Creating the first GitLab user

By default, we use the root account to manage the GitLab Deployment. All new users need to log in to GitLab using their own credentials.

Let's perform the following steps to create new users: 

1. Log in as the root user.
2. After you log in to the GitLab dashboard, you will see a welcome screen similar to the following. Click Add people on the Welcome to GitLab screen:

3. Under the New User menu, enter at least the name, username, and email fields, and then click on Create User to save the changes.