diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4adbb6..d155dc5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -350,4 +350,5 @@ MigrationBackup/
 .ionide/
 
 # valet files
-valet/.env*local
+.env*local
+credentials_file.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitlab/bootstrap/gitlab.tar.gz b/gitlab/bootstrap/gitlab.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad1807
Binary files /dev/null and b/gitlab/bootstrap/gitlab.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh b/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b5d55d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+container_name="gitlab"
+tar_file_path="$CODESPACE_VSCODE_FOLDER/gitlab/bootstrap/gitlab.tar.gz"
+
+if [ ! -d /srv/gitlab ]; then
+  echo -e "Seeding GitLab data \U1F331"
+  if [ ! -f $tar_file_path ]; then
+    echo -e "GitLab data file not found at $tar_file_path.\nPlease verify this file has not been removed\nExiting..."
+    return
+  fi
+  sudo tar -xzf $tar_file_path -C /srv
+fi
+
+echo -e "Checking for GitLab \U1F575"
+
+if [ "$(docker ps -a | grep $container_name)" ]; then
+  echo -e "GitLab is running \U1F603"
+  docker start $container_name
+else
+  echo -e "Starting new GitLab container \U1F4E0"
+  docker run --detach \
+  --hostname 172.17.0.2  \
+  --publish 80:80 \
+  --name gitlab \
+  --restart always \
+  --volume /srv/gitlab/config:/etc/gitlab \
+  --volume /srv/gitlab/logs:/var/log/gitlab \
+  --volume /srv/gitlab/data:/var/opt/gitlab \
+  --shm-size 256m \
+  gitlab/gitlab-ee:latest
+
+  # updates file permissions to avoid git and server errors
+  docker exec -it gitlab update-permissions &> /dev/null
+fi
+
+# allow valet to talk to GitLab by removing network isolation between containers
+export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"
+`grep -q "export DOCKER_ARGS=" ~/.bashrc || echo 'export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"' >> ~/.bashrc`
+
+echo -e "Waiting for GitLab to be ready. This might take a while \U23F0"
+until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost); do
+  printf '.'
+  sleep 5
+done
+
+echo -e '\nGitLab is up and running! \U1F680'
+echo "Username: root"
+docker exec -it $container_name grep 'Password:' /etc/gitlab/initial_root_password
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitlab/readme.md b/gitlab/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8ebbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitlab/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Valet labs for GitLab
+
+This lab bootstraps a Valet environment using GitHub Codespaces and enables you to run the Valet CI/CD migration tool against an isolated GitLab instance running in Docker. 
+
+- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
+- [Setup Codespace for Labs](#setup-codespace-for-labs)
+- [Labs for GitLab](#labs-for-gitlab)
+
+
+## Prerequisites
+1. [Valet Labs](https://github.com/valet-customers/labs) template has been used to generate this repository.
+
+## Setup Codespace for Labs
+
+1. Start the codespace
+    - Click the `Code` button down arrow above the repository on the repository's landing page.
+    - Click the `Codespaces` tab.
+    - Click `Create codespaces on main` to create the codespace. If you are in another branch then the `main` branch, the codespace button will have the current branch specified.
+    - Wait a couple minutes, then verify that the codespace starts up. Once it is fully booted up, the terminal should be present.
+2. Verify Valet CLI is installed and working. More information on the [GitHub Valet CLI extension](https://github.com/github/gh-valet)
+    -  Run `gh valet version` in the codespace terminal and verify it returns results like below, actual versions will vary.
+    ```
+        gh version 2.14.3 (2022-07-26)
+        gh valet        github/gh-valet v0.1.12
+        valet-cli       v0.1.0.13392
+    ```
+    if results do not match try manually installing the valet extension, using the [troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section.
+    
+3. Run the GitLab setup script.  This script will set up GitLab and ensure it is ready to use.  In general, this script should be run first if you are starting a new codespace or restarting an existing one.  
+   -  from the codespace terminal run `source gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh`.
+
+4. Verify you can login to the GitLab Server.
+   - Click the `PORTS` tab in the codespace terminal window.
+   - In the row that starts with `80` mouse over the address under the column heading `Local Address`, and click the globe icon.
+   - Verify a new browser tab opened to the GitLab login screen.
+   - Login with the username and password printed in the terminal after step 3, if that is not available you can run the command again in the terminal to get it `source gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh`.
+   - Verify that you can see the auto populated projects in GitLab, under the `valet` namespace by clicking the `Menu` icon in GitLab, then `Your projects`.
+
+## Labs for GitLab
+Perform the following labs to test-drive Valet
+- TBD
+
+## Troubleshooting
+-  **GitHub CLI Valet extension is not installed**. More information on the [GitHub Valet CLI extension](https://github.com/github/gh-valet)
+   -  Verify you are in the codespace terminal
+   -  Run `gh extension install github/gh-valet`
+   -  Verify the result of the command is: `✓ Installed extension github/gh-valet`
+   -  If you get a similar error to the following, click the link to authorize the token
+      ![linktolcickauth](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26442605/169588015-9414404f-82b6-4d0f-89d4-5f0e6941b029.png)
+   - Restart the codespace after clicking the link
+- **Port 80 is not being forwarded for GitLab server**. This should be auto detected by codespaces, but can be manually setup by:
+  - In the codespace terminal click the PORTS tab
+  - Click the "Add Port" button
+  - Enter 80 and hit enter