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Gitlab Cookbook
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Gitlab Cookbook

by Jeroen van Baarsen
December 2014
Beginner
172 pages
3h 9m
English
Packt Publishing
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Logging in for the first time

When you have installed your server, you need to log in. GitLab comes with a built-in administrator account.

How to do it…

In this recipe, we will log in and create our own administrator account as follows:

  1. Go to your domain where GitLab is installed (that is, gitlab.example.com).
  2. Log in using the username root and password 5iveL!fe.
  3. You need to choose a new password; pick whatever you like.
  4. Log in with the new information.
  5. Go to the Admin area section, as shown in the following screenshot:
    How to do it…
  6. Navigate to Users | New User.
  7. Fill in the information to create your own user. Don't forget to check the Admin checkbox.
  8. Now, click on
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