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diff --git a/doc/administration/admin_area.md b/doc/administration/admin_area.md index a27fc04ff8f..ff18ac8ff3a 100644 --- a/doc/administration/admin_area.md +++ b/doc/administration/admin_area.md @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ --- stage: none group: unassigned -info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments -type: reference +info: 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 --- # GitLab Admin Area **(FREE SELF)** The Admin Area provides a web UI to manage and configure features of GitLab -self-managed instances. If you are an administrator,to access the Admin Area: +self-managed instances. If you are an administrator, to access the Admin Area: +- In GitLab 16.7 and later: on the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. - In GitLab 16.1 and later: on the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**, then select **Admin Area**. - In GitLab 16.0 and earlier: on the top bar, select **Main menu > Admin**. @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ You can administer all projects in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Pro To access the Projects page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Projects**. 1. Select the **All**, **Private**, **Internal**, or **Public** tab to list only projects of that criteria. @@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ You can combine the filter options. For example, to list only public projects wi You can administer all users in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Users page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Users**. To list users matching a specific criteria, select one of the following tabs on the **Users** page: @@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ This allows the administrator to "see what the user sees," and take actions on b You can impersonate a user in the following ways: - Through the UI: - 1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. - 1. Select **Admin Area**. + 1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. On the left sidebar, select **Overview > Users**. 1. From the list of users, select a user. 1. Select **Impersonate**. @@ -138,8 +135,7 @@ By default, impersonation is enabled. GitLab can be configured to [disable imper When using authentication providers, administrators can see the identities for a user: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Users**. 1. From the list of users, select a user. 1. Select **Identities**. @@ -185,8 +181,7 @@ GitLab billing is based on the number of [**Billable users**](../subscriptions/s You must be an administrator to manually add emails to users: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Users**. 1. Locate the user and select them. 1. Select **Edit**. @@ -202,8 +197,7 @@ The [Cohorts](user_cohorts.md) tab displays the monthly cohorts of new users and By default, users can create top level groups. To prevent a user from creating a top level group: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Users**. 1. Locate the user and select them. 1. Select **Edit**. @@ -218,8 +212,7 @@ You can administer all groups in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Group To access the Groups page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Groups**. For each group, the page displays their name, description, size, number of projects in the group, @@ -238,22 +231,20 @@ To [Create a new group](../user/group/index.md#create-a-group) select **New grou - > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340920) in GitLab 14.4. - > Merging topics [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/366884) in GitLab 15.5. -[Topics](../user/project/working_with_projects.md#explore-topics) are used to categorize and find similar projects. +[Topics](../user/project/settings/project_features_permissions.md#project-topics) are used to categorize and find similar projects. ### View all topics To view all topics in the GitLab instance: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. For each topic, the page displays its name and the number of projects labeled with the topic. ### Search for topics -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. 1. In the search box, enter your search criteria. The topic search is case-insensitive and applies partial matching. @@ -262,8 +253,7 @@ For each topic, the page displays its name and the number of projects labeled wi To create a topic: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. 1. Select **New topic**. 1. Enter the **Topic slug (name)** and **Topic title**. @@ -282,8 +272,7 @@ Do not include sensitive information in the name of a topic. You can edit a topic's name, title, description, and avatar at any time. To edit a topic: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. 1. Select **Edit** in that topic's row. 1. Edit the topic slug (name), title, description, or avatar. @@ -294,8 +283,7 @@ To edit a topic: If you no longer need a topic, you can permanently remove it. To remove a topic: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. 1. To remove a topic, select **Remove** in that topic's row. @@ -307,8 +295,7 @@ After a merged topic is deleted, you cannot restore it. To merge topics: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Topics**. 1. Select **Merge topics**. 1. From the **Source topic** dropdown list, select the topic you want to merge and remove. @@ -322,8 +309,7 @@ page. For more details, see [Gitaly](gitaly/index.md). To access the **Gitaly Servers** page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Gitaly Servers**. For each Gitaly server, the following details are listed: @@ -347,8 +333,7 @@ You can administer all runners in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's **Ru To access the **Runners** page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Runners**. #### Search and filter runners @@ -374,8 +359,7 @@ You can also filter runners by status, type, and tag. To filter: You can delete multiple runners at the same time. -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **Overview > Runners**. 1. To the left of the runners you want to delete, select the checkbox. To select all of the runners on the page, select the checkbox above @@ -405,8 +389,7 @@ You can administer all jobs in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Jobs pa To access the Jobs page: -1. On the left sidebar, select **Search or go to**. -1. Select **Admin Area**. +1. On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select **Admin Area**. 1. Select **CI/CD > Jobs**. All jobs are listed, in descending order of job ID. 1. Select the **All** tab to list all jobs. Select the **Pending**, **Running**, or **Finished** tab to list only jobs of that status. |