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# Use GitLab as a microservice **(FREE)**
Many applications need to access JSON APIs, so application tests might need access
to APIs too. The following example shows how to use GitLab as a microservice to give
tests access to the GitLab API.
1. Configure a [runner](../runners/index.md) with the Docker or Kubernetes executor.
1. In your `.gitlab-ci.yml` add:
```yaml
services:
- name: gitlab/gitlab-ce:latest
alias: gitlab
variables:
GITLAB_HTTPS: "false" # ensure that plain http works
GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "password" # to access the api with user root:password
```
NOTE:
Variables set in the GitLab UI are not passed down to the service containers.
[Learn more](../variables/index.md#).
Then, commands in `script` sections in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file can access the API at `http://gitlab/api/v4`.
For more information about why `gitlab` is used for the `Host`, see
[How services are linked to the job](../docker/using_docker_images.md#extended-docker-configuration-options).
You can also use any other Docker image available on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/u/gitlab).
The `gitlab` image can accept environment variables. For more details,
see the [Omnibus documentation](../../install/index.md).