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---
stage: Systems
group: Distribution
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
---
# Steps after installing GitLab
DETAILS:
**Tier:** Free, Premium, Ultimate
**Offering:** Self-managed
Here are a few resources you might want to check out after completing the
installation.
## Email and notifications
- [SMTP](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html): Configure SMTP
for proper email notifications support.
- [Incoming email](../administration/incoming_email.md): Configure incoming email
so that users can use email to reply to comments, create new issues and merge requests, etc.
## CI/CD (Runner)
- [Set up runners](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/): Set up one or more
runners, the agents that are responsible for running CI/CD jobs.
## Container Registry
- [Container Registry](../administration/packages/container_registry.md): Integrated container registry to store container images for each GitLab project.
- [GitLab Dependency Proxy](../administration/packages/dependency_proxy.md): Set up the dependency
proxy so you can cache container images from Docker Hub for faster, more reliable builds.
## Pages
- [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md): Publish static websites directly from a repository in GitLab
## Security
- [Secure GitLab](../security/index.md):
Recommended practices to secure your GitLab instance.
- Sign up for the GitLab [Security Newsletter](https://about.gitlab.com/company/preference-center/) to get notified for security updates upon release.
## Authentication
- [LDAP](../administration/auth/ldap/index.md): Configure LDAP to be used as
an authentication mechanism for GitLab.
- [SAML and OAuth](../integration/omniauth.md): Authenticate via online services like Okta, Google, Azure AD, and more.
## Backup and upgrade
- [Back up and restore GitLab](../administration/backup_restore/index.md): Learn the different
ways you can back up or restore GitLab.
- [Upgrade GitLab](../update/index.md): 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](../policy/maintenance.md): Learn about GitLab
policies governing version naming, as well as release pace for major, minor and patch releases.
## License
- [Add a license](../administration/license.md) or [start a free trial](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/):
Activate all GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
- [Pricing](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/): Pricing for the different tiers.
## Cross-repository Code Search
- [Advanced search](../integration/advanced_search/elasticsearch.md): Leverage [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) or [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org/) for
faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
## Scaling and replication
- [Scaling GitLab](../administration/reference_architectures/index.md):
GitLab supports several different types of clustering.
- [Geo replication](../administration/geo/index.md):
Geo is the solution for widely distributed development teams.
## Install the product documentation
This is an optional step. If you want to host the documentation on your own
server, see how to [self-host the product documentation](../administration/docs_self_host.md).
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