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# Integrity check Rake task **(CORE ONLY)**
GitLab provides Rake tasks to check the integrity of various components.
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# Changing your time zone
The global time zone configuration parameter can be changed in `config/gitlab.yml`:
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# Uploads administration **(CORE ONLY)**
Uploads represent all user data that may be sent to GitLab as a single file. As an example, avatars and notes' attachments are uploads. Uploads are integral to GitLab functionality, and therefore cannot be disabled.
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# Modifying global user settings
GitLab administrators can modify user settings for the entire GitLab instance.
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# Sidekiq queues administration API **(CORE ONLY)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/25998) in GitLab 12.9
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# API resources
Available resources for the [GitLab API](README.md) can be grouped in the following contexts:
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# Appearance API **(CORE ONLY)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16647) in GitLab 12.7.
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# Applications API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/8160) in GitLab 10.5.
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# Avatar API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/19121) in GitLab 11.0.
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# Custom Attributes API
Every API call to custom attributes must be authenticated as administrator.
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# Epic Links API **(ULTIMATE)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/9188) in GitLab 11.8.
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# Geo Nodes API **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
To interact with Geo node endpoints, you need to authenticate yourself as an
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# Set up an Audit Report with GraphQL
This page describes how you can use the GraphiQL explorer to set up an audit report
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# Getting started with GitLab GraphQL API
This guide demonstrates basic usage of GitLab's GraphQL API.
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# GraphQL API
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/19008) in GitLab 11.0 (enabled by feature flag `graphql`).
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# Identify issue boards with GraphQL
This page describes how you can use the GraphiQL explorer to identify
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# Group Activity Analytics API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/26460) in GitLab 12.9.
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# Group badges API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/17082) in GitLab 10.6.
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# Group Import/Export API
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/20353) in GitLab 12.8.