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# GitLab Admin Area **[CORE ONLY]**
The Admin Area provides a web UI for administering some features of GitLab self-managed instances.
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| Section | Description |
|:---------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| Overview | View your GitLab [Dashboard](#admin-dashboard), and administer [projects](#administer-projects), users, groups, jobs, runners, and Gitaly servers. |
+| Overview | View your GitLab [Dashboard](#admin-dashboard), and administer [projects](#administer-projects), [users](#administer-users), [groups](#administer-groups), [jobs](#administer-jobs), [Runners](#administer-runners), and [Gitaly servers](#administer-gitaly-servers). |
| Monitoring | View GitLab system information, and information on background jobs, logs, [health checks](monitoring/health_check.md), request profiles, and audit logs. |
| Messages | Send and manage [broadcast messages](broadcast_messages.md) for your users. |
| System Hooks | Configure [system hooks](../../system_hooks/system_hooks.md) for many events. |
| Applications | Create system [OAuth applications](../../integration/oauth_provider.md) for integrations with other services. |
| Abuse Reports | Manage [abuse reports](abuse_reports.md) submitted by your users. |
| License **[STARTER ONLY]** | Upload, display, and remove [licenses](license.md). |
-| Push Rules **[STARTER]** | Configure pre-defined git [push rules](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/push_rules/push_rules.html) for projects. |
+| Push Rules **[STARTER]** | Configure pre-defined git [push rules](../../push_rules/push_rules.md) for projects. |
| Geo **[PREMIUM ONLY]** | Configure and maintain [Geo nodes](geo_nodes.md). |
| Deploy Keys | Create instance-wide [SSH deploy keys](../../ssh/README.md#deploy-keys). |
| Service Templates | Create [service templates](../project/integrations/services_templates.md) for projects. |
@@ -90,3 +94,134 @@ You can combine the filter options. For example, to list only public projects wi
1. Click the **Public** tab.
1. Enter `score` in the **Filter by name...** input box.
+
+## Administer Users
+
+You can administer all users in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Users page.
+
+To access the Users page, go to **Admin Area > Overview > Users**.
+
+Click the **Active**, **Admins**, **2FA Enabled**, or **2FA Disabled**, **External**, or
+**Without projects** tab to list only users of that criteria.
+
+For each user, their username, email address, are listed, also the date their account was
+created and the date of last activity. To edit a user, click the **Edit** button in that user's
+row. To delete the user, or delete the user and their contributions, click the cog dropdown in
+that user's row, and select the desired option.
+
+To change the sort order:
+
+1. Click the sort dropdown.
+1. Select the desired order.
+
+By default the sort dropdown shows **Name**.
+
+To search for users, enter your criteria in the search field. The user search is case
+insensitive, and applies partial matching to name and username. To search for an email address,
+you must provide the complete email address.
+
+## Administer Groups
+
+You can administer all groups in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Groups page.
+
+To access the Groups page, go to **Admin Area > Overview > Groups**.
+
+For each group, the page displays their name, description, size, number of projects in the group,
+number of members, and whether the group is private, internal, or public. To edit a group, click
+the **Edit** button in that group's row. To delete the group, click the **Delete** button in
+that group's row.
+
+To change the sort order, click the sort dropdown and select the desired order. The default
+sort order is by **Last created**.
+
+To search for groups by name, enter your criteria in the search field. The group search is case
+insensitive, and applies partial matching.
+
+To [Create a new group](../group/index.md#create-a-new-group) click **New group**.
+
+## Administer Jobs
+
+You can administer all jobs in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's Jobs page.
+
+To access the Jobs page, go to **Admin Area > Overview > Jobs**.
+
+All jobs are listed, in descending order of job ID.
+
+Click the **All** tab to list all jobs. Click the **Pending**, **Running**, or **Finished** tab to list only jobs of that status.
+
+For each job, the following details are listed:
+
+| Field | Description |
+|--------- | ----------- |
+| Status | Job status, either **passed**, **skipped**, or **failed**. |
+| Job | Includes links to the job, branch, and the commit that started the job. |
+| Pipeline | Includes a link to the specific pipeline. |
+| Project | Name of the project, and organization, to which the job belongs. |
+| Runner | Name of the CI runner assigned to execute the job. |
+| Stage | Stage that the job is declared in a `.gitlab-ci.yml` file. |
+| Name | Name of the job specified in a `.gitlab-ci.yml` file. |
+| Timing | Duration of the job, and how long ago the job completed. |
+| Coverage | Percentage of tests coverage. |
+
+## Administer Runners
+
+You can adminster all Runners in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's **Runners** page. See
+[GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) for more information on Runner itself.
+
+To access the **Runners** page, go to **Admin Area > Overview > Runners**.
+
+The **Runners** page features:
+
+- A description of Runners, and their possible states.
+- Instructions on installing a Runner.
+- A list of all registered Runners.
+
+Runners are listed in descending order by the date they were created, by default. You can change
+the sort order to *Last Contacted* from the dropdown beside the search field.
+
+To search Runners' descriptions:
+
+1. In the **Search or filter results...** field, type the description of the Runner you want to
+find.
+1. Press Enter.
+
+You can also filter Runners by status, type, and tag. To filter:
+
+1. Click in the **Search or filter results...** field.
+1. Select **status:**, **type:**, or **tag:**.
+1. Select or enter your search criteria.
+
+![Attributes of a Runner, with the **Search or filter results...** field active](img/index_runners_search_or_filter.png)
+
+For each Runner, the following attributes are listed:
+
+| Attribute | Description |
+| ------------ | ----------- |
+| Type | One or more of the following states: shared, group, specific, locked, or paused |
+| Runner token | Token used to identify the Runner, and which the Runner uses to communicate with the GitLab instance |
+| Description | Description given to the Runner when it was created |
+| Version | GitLab Runner version |
+| IP address | IP address of the host on which the Runner is registered |
+| Projects | Projects to which the Runner is assigned |
+| Jobs | Total of jobs run by the Runner |
+| Tags | Tags associated with the Runner |
+| Last contact | Timestamp indicating when the GitLab instance last contacted the Runner |
+
+You can also edit, pause, or remove each Runner.
+
+## Administer Gitaly servers
+
+You can list all Gitaly servers in the GitLab instance from the Admin Area's **Gitaly Servers**
+page. For more details, see [Gitaly](../../administration/gitaly/index.md).
+
+To access the **Gitaly Servers** page, go to **Admin Area > Overview > Gitaly Servers**.
+
+For each Gitaly server, the following details are listed:
+
+| Field | Description |
+| -------------- | ----------- |
+| Storage | Repository storage |
+| Address | Network address on which the Gitaly server is listening |
+| Server version | Gitaly version |
+| Git version | Version of Git installed on the Gitaly server |
+| Up to date | Indicates if the Gitaly server version is the latest version available. A green dot indicates the server is up to date. |