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# Service templates **(FREE)**
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WARNING:
Service templates are [deprecated and scheduled to be removed ](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/268032 )
in GitLab 14.0. Use [project integration management ](#central-administration-of-project-integrations ) instead.
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Using a service template, GitLab administrators can:
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- Provide default values for configuring integrations when creating new projects.
- Bulk configure all existing projects in one step.
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When you enable a service template:
- The defaults are applied to **all** existing projects that either:
- Don't already have the integration enabled.
- Don't have custom values stored for already enabled integrations.
- Values are populated on each project's configuration page for the applicable
integration.
- Settings are stored at the project level.
If you disable the template:
- GitLab default values again become the default values for integrations on
new projects.
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- Projects previously configured using the template continue to use those settings.
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If you change the template, the revised values are applied to new projects. This feature
does not provide central administration of integration settings.
## Central administration of project integrations
A new set of features is being introduced in GitLab to provide more control over
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how integrations are configured at the instance, group, and project level. For
more information, read more about:
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- [Setting up project integration management ](../../admin_area/settings/project_integration_management.md ) (introduced in GitLab 13.3)
- [Our plans for managing integrations ](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2137 ).
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## Enable a service template
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Navigate to the **Admin Area > Service Templates** and choose the service
template you wish to create.
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Recommendation:
- Test the settings on some projects individually before enabling a template.
- Copy the working settings from a project to the template.
There is no "Test settings" option when enabling templates. If the settings do not work,
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these incorrect settings are applied to all existing projects that do not already have
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the integration configured. Fixing the integration then needs to be done project-by-project.
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## Service for external issue trackers
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The following image shows an example service template for Redmine.
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For each project, you still need to configure the issue tracking
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URLs by replacing `:issues_tracker_id` in the above screenshot with the ID used
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by your external issue tracker.
