1. Set up a `gitlab` username with a password of your choice. The `gitlab` user
needs privileges to create the `gitlabhq_production` database.
1. Set up a `gitlab` user with a password of your choice, create the `gitlabhq_production` database, and make the user an owner of the database. You can see an example of this setup in the [installation from source documentation](../../install/installation.md#6-database).
1. If you are using a cloud-managed service, you may need to grant additional
roles to your `gitlab` user:
- Amazon RDS requires the [`rds_superuser`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.html#Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.Roles) role.