debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/user/admin_area/settings/index.md

stage	group	info	type
Create	Source Code	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	index

Admin Area settings (FREE SELF)

As an administrator of a GitLab self-managed instance, you can manage the behavior of your deployment. To do so, select Admin Area > Settings.

The Admin Area is not accessible on GitLab.com, and settings can only be changed by the GitLab.com administrators. See the GitLab.com settings documentation for all current settings and limits on the GitLab.com instance.

General

To access the default page for Admin Area settings:

1. On the top bar, select Menu > {admin} Admin.
2. In the left sidebar, select Settings > General.

Option	Description
Visibility and access controls	Set default and restrict visibility levels. Configure import sources and Git access protocol.
Account and limit	Set projects and maximum size limits, session duration, user options, and check feature availability for namespace plan.
Diff limits	Diff content limits.
Sign-up restrictions	Configure the way a user creates a new account.
Sign in restrictions	Set requirements for a user to sign in. Enable mandatory two-factor authentication.
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy	Include a Terms of Service agreement and Privacy Policy that all users must accept.
External Authentication	External Classification Policy Authorization
Web terminal	Set max session time for web terminal.
Web IDE	Manage Web IDE features.
FLoC	Enable or disable Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) tracking.

Integrations

Option	Description
Elasticsearch	Elasticsearch integration. Elasticsearch AWS IAM.
Kroki	Allow rendering of diagrams in AsciiDoc and Markdown documents using kroki.io.
PlantUML	Allow rendering of PlantUML diagrams in documents.
Slack application (FREE SAAS)	Slack integration allows you to interact with GitLab via slash commands in a chat window. This option is only available on GitLab.com, though it may be available for self-managed instances in the future.
Third party offers	Control the display of third party offers.
Snowplow	Configure the Snowplow integration.
Google GKE	Google GKE integration allows you to provision GKE clusters from GitLab.
Amazon EKS	Amazon EKS integration allows you to provision EKS clusters from GitLab.

Repository

Option	Description
Repository's custom initial branch name	Set a custom branch name for new repositories created in your instance.
Repository mirror	Configure repository mirroring.
Repository storage	Configure storage path settings.
Repository maintenance	(Repository checks and Housekeeping). Configure automatic Git checks and housekeeping on repositories.
Repository static objects	Serve repository static objects (for example, archives, blobs, ...) from an external storage (for example, a CDN).

Templates (PREMIUM SELF)

Option	Description
Templates	Set instance-wide template repository.
Custom project templates	Select the custom project template source group.

CI/CD

Option	Description
Continuous Integration and Deployment	Auto DevOps, runners and job artifacts.
Required pipeline configuration (PREMIUM SELF)	Set an instance-wide auto included pipeline configuration. This pipeline configuration is run after the project's own configuration.
Package Registry	Settings related to the use and experience of using the GitLab Package Registry. Note there are risks involved in enabling some of these settings.

Reporting

Option	Description
Spam and Anti-bot Protection	Enable reCAPTCHA or Akismet and set IP limits. For reCAPTCHA, we currently only support v2.
Abuse reports	Set notification email for abuse reports.

Metrics and profiling

Option	Description
Metrics - Prometheus	Enable and configure Prometheus metrics.
Metrics - Grafana	Enable and configure Grafana.
Profiling - Performance bar	Enable access to the Performance Bar for a given group.
Self monitoring	Enable or disable instance self monitoring.
Usage statistics	Enable or disable version check and usage ping.
Pseudonymizer data collection (ULTIMATE)	Enable or disable the Pseudonymizer data collection.

Network

Option	Description
Performance optimization	Write to "authorized_keys" file and Push event activities limit and bulk push events. Various settings that affect GitLab performance.
User and IP rate limits	Configure limits for web and API requests.
Package Registry Rate Limits	Configure specific limits for Packages API requests that supersede the user and IP rate limits.
Outbound requests	Allow requests to the local network from hooks and services.
Protected Paths	Configure paths to be protected by Rack Attack.
Incident Management Limits	Configure limits on the number of inbound alerts able to be sent to a project.
Notes creation limit	Set a rate limit on the note creation requests.

Geo

Option	Description
Geo	Geo allows you to replicate your GitLab instance to other geographical locations. Redirects to Admin Area > Geo > Settings are no longer available at Admin Area > Settings > Geo in GitLab 13.0.

Preferences

Option	Description
Email	Various email settings.
What's new	Configure What's new drawer and content.
Help page	Help page text and support page URL.
Pages	Size and domain settings for static websites
Real-time features	Change this value to influence how frequently the GitLab UI polls for updates.
Gitaly timeouts	Configure Gitaly timeouts.
Localization	Default first day of the week and Time tracking.

Default first day of the week

You can change the Default first day of the week for the entire GitLab instance:

1. On the top bar, select Menu > {admin} Admin.
2. In the left sidebar, select Settings > Preferences.
3. Scroll to the Localization section, and select your desired first day of the week.