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# GitLab self monitoring project
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32351) in GitLab 12.7, behind a disabled feature flag (`self_monitoring_project`).
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# Monitoring GitLab
Explore our features to monitor your GitLab instance:
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# GitLab Configuration
GitLab Performance Monitoring is disabled by default. To enable it and change any of its
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# Grafana Configuration
[Grafana](https://grafana.com/) is a tool that allows you to visualize time
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# GitLab Performance Monitoring
GitLab comes with its own application performance measuring system as of GitLab
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# Performance Bar
A Performance Bar can be displayed, to dig into the performance of a page. When
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