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# Rake tasks **(FREE SELF)**
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GitLab provides [Rake ](https://ruby.github.io/rake/ ) tasks to assist you with
common administration and operational processes.
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You can perform GitLab Rake tasks by using:
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- `gitlab-rake <raketask>` for [Omnibus GitLab ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/README.html )
installations.
- `bundle exec rake <raketask>` for [source ](../install/installation.md )
installations.
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## Available Rake tasks
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The following Rake tasks are available for use with GitLab:
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| Tasks | Description |
|:------------------------------------------------------|:------------|
| [Back up and restore ](backup_restore.md ) | Back up, restore, and migrate GitLab instances between servers. |
| [Clean up ](cleanup.md ) | Clean up unneeded items from GitLab instances. |
| [Development ](../development/rake_tasks.md ) | Tasks for GitLab contributors. |
| [Doctor tasks ](../administration/raketasks/doctor.md ) | Checks for data integrity issues. |
| [Elasticsearch ](../integration/elasticsearch.md#gitlab-advanced-search-rake-tasks ) | Maintain Elasticsearch in a GitLab instance. |
| [Enable namespaces ](features.md ) | Enable usernames and namespaces for user projects. |
| [General maintenance ](../administration/raketasks/maintenance.md ) | General maintenance and self-check tasks. |
| [Geo maintenance ](../administration/raketasks/geo.md ) | [Geo ](../administration/geo/index.md )-related maintenance. |
| [GitHub import ](../administration/raketasks/github_import.md ) | Retrieve and import repositories from GitHub. |
| [Import repositories ](import.md ) | Import bare repositories into your GitLab instance. |
| [Import large project exports ](../development/import_project.md#importing-via-a-rake-task ) | Import large GitLab [project exports ](../user/project/settings/import_export.md ). |
| [Integrity checks ](../administration/raketasks/check.md ) | Check the integrity of repositories, files, and LDAP. |
| [LDAP maintenance ](../administration/raketasks/ldap.md ) | [LDAP ](../administration/auth/ldap/index.md )-related tasks. |
| [List repositories ](list_repos.md ) | List all GitLab-managed Git repositories on disk. |
| [Migrate snippets to Git ](migrate_snippets.md ) | Migrate GitLab Snippets to Git repositories, and show the migration status. |
| [Praefect Rake tasks ](../administration/raketasks/praefect.md ) | [Praefect ](../administration/gitaly/praefect.md )-related tasks. |
| [Project import/export ](../administration/raketasks/project_import_export.md ) | Prepare for [project exports and imports ](../user/project/settings/import_export.md ). |
| [Sample Prometheus data ](generate_sample_prometheus_data.md ) | Generate sample Prometheus data. |
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| [Sidekiq job migration ](sidekiq_job_migration.md ) | Migrate Sidekiq jobs scheduled for future dates to a new queue. |
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| [SMTP maintenance ](../administration/raketasks/smtp.md ) | SMTP-related tasks. |
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| [SPDX license list import ](spdx.md ) | Import a local copy of the [SPDX license list ](https://spdx.org/licenses/ ) for matching [License Compliance policies ](../user/compliance/license_compliance/index.md ). |
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| [Repository storage ](../administration/raketasks/storage.md ) | List and migrate existing projects and attachments from legacy storage to hashed storage. |
| [Uploads migrate ](../administration/raketasks/uploads/migrate.md ) | Migrate uploads between local storage and object storage. |
| [Uploads sanitize ](../administration/raketasks/uploads/sanitize.md ) | Remove EXIF data from images uploaded to earlier versions of GitLab. |
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| [Service Data ](../administration/troubleshooting/gitlab_rails_cheat_sheet.md#generate-service-ping ) | Generate and troubleshoot [Service Ping ](../development/service_ping/index.md ). |
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| [User management ](user_management.md ) | Perform user management tasks. |
| [Webhooks administration ](web_hooks.md ) | Maintain project webhooks. |
| [X.509 signatures ](x509_signatures.md ) | Update X.509 commit signatures, which can be useful if the certificate store changed. |
