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# Using a Geo Site **(PREMIUM SELF)**
After you set up the [database replication and configure the Geo nodes](../index.md#setup-instructions), use your closest GitLab site as you would do with the primary one.
You can push directly to a **secondary** site (for both HTTP, SSH including Git LFS), and the request will be proxied to the primary site instead ([introduced](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/09/22/gitlab-11-3-released/) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed) 11.3).
Example of the output you will see when pushing to a **secondary** site:
```shell
$ git push
remote:
remote: This request to a Geo secondary node will be forwarded to the
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# Using a Geo Server **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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After you set up the [database replication and configure the Geo nodes](../index.md#setup-instructions), use your closest GitLab node as you would a normal standalone GitLab instance.
Pushing directly to a **secondary** node (for both HTTP, SSH including Git LFS) was [introduced](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2018/09/22/gitlab-11-3-released/) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed) 11.3.
Example of the output you will see when pushing to a **secondary** node:
```shell
$ git push
remote:
remote: You're pushing to a Geo secondary. We'll help you by proxying this