# Administration

Administrative commands for managing Gel:

- [configure](https://docs.geldata.com/reference/running/admin/configure.md#ref-eql-statements-configure)
  
  Configure server behavior.

- [role](https://docs.geldata.com/reference/running/admin/roles.md#ref-admin-roles)
  
  Create, remove, or alter a role.


New administrative commands were added in EdgeDB 5 release:

- [branch](https://docs.geldata.com/reference/datamodel/branches.md#ref-admin-branches)
  
  Create, remove, or alter a branch.

- [administer statistics_update()](https://docs.geldata.com/reference/running/admin/statistics_update.md#ref-admin-statistics-update)
  
  Update internal statistics about data.

- [administer vacuum()](https://docs.geldata.com/reference/running/admin/vacuum.md#ref-admin-vacuum)
  
  Reclaim storage space.