Editing instance settings

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Updated at April 10, 2025

After creating a GitLab instance, you can edit the general and advanced instance settings yourself.

Changing general and advanced instance settings

Management console

In the management console, select the folder where the GitLab instance is located.
Select Managed Service for GitLab.
Select the instance and click Edit at the top of the page.
At the top of the page:
- Specify a new instance name and description.
- Add tags to break instances into logical groups.
- Set or remove instance protection against accidental deletion by the user.
Under Configuration:
- Change the instance type. From the current instance type, you can only upgrade to a higher-performance type, e.g., from s2.micro to s2.small. You cannot downgrade to a lower-performance instance type.
- Specify the disk size. You can increase the disk size or keep the same size. You cannot reduce the disk size.
- Change the automatic backup retention period, in days.
- Select the appropriate configuration for approval rules.
  
  Note
  
  The configuration you select affects the cost of using the instance's computing resources.
- To activate the approval rules, specify a GitLab token.
Under Advanced settings, enable or disable deletion of untagged images. This setting affects the amount of free disk space on the instance.
Click Save.