*[What is the minimum setup before I start using gitlab?](#what-is-the-minimum-setup-before-I-start-using-gitlab)
*[What is the minimum setup before I start using gitlab?](#what-is-the-minimum-setup-before-I-start-using-gitlab)
*[What is a gitlab project?](#what-is-a-gitlab-project?)
*[What is a gitlab project](#what-is-a-gitlab-project)
*[What is the username space?](#what-is-username-space?)
*[What is the username space?](#what-is-username-space)
*[How many personal gitlab projects I can create?](#how-many-personal gitlab-projects-i-can-create?)
*[How many personal gitlab projects I can create?](#how-many-personal gitlab-projects-i-can-create)
*[What is the minimum setup before I start using gitlab to manage my repositories?](#)
*[What is the default project visibility?](#what-is-the-default-project visibility?)
*[What is the default project visibility?](#what-is-the-default-project visibility?)
## What is the minimum setup before I start using gitlab?
## What is the minimum setup before I start using gitlab
Most of your profile settings are already populated from Stanford directory when you sign up with GitLab, such as your account id (sunetid), name, email. You should not change these.
Most of your profile settings are already populated from Stanford directory when you sign up with GitLab, such as your account id (sunetid), name, email. You should not change these.
You can click **Profile Settings** button on the left panel to change default appears for your GitLab web interface. You definitely want to look into is the "SSH Keys" tab. In this tab, click the "Add SSH Key" button to add SSH keys so you can communicate with GitLab through git command.
You can click **Profile Settings** button on the left panel to change default appears for your GitLab web interface. You definitely want to look into is the "SSH Keys" tab. In this tab, click the "Add SSH Key" button to add SSH keys so you can communicate with GitLab through git command.
## What is a gitlab project?
## What is a gitlab project
A gitlab project is equivalent to a git repository.
A gitlab project is equivalent to a git repository.
## What is the username space?
## What is the username space
When you create a new project in GitLab, the default namespace for the project is the personal namespace associated with your GitLab userid. The git repositories created in your personal namespace looks like this:
When you create a new project in GitLab, the default namespace for the project is the personal namespace associated with your GitLab userid. The git repositories created in your personal namespace looks like this:
Project visibility level in GitLab can be either private, internal or public. The default is **private**. As a project owner, you can change your project visibility by using your projetct's "Settings" function.
