Template: gitlab-common/user Type: string Default: gitlab _Description: Operating System user for this instance of Gitlab: Please choose the username of the user used to run this instance of Gitlab. . This username will also be used in SSH urls of projects hosted with this instance of Gitlab. For example, git@git.example.com:foo/bar.git . Note: Do not reuse any existing system users like www-data, it will not have the permissions required to run the Gitlab instance.