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+# Gerrit Code Review docker image
+
+The official Gerrit Code Review image with an out-of-the-box setup
+with H2 and DEVELOPMENT account setup.
+
+This image is intended to be used AS-IS for training or staging environments.
+It can be used for production as base image and requires customizations to its gerrit.config
+and definition of persistent external modules.
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Start Gerrit Code Review in its demo/staging out-of-the-box setup:
+
+```
+docker run -ti -p 8080:8080 -p 29418:29418 gerritcodereview/gerrit
+```
+
+Wait a few minutes until the ```Gerrit Code Review 2.14.2 ready``` message appears and then
+open your browser to http://localhost:8080 and you will be in Gerrit Code Review.
+
+*NOTE*: If your docker server is running on a remote host, change 'localhost' to the hostname
+or IP address of your remote docker server.
+
+Starting from Ver. 2.14, a new introduction screen guides you through the basics of Gerrit
+and allows installing additional plugins downloaded from [Gerrit CI](https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com).
+
+## Using persistent volumes
+
+Use docker persistent volumes to keep Gerrit data across restarts.
+See below a sample docker-compose.yaml for persisting the H2 Database, Lucene indexes, Caches and
+Git repositories.
+
+Example of /docker-compose.yaml
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  gerrit:
+    image: gerritcodereview/gerrit
+  volumes:
+     - git-volume:/var/gerrit/git
+     - db-volume:/var/gerrit/db
+     - index-volume:/var/gerrit/index
+     - cache-volume:/var/gerrit/cache
+  ports:
+     - "29418:29418"
+     - "8080:8080"
+
+volumes:
+  git-volume:
+  db-volume:
+  index-volume:
+  cache-volume:
+```
+
+
+Run ```docker-compose up``` to trigger the build and execution of your custom Gerrit docker setup.
+
+## Using Gerrit in production
+
+When running Gerrit on Docker in production, it is a good idea to rely on a physical external
+with much better performance and reliability of the Docker's internal AUFS, and an external
+configuration directory for better change management traceability.
+
+Additionally, you may want to replace H2 with a more robust DBMS like PostgreSQL and an external
+authentication system such as LDAP.
+
+See below a more advanced example of docker-compose.yaml with PostgreSQL and OpenLDAP (from Osixia's DockerHub).
+
+Example of /docker-compose.yaml assuming you have an external directory available as /external/gerrit
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  gerrit:
+    image: gerritcodereview/gerrit
+    ports:
+      - "29418:29418"
+      - "80:8080"
+    links:
+      - postgres
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+      - ldap
+    volumes:
+     - /external/gerrit/etc:/var/gerrit/etc
+     - /external/gerrit/git:/var/gerrit/git
+     - /external/gerrit/index:/var/gerrit/index
+     - /external/gerrit/cache:/var/gerrit/cache
+#    entrypoint: java -jar /var/gerrit/bin/gerrit.war init -d /var/gerrit
+
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:9.6
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_USER=gerrit
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret
+      - POSTGRES_DB=reviewdb
+    volumes:
+      - /external/gerrit/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  ldap:
+    image: osixia/openldap
+    ports:
+      - "389:389"
+      - "636:636"
+    environment:
+      - LDAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=secret
+    volumes:
+      - /external/gerrit/ldap/var:/var/lib/ldap
+      - /external/gerrit/ldap/etc:/etc/ldap/slapd.d
+
+  ldap-admin:
+    image: osixia/phpldapadmin
+    ports:
+      - "6443:443"
+    environment:
+      - PHPLDAPADMIN_LDAP_HOSTS=ldap
+```
+
+Example of /external/gerrit/etc/gerrit.config
+
+```
+[gerrit]
+  basePath = git
+  canonicalWebUrl = http://localhost
+
+[database]
+  type = postgresql
+  hostname = postgres
+  database = reviewdb
+  username = gerrit
+
+[index]
+  type = LUCENE
+
+[auth]
+  type = ldap
+  gitBasicAuth = true
+
+[ldap]
+  server = ldap://ldap
+  username=cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org
+  accountBase = dc=example,dc=org
+  accountPattern = (&(objectClass=person)(uid=${username}))
+  accountFullName = displayName
+  accountEmailAddress = mail
+
+[sendemail]
+  smtpServer = localhost
+
+[sshd]
+  listenAddress = *:29418
+
+[httpd]
+  listenUrl = http://*:8080/
+
+[cache]
+  directory = cache
+
+[container]
+  user = root
+```
+
+Example of /external/gerrit/etc/secure.config
+```
+[database]
+  password = secret
+
+[ldap]
+  password = secret
+```
+
+### Initialize Gerrit DB and Git repositories with Docker
+
+The external filesystem needs to be initialized with gerrit.war beforehand:
+- ReviewDB created and populated with the initial DDL
+- All-Projects, All-Groups and All-Users Git repositories created in Gerrit
+- System Group UUIDs created in Git repositories and initialized in ReviewDB
+
+The initialization can be done as a one-off operation before starting all containers.
+
+#### Step-1: Create the PostgreSQL ReviewDB
+
+Start the postgres image standalone using docker compose:
+
+```
+docker-compose up -d postgres
+docker-compose logs -f postgres
+```
+
+Wait until you see in the output a message like: "database system is ready to accept connections"
+
+#### Step-2: Run Gerrit docker init setup from docker
+
+Uncomment in docker-compose.yaml the Gerrit init step entrypoint and run Gerrit with docker-compose
+in foreground.
+
+```
+docker-compose up gerrit
+```
+
+Wait until you see in the output the message ```Initialized /var/gerrit``` and then the container
+will exit.
+
+#### Step-3: Comment out the gerrit init entrypoint in docker-compose.yaml and start all the docker-compose nodes:
+
+```
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+### Registering users in OpenLDAP with PhpLdapAdmin
+
+The sample docker compose project includes a node with PhpLdapAdmin connected to OpenLDAP
+and exposed via Web UX at https://localhost:6443.
+
+The first user that logs in Gerrit is considered the initial administrator, it is important
+that you configure it on LDAP to login and having the ability to administer your Gerrit setup.
+
+#### Define the Gerrit administrator in OpenLDAP
+
+Login to PhpLdapAdmin using ```cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org``` as username and ```secret``` as password
+and then create a new child node of type "Courier Mail Account" for the Gerrit Administrator
+
+Example:
+
+- Given Name: Gerrit
+- Last Name: Admin
+- Common Name: Gerrit Admin
+- User ID: gerritadmin
+- Email: gerritadmin@localdomain
+- Password: secret
+
+Verify that your data and then commit the changes to LDAP.
+
+#### Login to Gerrit as Administrator
+
+Login to Gerrit on http://localhost using the new Gerrit Admin credentials created on LDAP.
+
+Example:
+
+- Login: gerritadmin
+- Password: secret
+
+## More information about Gerrit Code Review
+
+Refer to Gerrit Documentation at http://localhost/Documentation/index.html for more information on
+how to configure, administer and use Gerrit Code Review.
+
+For a full list of Gerrit Code Review resources, refer to the [Gerrit Code Review home page](https://www.gerritcodereview.com)
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