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# Getting started with GitLab

# About GitLab

GitLab is a web-based DevOps lifecycle tool that provides a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc. (Wikipedia)

In short, GitLab is a fully functional self-hosted Git-repository manager, available free!

* Official Website: https://gitlab.com
* Underlying OS: CentOS 7.6 Server (64 Bit)

### Minimum System Requirements

* 1 vCPU Core (2 cores recommended)
* 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
* 10 GB of Disk

# Getting Started

Once the application is installed, you can access the application by visiting.

* GitLab Login: http://{your-server-ip}
* User: root

|| When you login the first time, it will ask you to set a password for the root user

### Important files and documents

An initial configuration and information article can be found here: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/configuration.html

![GitLab UI](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/2d4cd5516f670e00/solutions-create_zoqio2.png)