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GitLab Admin Area [CORE ONLY]

The Admin Area provides a web UI for administering some features of GitLab self-managed instances.

To access the Admin Area, either:

• Click the Admin Area icon (the spanner or wrench icon).
• Visit /admin on your self-managed instance.

NOTE: Note: Only admin users can access the Admin Area.

Admin Area sections

The Admin Area is made up of the following sections:

Section	Description
Overview	View your GitLab Dashboard, and administer projects, users, groups, jobs, Runners, and Gitaly servers.
Monitoring	View GitLab system information, and information on background jobs, logs, health checks, request profiles, and audit logs.
Messages	Send and manage broadcast messages for your users.
System Hooks	Configure system hooks for many events.
Applications	Create system OAuth applications for integrations with other services.
Abuse Reports	Manage abuse reports submitted by your users.
License [STARTER ONLY]	Upload, display, and remove licenses.
Push Rules [STARTER]	Configure pre-defined git push rules for projects.
Geo [PREMIUM ONLY]	Configure and maintain Geo nodes.
Deploy Keys	Create instance-wide SSH deploy keys.
Service Templates	Create service templates for projects.
Labels	Create and maintain labels for your GitLab instance.
Appearance	Customize GitLab's appearance.
Settings	Modify the settings for your GitLab instance.

Admin Dashboard

The Dashboard provides statistics and system information about the GitLab instance.

To access the Dashboard, either:

• Click the Admin Area icon (the wrench icon).
• Visit /admin on your self-managed instance.

The Dashboard is the default view of the Admin Area, and is made up of the following sections:

Section	Description
Projects	The total number of projects, up to 10 of the latest projects, and the option of creating a new project.
Users	The total number of users, up to 10 of the latest users, and the option of creating a new user.
Groups	The total number of groups, up to 10 of the latest groups, and the option of creating a new group.
Statistics	Totals of all elements of the GitLab instance.
Features	All features available on the GitLab instance. Enabled features are marked with a green circle icon, and disabled features are marked with a power icon.
Components	The major components of GitLab and the version number of each. A link to the Gitaly Servers is also included.

Administer Projects

You can administer all projects in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Projects page.

To access the Projects page, go to Admin Area > Overview > Projects.

Click the All, Private, Internal, or Public tab to list only projects of that criteria.

By default, all projects are listed, in reverse order of when they were last updated. For each project, the following information is listed:

• Name.
• Namespace.
• Description.
• Size, updated every 15 minutes at most.

Projects can be edited or deleted.

The list of projects can be sorted by:

• Name.
• Last created.
• Oldest created.
• Last updated.
• Oldest updated.
• Owner.

A user can choose to hide or show archived projects in the list.

In the Filter by name field, type the project name you want to find, and GitLab will filter them as you type.

Select from the Namespace dropdown to filter only projects in that namespace.

You can combine the filter options. For example, to list only public projects with score in their name:

1. Click the Public tab.
2. Enter score in the Filter by name... input box.

Administer Users

You can administer all users in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Users page.

To access the Users page, go to Admin Area > Overview > Users.

Click the Active, Admins, 2FA Enabled, or 2FA Disabled, External, or Without projects tab to list only users of that criteria.

For each user, their username, email address, are listed, also the date their account was created and the date of last activity. To edit a user, click the Edit button in that user's row. To delete the user, or delete the user and their contributions, click the cog dropdown in that user's row, and select the desired option.

To change the sort order:

1. Click the sort dropdown.
2. Select the desired order.

By default the sort dropdown shows Name.

To search for users, enter your criteria in the search field. The user search is case insensitive, and applies partial matching to name and username. To search for an email address, you must provide the complete email address.

Administer Jobs

You can administer all jobs in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Jobs page.

To access the Jobs page, go to Admin Area > Overview > Jobs.

All jobs are listed, in reverse order of their job ID.

Click the All tab to list all jobs. Click the Pending, Running, or Finished tab to list only jobs of that status.

For each job, the following details are listed:

Field	Description
Status	Job status, either passed, skipped, or failed.
Job	Includes links to the job, branch, and the commit that started the job.
Pipeline	Includes a link to the specific pipeline.
Project	Name of the project, and organization, to which the job belongs.
Runner	Name of the CI runner assigned to execute the job.
Stage	Stage that the job is declared in a .gitlab-ci.yml file.
Name	Name of the job specified in a .gitlab-ci.yml file.
Timing	Duration of the job, and how long ago the job completed.
Coverage	Percentage of tests coverage.

Administer Runners

You can adminster all Runners in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Runners page. See GitLab Runner for more information on Runner itself.

To access the Runners page, go to Admin Area > Overview > Runners.

The Runners page features:

• A description of Runners, and their possible states.
• Instructions on installing a Runner.
• A list of all registered Runners.

Runners are listed in descending order by the date they were created, by default. You can change the sort order to Last Contacted from the dropdown beside the search field.

To search Runners' descriptions:

1. In the Search or filter results... field, type the description of the Runner you want to find.
2. Press Enter.

You can also filter Runners by status, type, and tag. To filter:

1. Click in the Search or filter results... field.
2. Select status:, type:, or tag:
3. Select or enter your search criteria.

For each Runner, the following attributes are listed:

Attribute	Description
Type	One or more of the following states: shared, group, specific, locked, or paused
Runner token	Token used to identify the Runner, and which the Runner uses to communicate with the GitLab instance
Description	Description given to the Runner when it was created
Version	GitLab Runner version
IP address	IP address of the host on which the Runner is registered
Projects	Projects to which the Runner is assigned
Jobs	Total of jobs run by the Runner
Tags	Tags associated with the Runner
Last contact	Timestamp indicating when the GitLab instance last contacted the Runner

You can also edit, pause, or remove each Runner.

Administer Gitaly servers

You can list all Gitaly servers in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Gitaly Servers page. For more details, see Gitaly.

To access the Gitaly Servers page, go to Admin Area > Overview > Gitaly Servers.

For each Gitaly server, the following details are listed:

Field	Description
Storage	Repository storage
Address	Network address on which the Gitaly server is listening
Server version	Gitaly version
Git version	Version of Git installed on the Gitaly server
Up to date	Indicates if the Gitaly server version is the latest version available. A green dot indicates the server is up to date.