# GitLab Admin Area **[CORE ONLY]**The Admin Area provides a web UI for administering some features of GitLab self-managed instances.To access the Admin Area, either:- Click the Admin Area icon (the spanner or wrench icon).- Visit `/admin` on your self-managed instance.NOTE: **Note:**Only admin users can access the Admin Area.## Admin Area sectionsThe Admin Area is made up of the following sections:| Section | Description ||:------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Overview | View your GitLab Dashboard, and maintain projects, users, groups, jobs, runners, and 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. || 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. || Labels | Create and maintain [labels](labels.md) for your GitLab instance. || Appearance | Customize [GitLab's appearance](../../customization/index.md). || Settings | Modify the [settings](settings/index.md) for your GitLab instance. |