed
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When a CI job runs in a Docker container, the `before_script`, `script`, and `after_script` commands run in the `/builds/<project-path>/` directory. Your image may have a different default `WORKDIR` defined. To move to your `WORKDIR`, save the `WORKDIR` as an environment variable so you can reference it in the container during the job's runtime.
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### Override the entrypoint of an image
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> Introduced in GitLab and GitLab Runner 9.4. Read more about the [extended configuration options](../docker/using_docker_images.md#extended-docker-configuration-options).
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Before explaining the available entrypoint override methods, let's describe
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how the runner starts. It uses a Docker image for the containers used in the
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CI/CD jobs:
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1. The runner starts a Docker container using the defined entrypoint. The default
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from `Dockerfile` that may be overridden in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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1. The runner attaches itself to a running container.
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1. The runner prepares a script (the combination of
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[`before_script`](../yaml/index.md#before_script),
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[`script`](../yaml/index.md#script),
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and [`after_script`](../yaml/index.md#after_script)).
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1. The runner sends the script to the container's shell `stdin` and receives the
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output.
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To override the entrypoint of a Docker image,
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define an empty `entrypoint` in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file, so the runner does not start
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a useless shell layer. However, that does not work for all Docker versions.
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- For Docker 17.06 and later, the `entrypoint` can be set to an empty value.
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- For Docker 17.03 and earlier, the `entrypoint` can be set to
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`/bin/sh -c`, `/bin/bash -c`, or an equivalent shell available in the image.
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The syntax of `image:entrypoint` is similar to [Dockerfile's `ENTRYPOINT`](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#entrypoint).
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Let's assume you have a `super/sql:experimental` image with a SQL database
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in it. You want to use it as a base image for your job because you
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want to execute some tests with this database binary. Let's also assume that
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this image is configured with `/usr/bin/super-sql run` as an entrypoint. When
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the container starts without additional options, it runs
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the database's process. The runner expects that the image has no
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entrypoint or that the entrypoint is prepared to start a shell command.
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With the extended Docker configuration options, instead of:
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- Creating your own image based on `super/sql:experimental`.
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- Setting the `ENTRYPOINT` to a shell.
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- Using the new image in your CI job.
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You can now define an `entrypoint` in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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**For Docker 17.06 and later:**
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```yaml
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image:
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name: super/sql:experimental
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entrypoint: [""]
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```
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**For Docker 17.03 and earlier:**
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```yaml
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image:
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name: super/sql:experimental
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entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
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```
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## Define image and services in `config.toml`
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Look for the `[runners.docker]` section:
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```toml
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[runners.docker]
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image = "ruby:latest"
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services = ["mysql:latest", "postgres:latest"]
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```
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The image and services defined this way are added to all jobs run by
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that runner.
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## Access an image from a private Container Registry
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To access private container registries, the GitLab Runner process can use:
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- [Statically defined credentials](#use-statically-defined-credentials). That is, a username and password for a specific registry.
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- [Credentials Store](#use-a-credentials-store). For more information, see [the relevant Docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credentials-store).
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- [Credential Helpers](#use-credential-helpers). For more information, see [the relevant Docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credential-helpers).
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To define which option should be used, the runner process reads the configuration in this order:
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- A `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` [CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md).
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- A `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` environment variable set in the runner's `config.toml` file.
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- A `config.json` file in `$HOME/.docker` directory of the user running the process.
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If the `--user` flag is provided to run the child processes as unprivileged user,
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the home directory of the main runner process user is used.
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### Requirements and limitations
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- Available for [Kubernetes executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/kubernetes.html)
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in GitLab Runner 13.1 and later.
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- [Credentials Store](#use-a-credentials-store) and [Credential Helpers](#use-credential-helpers)
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require binaries to be added to the GitLab Runner `$PATH`, and require access to do so. Therefore,
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these features are not available on shared runners, or any other runner where the user does not
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have access to the environment where the runner is installed.
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### Use statically-defined credentials
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There are two approaches that you can take to access a
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private registry. Both require setting the CI/CD variable
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`DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` with appropriate authentication information.
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1. Per-job: To configure one job to access a private registry, add
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`DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` as a [CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md).
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1. Per-runner: To configure a runner so all its jobs can access a
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private registry, add `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` as an environment variable in the
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runner's configuration.
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See below for examples of each.
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#### Determine your `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` data
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As an example, let's assume you want to use the `registry.example.com:5000/private/image:latest`
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image. This image is private and requires you to sign in to a private container
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registry.
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Let's also assume that these are the sign-in credentials:
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| Key | Value |
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|:---------|:----------------------------|
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| registry | `registry.example.com:5000` |
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| username | `my_username` |
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| password | `my_password` |
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Use one of the following methods to determine the value for `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG`:
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- Do a `docker login` on your local machine:
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```shell
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docker login registry.example.com:5000 --username my_username --password my_password
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```
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Then copy the content of `~/.docker/config.json`.
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If you don't need access to the registry from your computer, you
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can do a `docker logout`:
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```shell
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docker logout registry.example.com:5000
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```
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- In some setups, it's possible the Docker client uses the available system key
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store to store the result of `docker login`. In that case, it's impossible to
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read `~/.docker/config.json`, so you must prepare the required
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base64-encoded version of `${username}:${password}` and create the Docker
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configuration JSON manually. Open a terminal and execute the following command:
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```shell
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# The use of "-n" - prevents encoding a newline in the password.
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echo -n "my_username:my_password" | base64
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# Example output to copy
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bXlfdXNlcm5hbWU6bXlfcGFzc3dvcmQ=
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```
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Create the Docker JSON configuration content as follows:
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```json
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{
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"auths": {
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"registry.example.com:5000": {
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"auth": "(Base64 content from above)"
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}
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}
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}
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```
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#### Configure a job
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To configure a single job with access for `registry.example.com:5000`,
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follow these steps:
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1. Create a [CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md) `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` with the content of the
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Docker configuration file as the value:
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```json
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{
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"auths": {
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"registry.example.com:5000": {
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"auth": "bXlfdXNlcm5hbWU6bXlfcGFzc3dvcmQ="
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}
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}
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}
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```
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1. You can now use any private image from `registry.example.com:5000` defined in
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`image` or `services` in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file:
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```yaml
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image: registry.example.com:5000/namespace/image:tag
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```
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In the example above, GitLab Runner looks at `registry.example.com:5000` for the
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image `namespace/image:tag`.
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You can add configuration for as many registries as you want, adding more
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registries to the `"auths"` hash as described above.
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The full `hostname:port` combination is required everywhere
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for the runner to match the `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG`. For example, if
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`registry.example.com:5000/namespace/image:tag` is specified in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file,
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then the `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` must also specify `registry.example.com:5000`.
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Specifying only `registry.example.com` does not work.
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### Configuring a runner
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If you have many pipelines that access the same registry, you should
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set up registry access at the runner level. This
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allows pipeline authors to have access to a private registry just by
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running a job on the appropriate runner. It also helps simplify registry
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changes and credential rotations.
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This means that any job on that runner can access the
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registry with the same privilege, even across projects. If you need to
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control access to the registry, you need to be sure to control
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access to the runner.
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To add `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` to a runner:
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1. Modify the runner's `config.toml` file as follows:
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```toml
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[[runners]]
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environment = ["DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG={\"auths\":{\"registry.example.com:5000\":{\"auth\":\"bXlfdXNlcm5hbWU6bXlfcGFzc3dvcmQ=\"}}}"]
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```
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- The double quotes included in the `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG`
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data must be escaped with backslashes. This prevents them from being
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interpreted as TOML.
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- The `environment` option is a list. Your runner may
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have existing entries and you should add this to the list, not replace
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it.
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1. Restart the runner service.
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### Use a Credentials Store
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To configure a Credentials Store:
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1. To use a Credentials Store, you need an external helper program to interact with a specific keychain or external store.
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Make sure the helper program is available in the GitLab Runner `$PATH`.
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1. Make GitLab Runner use it. There are two ways to accomplish this. Either:
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- Create a
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[CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md)
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`DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` with the content of the
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Docker configuration file as the value:
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```json
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{
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"credsStore": "osxkeychain"
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}
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```
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- Or, if you're running self-managed runners, add the above JSON to
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`${GITLAB_RUNNER_HOME}/.docker/config.json`. GitLab Runner reads this configuration file
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and uses the needed helper for this specific repository.
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`credsStore` is used to access **all** the registries.
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If you use both images from a private registry and public images from Docker Hub,
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pulling from Docker Hub fails. Docker daemon tries to use the same credentials for **all** the registries.
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### Use Credential Helpers
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> Introduced in GitLab Runner 12.0.
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As an example, let's assume that you want to use the `<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/private/image:latest`
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image. This image is private and requires you to log in into a private container registry.
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To configure access for `<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com`, follow these steps:
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1. Make sure `docker-credential-ecr-login` is available in the GitLab Runner `$PATH`.
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1. Have any of the following [AWS credentials setup](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-ecr-credential-helper#aws-credentials).
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Make sure that GitLab Runner can access the credentials.
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1. Make GitLab Runner use it. There are two ways to accomplish this. Either:
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- Create a [CI/CD variable](../variables/index.md)
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`DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` with the content of the
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Docker configuration file as the value:
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```json
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{
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"credHelpers": {
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"<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com": "ecr-login"
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}
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}
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```
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This configures Docker to use the Credential Helper for a specific registry.
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Instead, you can configure Docker to use the Credential Helper for all Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) registries:
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```json
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{
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"credsStore": "ecr-login"
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}
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```
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- Or, if you're running self-managed runners,
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add the previous JSON to `${GITLAB_RUNNER_HOME}/.docker/config.json`.
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GitLab Runner reads this configuration file and uses the needed helper for this
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specific repository.
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1. You can now use any private image from `<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com` defined in
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`image` and/or `services` in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file:
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```yaml
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image: <aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com/private/image:latest
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```
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In the example, GitLab Runner looks at `<aws_account_id>.dkr.ecr.<region>.amazonaws.com` for the
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image `private/image:latest`.
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You can add configuration for as many registries as you want, adding more
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registries to the `"credHelpers"` hash.
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### Use checksum to keep your image secure
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We recommend using the image checksum in your job definition in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file to verify the integrity of the image. A failed image integrity verification will prevent you from using a modified container.
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To use the image checksum you have to append the checksum at the end:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.6.8@sha256:d1dbaf9665fe8b2175198e49438092fdbcf4d8934200942b94425301b17853c7
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```
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To get the image checksum, on the image `TAG` tab, view the `DIGEST` column.
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For example, view the [Ruby image](https://hub.docker.com/_/ruby?tab=tags).
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The checksum is a random string, like `6155f0235e95`.
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You can also get the checksum of any image on your system with the command `docker images --digests`:
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```shell
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❯ docker images --digests
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REPOSITORY TAG DIGEST (...)
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gitlab/gitlab-ee latest sha256:723aa6edd8f122d50cae490b1743a616d54d4a910db892314d68470cc39dfb24 (...)
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gitlab/gitlab-runner latest sha256:4a18a80f5be5df44cb7575f6b89d1fdda343297c6fd666c015c0e778b276e726 (...)
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```
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