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