diff --git a/assets/runtime/config/gitlab-pages/config b/assets/runtime/config/gitlab-pages/config
index 8b0edb60..40978609 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/config/gitlab-pages/config
+++ b/assets/runtime/config/gitlab-pages/config
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ auth-redirect-uri={{GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_REDIRECT_URI}}
 auth-secret={{GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_SECRET}}
 gitlab-server={{GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_CONTROL_SERVER}}
 artifacts-server={{GITLAB_PAGES_ARTIFACTS_SERVER_URL}}
+internal-gitlab-server=http://localhost:8181
+api-secret-key={{GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}}/.gitlab_pages_secret
diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index c0561674..cd5f501f 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -752,6 +752,12 @@ gitlab_configure_secrets() {
     exec_as_git openssl rand -base64 -out "${workhorse_secret}" 32
     chmod 600 "${workhorse_secret}"
   fi
+
+  local pages_secret="${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}/.gitlab_pages_secret"
+  if [[ ! -f "${pages_secret}" ]]; then
+    exec_as_git openssl rand -base64 -out "${pages_secret}" 32
+    chmod 600 "${pages_secret}"
+  fi
 }
 
 gitlab_configure_sidekiq() {
@@ -1786,7 +1792,8 @@ if [[ ${GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_CONTROL} == true ]]; then
       GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET \
       GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_REDIRECT_URI \
       GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_SECRET \
-      GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_CONTROL_SERVER
+      GITLAB_PAGES_ACCESS_CONTROL_SERVER \
+      GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR
 
   if [[ -n ${GITLAB_PAGES_ARTIFACTS_SERVER_URL} ]]; then
     update_template ${GITLAB_PAGES_CONFIG} GITLAB_PAGES_ARTIFACTS_SERVER_URL