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+# Access Restrictions
+
+> **Note:** This feature is only available on versions 8.10 and above.
+
+With GitLab's Access restrictions you can choose which Git access protocols you
+want your users to use to communicate with GitLab. This feature can be enabled
+via the `Application Settings` in the Admin interface.
+
+The setting is called `Enabled Git access protocols`, and it gives you the option
+to choose between:
+
+- Both SSH and HTTP(S)
+- Only SSH
+- Only HTTP(s)
+
+![](img/access_restrictions.png)
+
+## Enabled Protocol
+
+When both SSH and HTTP(S) are enabled, GitLab will behave as usual, it will give
+your users the option to choose which protocol they would like to use.
+
+When you choose to allow only one of the protocols, a couple of things will happen:
+
+- The project page will only show the allowed protocol's URL, with no option to
+  change it.
+- A tooltip will be shown when you hover over the URL's protocol, if an action
+  on the user's part is required, e.g. adding an SSH key, or setting a password.
+
+![](img/restricted_url.png)
+
+On top of these UI restrictions, GitLab will deny all Git actions on the protocol
+not selected.
+
+> **Note:** Please keep in mind that disabling an access protocol does not actually
+  block access to the server itself. The ports used for the protocol, be it SSH or
+  HTTP, will still be accessible. What GitLab does is restrict access on the
+  application level.
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