Adding a user to GitLab

The steps to add a user are as follows:

1. Log in to GitLab with admin user (root).
2. Click the spanner icon (top right) to enter Admin area:

3. You will see three buttons, New project, New user, and  New group. Click on New user:

4. Fill in the required information – Name, Username, and Email:

5. Provide a project user limit as per your organization's rules. Also, if you want a user to be able to create a group, give them access to creating a group by checking Can create group. If you want a user to have limited access, then select the Access level to be Regular, and if a user needs Admin privileges, then select the Access level to be Admin for the user:

6. After filling in all the required information, click on Create user. This will create the user and send a password reset link to the user's Email ID.