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# Monitoring GitLab **(FREE SELF)**
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Explore our features to monitor your GitLab instance:
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- [GitLab self-monitoring ](gitlab_self_monitoring_project/index.md ): The
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GitLab instance administration project helps to monitor the GitLab instance and
take action on alerts.
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- [Performance monitoring ](performance/index.md ): GitLab Performance Monitoring
makes it possible to measure a wide variety of statistics of your instance.
- [Prometheus ](prometheus/index.md ): Prometheus is a powerful time-series monitoring
service, providing a flexible platform for monitoring GitLab and other software
products.
- [GitHub imports ](github_imports.md ): Monitor the health and progress of the GitHub
importer with various Prometheus metrics.
- [Monitoring uptime ](../../user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md ): Check the
server status using the health check endpoint.
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- [IP allowlists ](ip_allowlist.md ): Configure GitLab for monitoring endpoints that
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provide health check information when probed.
- [`nginx_status` ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#enablingdisabling-nginx_status ):
Monitor your NGINX server status.
