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# Instance template repository **[PREMIUM ONLY]**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/5986) in
> [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing) 11.3.
## Overview
In hosted systems, enterprises often have a need to share their own templates
across teams. This feature allows an administrator to pick a project to be the
instance-wide collection of file templates. These templates are then exposed to
all users [via the web editor](../../project/repository/web_editor.md#template-dropdowns)
while the project remains secure.
## Configuration
As an administrator, navigate to **Admin area > Settings > Templates** and
select the project to serve as the custom template repository.
![File templates in the admin area](img/file_template_admin_area.png)
Once a project has been selected, you can add custom templates to the repository,
and they will appear in the appropriate places in the
[frontend](../../project/repository/web_editor.md#template-dropdowns) and
[API](../../../api/settings.md).
Templates must be added to a specific subdirectory in the repository,
corresponding to the kind of template. The following types of custom templates
are supported:
| Type | Directory | Extension |
| :---------------: | :-----------: | :-----------: |
| `Dockerfile` | `Dockerfile` | `.dockerfile` |
| `.gitignore` | `gitignore` | `.gitignore` |
| `.gitlab-ci.yml` | `gitlab-ci` | `.yml` |
| `LICENSE` | `LICENSE` | `.txt` |
Each template must go in its respective subdirectory, have the correct
extension and not be empty. So, the hierarchy should look like this:
```text
|-- README.md
|-- Dockerfile
|-- custom_dockerfile.dockerfile
|-- another_dockerfile.dockerfile
|-- gitignore
|-- custom_gitignore.gitignore
|-- another_gitignore.gitignore
|-- gitlab-ci
|-- custom_gitlab-ci.yml
|-- another_gitlab-ci.yml
|-- LICENSE
|-- custom_license.txt
|-- another_license.txt
```
Once this is established, the list of custom templates will be included when
creating a new file and the template type is selected. These will appear at the
top of the list.
![Custom template dropdown menu](img/file_template_user_dropdown.png)
If this feature is disabled or no templates are present, there will be
no "Custom" section in the selection dropdown.
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