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1. For **Ping Protocol**, select HTTP.
1. For **Ping Port**, enter 80.
1. For **Ping Path**, enter `/users/sign_in`. (We use `/users/sign_in` as it's a public endpoint that does
not require authorization.)
NOTE: **Note:**
When booting a fresh GitLab instance for the first time, GitLab redirects you to `/users/password/` to change the admin password. Temporarily change the health check to this URL (or to the TCP protocol) and change it back to `/users/sign_in` after setting the admin password.
not require authentication.)
1. Keep the default **Advanced Details** or adjust them according to your needs.
1. Click **Add EC2 Instances** - don't add anything as we will create an Auto Scaling Group later to manage instances for us.
1. Click **Add Tags** and add any tags you need.
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That concludes the configuration changes for our GitLab instance. Next, we'll create a custom AMI based on this instance to use for our launch configuration and auto scaling group.
### Log in for the first time
Using the domain name you used when setting up [DNS for the load balancer](#configure-dns-for-load-balancer), you should now be able to visit GitLab in your browser. You will be asked to set up a password
for the `root` user which has admin privileges on the GitLab instance. This password will be stored in the database.
When our [auto scaling group](#create-an-auto-scaling-group) spins up new instances, we'll be able to log in with username `root` and the newly created password.
### Create custom AMI
On the EC2 dashboard:
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Since our instances are created by the auto scaling group, go back to your instances and terminate the [instance we created manually above](#install-gitlab). We only needed this instance to create our custom AMI.
### Log in for the first time
Using the domain name you used when setting up [DNS for the load balancer](#configure-dns-for-load-balancer), you should now be able to visit GitLab in your browser. The very first time you will be asked to set up a password
for the `root` user which has admin privileges on the GitLab instance.
After you set it up, login with username `root` and the newly created password.
## Health check and monitoring with Prometheus
Apart from Amazon's Cloudwatch which you can enable on various services,
