gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/administration/index.md

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Enablement Distribution To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments Learn how to install, configure, update, and maintain your GitLab instance.

Administrator documentation (FREE SELF)

If you use GitLab.com, only GitLab team members have access to administration tools and settings. If you use a self-managed GitLab instance, learn how to administer it.

Only administrator users can access GitLab administration tools and settings.

Available distributions

GitLab has two product distributions available through different subscriptions:

You can install either GitLab CE or GitLab EE. However, the features you have access to depend on your chosen subscription.

GitLab Community Edition installations have access only to Free features.

Installing and maintaining GitLab

Learn how to install, configure, update, and maintain your GitLab instance.

Installing GitLab

Configuring GitLab

Customizing GitLab appearance

  • Header logo: Change the logo on all pages and email headers.
  • Favicon: Change the default favicon to your own logo.
  • Branded login page: Customize the login page with your own logo, title, and description.
  • "New Project" page: Customize the text to be displayed on the page that opens whenever your users create a new project.
  • Additional custom email text: Add additional custom text to emails sent from GitLab.

Maintaining GitLab

  • Rake tasks: Perform various tasks for maintenance, backups, automatic webhooks setup, and more.
  • Operations: Keeping GitLab up and running (clean up Redis sessions, moving repositories, Sidekiq MemoryKiller, Puma).
  • Restart GitLab: Learn how to restart GitLab and its components.
  • Invalidate Markdown cache: Invalidate any cached Markdown.
  • Instance review: Request a free review of your GitLab instance.

Updating GitLab

Upgrading or downgrading GitLab

GitLab platform integrations

  • Mattermost: Integrate with Mattermost, an open source, private cloud workplace for web messaging.
  • PlantUML: Create diagrams in AsciiDoc and Markdown documents created in snippets, wikis, and repositories.
  • Web terminals: Provide terminal access to your applications deployed to Kubernetes from GitLab CI/CD environments.

User settings and permissions

Project settings

Package Registry administration

  • Container Registry: Configure GitLab to act as a registry for containers.
  • Package Registry: Enable GitLab to act as a registry for packages.
  • Dependency Proxy: Configure the Dependency Proxy, a local proxy for frequently used upstream images/packages.

Repository settings

CI/CD settings

Snippet settings

Wiki settings

Git configuration options

Monitoring GitLab

Performance Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Support Team Docs

The GitLab Support Team has collected a lot of information about troubleshooting GitLab. The following documents are used by the Support Team or by customers with direct guidance from a Support Team member. GitLab administrators may find the information useful for troubleshooting. However, if you are experiencing trouble with your GitLab instance, you should check your support options before referring to these documents.

WARNING: The commands in the following documentation might result in data loss or other damage to a GitLab instance. They should be used only by experienced administrators who are aware of the risks.