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@@ -91,3 +91,126 @@ above. You can find more information at each of the pages below:
 - [DAST offline directions](../dast/index.md#running-dast-in-an-offline-environment)
 - [License Compliance offline directions](../../compliance/license_compliance/index.md#running-license-compliance-in-an-offline-environment)
 - [Dependency Scanning offline directions](../dependency_scanning/index.md#running-dependency-scanning-in-an-offline-environment)
+
+## Loading Docker images onto your offline host
+
+To use many GitLab features, including
+[security scans](../index.md#working-in-an-offline-environment)
+and [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md), the GitLab Runner must be able to fetch the
+relevant Docker images.
+
+The process for making these images available without direct access to the public internet
+involves downloading the images then packaging and transferring them to the offline host. Here's an
+example of such a transfer:
+
+1. Download Docker images from public internet.
+1. Package Docker images as tar archives.
+1. Transfer images to offline environment.
+1. Load transferred images into offline Docker registry.
+
+### Using the official GitLab template
+
+GitLab provides a [vendored template](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#includetemplate)
+to ease this process.
+
+This template should be used in a new, empty project, with a `gitlab-ci.yml` file containing:
+
+```yaml
+include:
+  - template: Secure-Binaries.gitlab-ci.yml
+```
+
+The pipeline downloads the Docker images needed for the Security Scanners and saves them as
+[job artifacts](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md) or pushes them to the [Container Registry](../../packages/container_registry/index.md)
+of the project where the pipeline is executed. These archives can be transferred to another location
+and [loaded](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/load/) in a Docker daemon.
+This method requires a GitLab Runner with access to both `gitlab.com` (including
+`registry.gitlab.com`) and the local offline instance. This runner must run in
+[privileged mode](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html#use-docker-in-docker-with-privileged-mode)
+to be able to use the `docker` command inside the jobs. This runner can be installed in a DMZ or on
+a bastion, and used only for this specific project.
+
+#### Scheduling the updates
+
+By default, this project's pipeline will run only once, when the `.gitlab-ci.yml` is added to the
+repo. To update the GitLab security scanners and signatures, it's necessary to run this pipeline
+regularly. GitLab provides a way to [schedule pipelines](../../../ci/pipelines/schedules.md). For
+example, you can set this up to download and store the Docker images every week.
+
+Some images can be updated more frequently than others. For example, the [vulnerability database](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db/tags)
+for Container Scanning is updated daily. To update this single image, create a new Scheduled
+Pipeline that runs daily and set `SECURE_BINARIES_ANALYZERS` to `clair-vulnerabilities-db`. Only
+this job will be triggered, and the image will be updated daily and made available in the project
+registry.
+
+#### Using the secure bundle created
+
+The project using the `Secure-Binaries.gitlab-ci.yml` template should now host all the required
+images and resources needed to run GitLab Security features.
+
+Next, you must tell the offline instance to use these resources instead of the default ones on
+GitLab.com. To do so, set the environment variable `SECURE_ANALYZERS_PREFIX` with the URL of the
+project [container registry](../../packages/container_registry/index.md).
+
+You can set this variable in the projects' `.gitlab-ci.yml`, or
+in the GitLab UI at the project or group level. See the [GitLab CI/CD environment variables page](../../../ci/variables/README.md#custom-environment-variables)
+for more information.
+
+#### Variables
+
+The following table shows which variables you can use with the `Secure-Binaries.gitlab-ci.yml`
+template:
+
+| VARIABLE                                  | Description                                   | Default value                     |
+|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+| `SECURE_BINARIES_ANALYZERS`               | Comma-separated list of analyzers to download | `"bandit, brakeman, gosec, and so on..."` |
+| `SECURE_BINARIES_DOWNLOAD_IMAGES`         | Used to disable jobs                          | `"true"`                          |
+| `SECURE_BINARIES_PUSH_IMAGES`             | Push files to the project registry            | `"true"`                          |
+| `SECURE_BINARIES_SAVE_ARTIFACTS`          | Also save image archives as artifacts         | `"false"`                         |
+| `SECURE_BINARIES_ANALYZER_VERSION`        | Default analyzer version (Docker tag)         | `"2"`                             |
+
+### Alternate way without the official template
+
+If it's not possible to follow the above method, the images can be transferred manually instead:
+
+#### Example image packager script
+
+```shell
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ux
+
+# Specify needed analyzer images
+analyzers=${SAST_ANALYZERS:-"bandit eslint gosec"}
+gitlab=registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers/
+
+for i in "${analyzers[@]}"
+do
+  tarname="${i}_2.tar"
+  docker pull $gitlab$i:2
+  docker save $gitlab$i:2 -o ./analyzers/${tarname}
+  chmod +r ./analyzers/${tarname}
+done
+```
+
+#### Example image loader script
+
+This example loads the images from a bastion host to an offline host. In certain configurations,
+physical media may be needed for such a transfer:
+
+```shell
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ux
+
+# Specify needed analyzer images
+analyzers=${SAST_ANALYZERS:-"bandit eslint gosec"}
+registry=$GITLAB_HOST:4567
+
+for i in "${analyzers[@]}"
+do
+  tarname="${i}_2.tar"
+  scp ./analyzers/${tarname} ${GITLAB_HOST}:~/${tarname}
+  ssh $GITLAB_HOST "sudo docker load -i ${tarname}"
+  ssh $GITLAB_HOST "sudo docker tag $(sudo docker images | grep $i | awk '{print $3}') ${registry}/analyzers/${i}:2"
+  ssh $GITLAB_HOST "sudo docker push ${registry}/analyzers/${i}:2"
+done
+```