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| [**User documentation**](user/index.md)<br/>Discover features and concepts for GitLab users. | [**Administrator documentation**](administration/index.md)<br/>Everything GitLab self-managed administrators need to know. |
| [**Contributing to GitLab**](#contributing-to-gitlab)<br/>At GitLab, everyone can contribute! | [**New to Git and GitLab?**](#new-to-git-and-gitlab)<br/>We have the resources to get you started. |
| [**Build an integration with GitLab**](#build-an-integration-with-gitlab)<br/>Consult our automation and integration documentation. | [**Coming to GitLab from another platform?**](#coming-to-gitlab-from-another-platform)<br/>Consult our handy guides. |
| [**Install GitLab**](https://about.gitlab.com/install/)<br/>Installation options for different platforms. | [**Customers**](subscriptions/index.md)<br/>Information for new and existing customers. |
| [**Update GitLab**](update/README.md)<br/>Update your GitLab self-managed instance to the latest version. | [**Reference Architectures**](administration/reference_architectures/index.md)<br/>GitLab's reference architectures |
| [GitLab CI/CD pipeline configuration reference](ci/yaml/README.md) | Available configuration options for `.gitlab-ci.yml` files. |
| [Activate GitLab EE with a license](user/admin_area/license.md) **(STARTER ONLY)** | Activate GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license. |
| [Back up and restore GitLab](raketasks/backup_restore.md) **(CORE ONLY)** | Rake tasks for backing up and restoring GitLab self-managed instances. |
| [GitLab release and maintenance policy](policy/maintenance.md) | Policies for version naming and cadence, and also upgrade recommendations. |
| [Elasticsearch integration](integration/elasticsearch.md) **(STARTER ONLY)** | Integrate Elasticsearch with GitLab to enable advanced searching. |
| [Omnibus GitLab database settings](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html) **(CORE ONLY)** | Database settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| [Omnibus GitLab NGINX settings](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html) **(CORE ONLY)** | NGINX settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| [Omnibus GitLab SSL configuration](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/ssl.html) **(CORE ONLY)** | SSL settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| [GitLab.com settings](user/gitlab_com/index.md) | Settings used for GitLab.com. |
| [GitLab Value Stream Analytics](user/analytics/value_stream_analytics.md) | Measure the time it takes to go from an [idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/#from-idea-to-production-with-gitlab) for each project you have. |
| [Issues](user/project/issues/index.md), including [confidential issues](user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md),<br/>[issue and merge request templates](user/project/description_templates.md),<br/>and [moving issues](user/project/issues/managing_issues.md#moving-issues) | Project issues and restricting access to issues as well as creating templates for submitting new issues and merge requests. Also, moving issues between projects. |
| [Quick Actions](user/project/quick_actions.md) | Shortcuts for common actions on issues or merge requests, replacing the need to click buttons or use dropdowns in GitLab's UI. |
| [Service Desk](user/project/service_desk.md) | A simple way to allow people to create issues in your GitLab instance without needing their own user account. |
| [Advanced search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md) **(STARTER)** | Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. |
| [Issue analytics](user/group/issues_analytics/index.md) **(PREMIUM)** | Check how many issues were created per month. |
| [Merge Request analytics](user/analytics/merge_request_analytics.md) **(PREMIUM)** | Check your throughput productivity - how many merge requests were merged per month. |
| [Projects](user/project/index.md), including [project access](public_access/public_access.md)<br/>and [settings](user/project/settings/index.md) | Host source code, and control your project's visibility and set configuration. |
| [Branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md) and the [default branch](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#default-branch) | How to use branches in GitLab. |
| [Commits](user/project/repository/index.md#commits) and [signing commits](user/project/repository/gpg_signed_commits/index.md) | Work with commits, and use GPG to sign your commits. |
| [Create branches](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-new-branch), [create](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-file)<br/>and [upload](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#upload-a-file) files, and [create directories](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-directory) | Create branches, create and upload files, and create directories within GitLab. |
| [Delete merged branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#delete-merged-branches) | Bulk delete branches after their changes are merged. |
| [File templates](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#template-dropdowns) | File templates for common files. |
| [Checking out merge requests locally](user/project/merge_requests/reviewing_and_managing_merge_requests.md#checkout-merge-requests-locally-through-the-head-ref) | Tips for working with merge requests locally. |
| [Cherry-picking](user/project/merge_requests/cherry_pick_changes.md) | Use GitLab for cherry-picking changes. |
| [Merge request thread resolution](user/discussions/index.md#moving-a-single-thread-to-a-new-issue) | Resolve threads, move threads in a merge request to an issue, and only allow merge requests to be merged if all threads are resolved. |
| [GitLab integrations](integration/README.md) | Integrate with multiple third-party services with GitLab to allow external issue trackers and external authentication. |
| [Container Registry](user/packages/container_registry/index.md) | The GitLab Container Registry enables every project in GitLab to have its own space to store [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) images. |
| [Dependency Proxy](user/packages/dependency_proxy/index.md) **(PREMIUM)** | The GitLab Dependency Proxy sets up a local proxy for frequently used upstream images/packages. |
| [Package Registry](user/packages/package_registry/index.md) | Use GitLab as a private or public registry for a variety of common package managers, including [NPM](user/packages/npm_registry/index.md), [Maven](user/packages/maven_repository/index.md), [PyPI](user/packages/pypi_repository/index.md), and others. You can also store generic files. |
| [Compliance Dashboard](user/compliance/compliance_dashboard/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | View the most recent Merge Request activity in a group. |
| [Container Scanning](user/application_security/container_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Use Clair to scan Docker images for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency List](user/application_security/dependency_list/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | View your project's dependencies and their known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency Scanning](user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Analyze your dependencies for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](user/application_security/dast/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Analyze running web applications for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Group Security Dashboard](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#group-security-dashboard) **(ULTIMATE)** | View vulnerabilities in all the projects in a group and its subgroups. |
| [Instance Security Center](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#instance-security-center) **(ULTIMATE)** | View vulnerabilities in all the projects you're interested in. |
| [License Compliance](user/compliance/license_compliance/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Search your project's dependencies for their licenses. |
| [Pipeline Security](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#pipeline-security) **(ULTIMATE)** | View the security reports for your project's pipelines. |
| [Project Security Dashboard](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#project-security-dashboard) **(ULTIMATE)** | View the latest security reports for your project. |
| [Static Application Security Testing (SAST)](user/application_security/sast/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Analyze source code for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Canary Deployments](user/project/canary_deployments.md) **(PREMIUM)** | Employ a popular CI strategy where a small portion of the fleet is updated to the new version first. |
| [Deploy Boards](user/project/deploy_boards.md) **(PREMIUM)** | View the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes, displaying the status of the pods in the deployment. |
| [Environments and deployments](ci/environments/index.md) | With environments, you can control the continuous deployment of your software within GitLab. |
| [Environment-specific variables](ci/variables/README.md#limit-the-environment-scopes-of-environment-variables) | Limit the scope of variables to specific environments. |
| [Protected runners](ci/runners/README.md#prevent-runners-from-revealing-sensitive-information) | Select Runners to only pick jobs for protected branches and tags. |
| [Schedule pipelines](ci/pipelines/schedules.md) | Execute pipelines on a schedule. |
| [Installing applications](user/project/clusters/index.md#installing-applications) | Install Helm charts such as Ingress and Prometheus on Kubernetes. |
| [Multiple Kubernetes clusters](user/project/clusters/index.md#multiple-kubernetes-clusters) | Associate more than one Kubernetes clusters to your project. |
| [GitLab Performance Monitoring](administration/monitoring/performance/index.md) **(CORE ONLY)** | Use Prometheus and Grafana to monitor the performance of your GitLab instance. |
| [GitLab Prometheus](administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md) **(CORE ONLY)** | Configure the bundled Prometheus to collect various metrics from your GitLab instance. |
| [Health check](user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md) | GitLab provides liveness and readiness probes to indicate service health and reachability to required services. |
| [Prometheus project integration](user/project/integrations/prometheus.md) | Configure the Prometheus integration per project and monitor your CI/CD environments. |
| [Prometheus metrics](user/project/integrations/prometheus_library/index.md) | Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX Ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch. |
| [Incident management](operations/incident_management/index.md) | Use GitLab to help you better respond to incidents that may occur in your systems. |
| [Web Application Firewall with ModSecurity](user/compliance/compliance_dashboard/index.md) | Filter, monitor, and block HTTP traffic to and from a web application. |
| [Container host security](user/clusters/applications.md#install-falco-using-gitlab-cicd) | Detect and respond to security threats at the Kubernetes, network, and host level. |
| [Container network security](user/clusters/applications.md#install-cilium-using-gitlab-cicd) | Detect and block unauthorized network traffic between pods and to/from the internet.|
| [GitLab workflow overview](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/) | Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow. |
| [Authentication](topics/authentication/index.md) | Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your SSH keys, and deploy keys for secure access to your projects. |
