You can install, administer, and maintain your own GitLab instance.
You can install, administer, and maintain your own GitLab instance.
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## Subscription seats
## Subscription seats
A self-managed subscription uses a hybrid model. You pay for a subscription
A GitLab self-managed subscription uses a hybrid model. You pay for a subscription
according to the maximum number of users enabled during the subscription period.
according to the maximum number of users enabled during the subscription period.
For instances that aren't offline or on a closed network, the maximum number of
For instances that aren't offline or on a closed network, the maximum number of
simultaneous users in the self-managed installation is checked each quarter,
simultaneous users in the GitLab self-managed installation is checked each quarter,
using [Seat Link](#seat-link).
using [Seat Link](#seat-link).
### Billable users
### Billable users
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## Obtain a subscription
## Obtain a subscription
To subscribe to GitLab through a self-managed installation:
To subscribe to GitLab through a GitLab self-managed installation:
1. Go to the [Customers Portal](https://customers.gitlab.com/) and purchase a
1. Go to the [Customers Portal](https://customers.gitlab.com/) and purchase a GitLab self-managed plan.
**Starter**, **Premium**, or **Ultimate** self-managed plan.
1. After purchase, a license file is sent to the email address associated to the Customers Portal account,
1. After purchase, a license file is sent to the email address associated to the Customers Portal account,
which must be [uploaded to your GitLab instance](../../user/admin_area/license.md#uploading-your-license).
which must be [uploaded to your GitLab instance](../../user/admin_area/license.md#uploading-your-license).
NOTE:
NOTE:
If you're purchasing a subscription for an existing **Core** self-managed
If you're purchasing a subscription for an existing **Free** GitLab self-managed
instance, ensure you're purchasing enough seats to
instance, ensure you're purchasing enough seats to
[cover your users](../../user/admin_area/index.md#administering-users).
[cover your users](../../user/admin_area/index.md#administering-users).
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To renew your subscription,
To renew your subscription,
[prepare for renewal by reviewing your account](#prepare-for-renewal-by-reviewing-your-account),
[prepare for renewal by reviewing your account](#prepare-for-renewal-by-reviewing-your-account),
then [renew your self-managed subscription](#renew-a-subscription).
then [renew your GitLab self-managed subscription](#renew-a-subscription).
### Prepare for renewal by reviewing your account
### Prepare for renewal by reviewing your account
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/208832) in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/208832) in [GitLab Starter](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.9.
Seat Link allows GitLab Inc. to provide our self-managed customers with prorated charges for user growth throughout the year using a quarterly reconciliation process.
Seat Link allows GitLab Inc. to provide our GitLab self-managed customers with prorated charges for user growth throughout the year using a quarterly reconciliation process.
Seat Link daily sends a count of all users in connected self-managed instances to GitLab. That information is used to automate prorated reconciliations. The data is sent securely through an encrypted HTTPS connection to `customers.gitlab.com` on port `443`.
Seat Link daily sends a count of all users in connected GitLab self-managed instances to GitLab. That information is used to automate prorated reconciliations. The data is sent securely through an encrypted HTTPS connection to `customers.gitlab.com` on port `443`.
Seat Link provides **only** the following information to GitLab:
Seat Link provides **only** the following information to GitLab:
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[environment specific variables not being passed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/24759).
[environment specific variables not being passed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/24759).
If you renew or upgrade, your data is again accessible.
If you renew or upgrade, your data is again accessible.
For self-managed customers, there is a 14-day grace period when your features
For GitLab self-managed customers, there is a 14-day grace period when your features
continue to work as-is, after which the entire instance becomes read
continue to work as-is, after which the entire instance becomes read