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stage: GitLab Delivery
group: Self Managed
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description: Backup and restore, move repos, maintenance tasks.
title: Maintain GitLab
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- Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
- Offering: GitLab Self-Managed

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Keep your GitLab instance up and running.

- [Housekeeping](../housekeeping.md)
- [Activate GitLab EE with license](../license_file.md)
- [Fast SSH key lookup](fast_ssh_key_lookup.md)
- [File system benchmarking](filesystem_benchmarking.md)
- [`gitlab-sshd`](gitlab_sshd.md)
- [Rails console](rails_console.md)
- [Use SSH certificates](ssh_certificates.md)
- [Enable encrypted configuration](../encrypted_configuration.md)
- [Rake tasks](../../raketasks/_index.md)
- [Backup and restore](../backup_restore/_index.md)
- [Dormant project deletion](../dormant_project_deletion.md)
- [Move repositories](moving_repositories.md)
- [Read-only state](../read_only_gitlab.md)
- [Restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md)