gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/user/admin_area/settings/index.md

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# Admin Area settings **(CORE ONLY)**

In the Admin Area **Settings** page, you can find various options for your GitLab
instance like sign-up restrictions, account limits and quota, metrics, etc.

Navigate to it by going to **Admin Area > Settings**. Some of the settings
include:

- [Account and limit settings](account_and_limit_settings.md) **(STARTER)**
- [Continuous Integration and Deployment](continuous_integration.md)
- [Email](email.md)
- [Sign up restrictions](sign_up_restrictions.md)
- [Terms](terms.md)
- [Third party offers](third_party_offers.md)
- [Usage statistics](usage_statistics.md)
- [Visibility and access controls](visibility_and_access_controls.md)
- [User and IP rate limits](user_and_ip_rate_limits.md)
- [Custom templates repository](instance_template_repository.md) **(PREMIUM)**
- [Protected paths](protected_paths.md) **(CORE ONLY)**
- [Help messages for the `/help` page and the login page](help_page.md)

NOTE: **Note:**
You can change the [first day of the week](../../profile/preferences.md) for the entire GitLab instance
in the **Localization** section of **Admin area > Settings > Preferences**.

## GitLab.com admin area settings

Most of the settings under the Admin Area change the behavior of the whole
GitLab instance. For GitLab.com, the admin settings are available only for the
GitLab.com administrators, and the parameters can be found on the
[GitLab.com settings](../../gitlab_com/index.md) documentation.
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			`In the Admin Area Settings page, you can find various options for your GitLab`
Document how to enable Auto DevOps at the instance level 2018-08-10 11:07:30 -04:00			`instance like sign-up restrictions, account limits and quota, metrics, etc.`

Edit Admin Area's index for SSOT 2019-06-09 19:32:05 -04:00			`Navigate to it by going to Admin Area > Settings. Some of the settings`
Document how to enable Auto DevOps at the instance level 2018-08-10 11:07:30 -04:00			`include:`

Changing badges to use parentheses not brackets Previously, we used brackets to denote the tier badges, but this made Kramdown, the docs site Markdown renderer, show many warnings when building the site. This is now fixed by using parentheses instead of square brackets. This was caused by [PREMIUM] looking like a link to Kramdown, which couldn't find a URL there. See: - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-docs/merge_requests/484 - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/63800 2019-07-08 04:50:38 -04:00			`- [Account and limit settings](account_and_limit_settings.md) (STARTER)`
Document how to enable Auto DevOps at the instance level 2018-08-10 11:07:30 -04:00			`- [Continuous Integration and Deployment](continuous_integration.md)`
			`- [Email](email.md)`
			`- [Sign up restrictions](sign_up_restrictions.md)`
			`- [Terms](terms.md)`
			`- [Third party offers](third_party_offers.md)`
			`- [Usage statistics](usage_statistics.md)`
			`- [Visibility and access controls](visibility_and_access_controls.md)`
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Changing badges to use parentheses not brackets Previously, we used brackets to denote the tier badges, but this made Kramdown, the docs site Markdown renderer, show many warnings when building the site. This is now fixed by using parentheses instead of square brackets. This was caused by [PREMIUM] looking like a link to Kramdown, which couldn't find a URL there. See: - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gitlab-docs/merge_requests/484 - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/63800 2019-07-08 04:50:38 -04:00			`- [Custom templates repository](instance_template_repository.md) (PREMIUM)`
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			`You can change the [first day of the week](../../profile/preferences.md) for the entire GitLab instance`
			`in the Localization section of Admin area > Settings > Preferences.`

Document how to enable Auto DevOps at the instance level 2018-08-10 11:07:30 -04:00			`## GitLab.com admin area settings`

Edit Admin Area's index for SSOT 2019-06-09 19:32:05 -04:00			`Most of the settings under the Admin Area change the behavior of the whole`
Document how to enable Auto DevOps at the instance level 2018-08-10 11:07:30 -04:00			`GitLab instance. For GitLab.com, the admin settings are available only for the`
			`GitLab.com administrators, and the parameters can be found on the`
			`[GitLab.com settings](../../gitlab_com/index.md) documentation.`