Store repositories on external volume

Hello together,

I would like to store the content of my gitlab externally. However, the repositories are not stored within the docker container nor in the external path. I cannot find them anywhere. But new projects can be created.

I create the container like this:

docker run \
--name gitlab2_app \
--hostname xxx\
--link gitlabN-postgresql:postgresql \
--link gitlabN-redis:redisio \
--publish 2289:22 \
--publish 8929:80 \
--userns=host \
--privileged \
--restart=always \
-e 'GITLAB_REPOS_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/repositories' \
-e 'GITLAB_BUILDS_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/builds' \
-e 'GITLAB_BACKUP_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/backups' \
-e 'GITLAB_DOWNLOADS_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/downloads' \
-e 'GITLAB_SHARED_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/shared' \
-e 'GITLAB_ARTIFACTS_DIR=/home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data/artifacts' \
--volume /home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/data:/home/git/data \
--volume /home/xxx/external_storage/docker/volumes/diva_gitlab/log:/var/log/gitlab \
sameersbn/gitlab:latest

1. What do I have to change that my gitlab starts using the external directory?
2. From another gitlab installation I have some user folders in a repository directory, that I would like to move to my new installation. However, that old gitlab installation is not working anymore and I would like to transfer these repositories to the new installation. Is that possible?

The issue names no repository file, test, or entry point. Start by checking how the sameersbn/gitlab image handles GITLAB_REPOS_DIR and the /home/git/data volume mapping, then verify where newly created repositories are written. Done means resolving the external-volume configuration and determining whether the existing repository folders can be transferred.