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Creating users (FREE SELF)

You can create users:

  • Manually through the sign in page or Administrator Area.
  • Automatically through user authentication integrations.

Create users on sign in page

If you have sign-up enabled, users can create their own accounts by either:

  • Selecting the Register now link on the sign-in page.
  • Navigating to https://gitlab.example.com/users/sign_up.

Register Tab

Create users in Admin Area

As an Administrator user, you can manually create users:

  1. On the top bar, select Menu > Admin.
  2. On the left sidebar, select Overview > Users (/admin/users).
  3. Select New user.

You can also create users through the API as an administrator.

Administrator User Button

Administrator User Form

Create users through authentication integrations

Users are:

  • Automatically created upon first sign in with the LDAP integration.
  • Created when first signing in using an OmniAuth provider if the allow_single_sign_on setting is present.
  • Created when first signing with Group SAML.
  • Automatically created by SCIM when the user is created in the identity provider.