gitlab-foss/doc/install/next_steps.md

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GitLab Delivery	Self Managed	To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments	Steps after installing GitLab

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• Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
• Offering: GitLab Self-Managed

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Here are a few resources you might want to check out after completing the installation.

Email and notifications

• SMTP: Configure SMTP for proper email notifications support.
• Incoming email: Configure incoming email so that users can use email to reply to comments, create new issues and merge requests, etc.

GitLab Duo

• GitLab Duo: Learn about the AI-native features that GitLab offers and how to enable them.
• GitLab Duo Self-Hosted: Deploy GitLab Duo Self-Hosted to use your preferred GitLab-supported LLM.
• GitLab Duo data usage: Learn how GitLab handles AI data privacy.

CI/CD (Runner)

• Set up runners: Set up one or more runners, the agents that are responsible for running CI/CD jobs.

Container Registry

• Container Registry: Integrated container registry to store container images for each GitLab project.
• GitLab Dependency Proxy: Set up the dependency proxy so you can cache container images from Docker Hub for faster, more reliable builds.

Pages

• GitLab Pages: Publish static websites directly from a repository in GitLab

Security

• Secure GitLab: Recommended practices to secure your GitLab instance.
• Sign up for the GitLab Security Newsletter to get notified for security updates upon release.

Authentication

• LDAP: Configure LDAP to be used as an authentication mechanism for GitLab.
• SAML and OAuth: Authenticate via online services like Okta, Google, Azure AD, and more.

Backup and upgrade

• Back up and restore GitLab: Learn the different ways you can back up or restore GitLab.
• Upgrade GitLab: Every month, a new feature-rich GitLab version is released. Learn how to upgrade to it, or to an interim release that contains a security fix.
• Release and maintenance policy: Learn about GitLab policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor and patch releases.

License

• Add a license or start a free trial: Activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
• Pricing: Pricing for the different tiers.

Cross-repository Code Search

• Advanced search: Leverage Elasticsearch or OpenSearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.

Scaling and replication

• Scaling GitLab: GitLab supports several different types of clustering.
• Geo replication: Geo is the solution for widely distributed development teams.

Install the product documentation

Optional. If you want to host the documentation on your own server, see how to self-host the product documentation.