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stage: Enablement
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group: Distribution
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info: 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
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# Steps after installing GitLab
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Here are a few resources you might want to check out after completing the
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installation.
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## License
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- [Upload a license](../user/admin_area/license.md) or [start a free trial](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/):
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Activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
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- [Pricing](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/): Pricing for the different tiers.
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## Security
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- [Secure GitLab](../security/README.md#securing-your-gitlab-installation):
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Recommended practices to secure your GitLab instance.
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## Authentication
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- [LDAP](../administration/auth/ldap/index.md): Configure LDAP to be used as
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an authentication mechanism for GitLab.
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## Email and notifications
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- [SMTP](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html): Configure SMTP
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for proper email notifications support.
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## Backup and upgrade
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- [Back up and restore GitLab](../raketasks/backup_restore.md): Learn the different
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ways you can back up or restore GitLab.
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- [Upgrade GitLab](../update/index.md): Every 22nd of the month, a new feature-rich GitLab version
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is released. Learn how to upgrade to it, or to an interim release that contains a security fix.
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- [Release and maintenance policy](../policy/maintenance.md): Learn about GitLab
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policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor, patch,
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and security releases.
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## CI/CD
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- [Set up runners](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/): Set up one or more GitLab
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Runners, the agents that are responsible for all of the GitLab CI/CD features.
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- [GitLab Pages](../administration/pages/index.md): Configure GitLab Pages to
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allow hosting of static sites.
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- [GitLab Registry](../administration/packages/container_registry.md): With the
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GitLab Container Registry, every project can have its own space to store Docker
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images.
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## Scaling and replication
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- [Scaling GitLab](../administration/reference_architectures/index.md):
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GitLab supports several different types of clustering.
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- [Geo replication](../administration/geo/index.md):
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Geo is the solution for widely distributed development teams.
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## Search
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- [Advanced Search](../integration/elasticsearch.md): Leverage Elasticsearch for
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faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
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