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# Maintain your GitLab installation **(FREE SELF)**
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Keep your GitLab instance up and running.
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- [Housekeeping ](../../administration/housekeeping.md )
- [Activate GitLab EE with license ](../../user/admin_area/license_file.md )
- [Fast SSH key lookup ](../../administration/operations/fast_ssh_key_lookup.md )
- [File system benchmarking ](../../administration/operations/filesystem_benchmarking.md )
- [`gitlab-sshd` ](../../administration/operations/gitlab_sshd.md )
- [Rails console ](../../administration/operations/rails_console.md )
- [Use SSH certificates ](../../administration/operations/ssh_certificates.md )
- [Enable encrypted configuration ](../../administration/encrypted_configuration.md )
- [Rake tasks ](../../raketasks/index.md )
- [Backup and restore ](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md )
- [Inactive project deletion ](../../administration/inactive_project_deletion.md )
- [Move repositories ](../../administration/operations/moving_repositories.md )
- [Read-only state ](../../administration/read_only_gitlab.md )
- [Restart GitLab ](../../administration/restart_gitlab.md )