Managing a large number of users in GitLab can become a burden for system administrators. As an organization grows so do user accounts. Keeping these user accounts in sync across multiple enterprise applications often becomes a time consuming task.
In this guide we will focus on configuring GitLab with Active Directory. [Active Directory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory) is a popular LDAP compatible directory service provided by Microsoft, included in all modern Windows Server operating systems.
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Read through the article on [LDAP for GitLab EE](../how_to_configure_ldap_gitlab_ee/index.md)**(STARTER ONLY)** for an overview.
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# How to configure LDAP with GitLab EE **(STARTER ONLY)**
## Introduction
The present article follows [How to Configure LDAP with GitLab CE](../how_to_configure_ldap_gitlab_ce/index.md). Make sure to read through it before moving forward.
This article expands on [How to Configure LDAP with GitLab CE](../how_to_configure_ldap_gitlab_ce/index.md). Make sure to read through it before moving forward.
## GitLab Enterprise Edition - LDAP features
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It has the advantage of improving user permission controls, whilst easing the deployment of GitLab into an existing [IT environment](https://www.techopedia.com/definition/29199/it-infrastructure). GitLab EE offers advanced group management and multiple LDAP servers.
With the assistance of the [GitLab Support](https://about.gitlab.com/support) team, setting up GitLab with an existing AD/LDAP solution will be a smooth and painless process.
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# Working with the bundled Consul service **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
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## Overview
# Working with the bundled Consul service **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
As part of its High Availability stack, GitLab Premium includes a bundled version of [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) that can be managed through `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
# Configuring a Monitoring node for Scaling and High Availability
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/3786) in GitLab 12.0.
You can configure a Prometheus node to monitor GitLab.
## Standalone Monitoring node using GitLab Omnibus
The GitLab Omnibus package can be used to configure a standalone Monitoring node running [Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) and [Grafana](../monitoring/performance/grafana_configuration.md).
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`consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true` and `prometheus['scrape_configs']` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
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As part of its High Availability stack, GitLab Premium includes a bundled version of [Pgbouncer](https://pgbouncer.github.io/) that can be managed through `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
