diff --git a/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/conf/gitlab.rb b/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/conf/gitlab.rb
index 055b7bfa47ef13447d05bde65df6169680d38a19..212f6559d5fbbe42938f1742ea1096d6ab2d3f6e 100644
--- a/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/conf/gitlab.rb
+++ b/webserver/docker_gitlab/templates/conf/gitlab.rb
@@ -792,6 +792,23 @@ registry['enable'] = true
 # registry['autoredirect'] = false
 # registry['compatibility_schema1_enabled'] = false
 
+### Registry Database
+### see https://gitlab.warpzone.ms/help/administration/packages/container_registry_metadata_database.md
+
+registry['database'] = {
+  'enabled' => false,
+  'host' => 'localhost',
+  'port' => 5432,
+  'user' => 'registry-database-user',
+  'password' => 'registry-database-password',
+  'dbname' => 'registry-database-name',
+  'sslmode' => 'require', 
+  'sslcert' => '/path/to/cert.pem',
+  'sslkey' => '/path/to/private.key',
+  'sslrootcert' => '/path/to/ca.pem'
+}
+
+
 ### Registry backend storage
 ###! Docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/packages/container_registry.html#configure-storage-for-the-container-registry
 # registry['storage'] = {