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# Steps after installing GitLab **(FREE SELF)**
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Here are a few resources you might want to check out after completing the
installation.
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## Email and notifications
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- [SMTP ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html ): Configure SMTP
for proper email notifications support.
## CI/CD
- [Set up runners ](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/ ): Set up one or more GitLab
Runners, the agents that are responsible for all of the GitLab CI/CD features.
- [GitLab Pages ](../administration/pages/index.md ): Configure GitLab Pages to
allow hosting of static sites.
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- [GitLab Registry ](../administration/packages/container_registry.md ): Set up the
GitLab Container Registry so every project can have its own space to store Docker
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images.
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- [GitLab Dependency Proxy ](../administration/packages/dependency_proxy.md ): Set up the dependency
proxy so you can cache container images from Docker Hub for faster, more reliable builds.
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## Security
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- [Secure GitLab ](../security/index.md ):
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Recommended practices to secure your GitLab instance.
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- Sign up for the GitLab [Security Newsletter ](https://about.gitlab.com/company/preference-center/ ) to get notified for security updates upon release.
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## Authentication
- [LDAP ](../administration/auth/ldap/index.md ): Configure LDAP to be used as
an authentication mechanism for GitLab.
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- [SAML and OAuth ](../integration/omniauth.md ): Authenticate via online services like Okta, Google, Azure AD, and more.
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## Backup and upgrade
- [Back up and restore GitLab ](../raketasks/backup_restore.md ): Learn the different
ways you can back up or restore GitLab.
- [Upgrade GitLab ](../update/index.md ): Every 22nd of the month, a new feature-rich GitLab version
is released. Learn how to upgrade to it, or to an interim release that contains a security fix.
- [Release and maintenance policy ](../policy/maintenance.md ): Learn about GitLab
policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor, patch,
and security releases.
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## License
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- [Add a license ](../user/admin_area/license.md ) or [start a free trial ](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/ ):
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Activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
- [Pricing ](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ ): Pricing for the different tiers.
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## Cross-repository Code Search
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- [Advanced Search ](../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md ): Leverage [Elasticsearch ](https://www.elastic.co/ ) or [OpenSearch ](https://opensearch.org/ ) for
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faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
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## Scaling and replication
- [Scaling GitLab ](../administration/reference_architectures/index.md ):
GitLab supports several different types of clustering.
- [Geo replication ](../administration/geo/index.md ):
Geo is the solution for widely distributed development teams.
