project.md

title	Create a New Project/Repo in GitLab
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Where Should We Start?

Start by logging into your GitLab account or create a new one in the Gitlab main page.

We will need to a new project/repo that will contain all our project files including our CI/CD pipeline configuration file.

We can also choose to use any previously created projects in our Gitlab account. Simply open your previously created project. If that is the case then skip the rest of the steps in the current page and move to the next steps in this tutorial.

Create a New Project in Gitlab

1. From the Home page, Click on the Projects icon from the menu on the left hand side panel as the image below.

2. Click on the New Project button on the top right hand side as the image below.

3. We will get a new screen like the image below with multiple options. You can choose any of the 2 options highlighted in red from the image below.

{{% notice Note %}} If we chose option 2 then we will need to choose GitLab CI/CD components option from the list of templates. {{%/notice%}}

4. Regardles of which option we choose, We will get a screen like the image below where we need to fill-in fields highlighted in red. The first field is the Project Name which we will name it CI-CD Runner. In the second field we need to choose any option from the Project Url list then click on the Create Project button at the end of the page.

If we did everything correctly then we should get a screen like the one in the image below.