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| author | Douglas Barbosa Alexandre <dbalexandre@gmail.com> | 2019-08-06 21:42:29 -0300 |
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| committer | Douglas Barbosa Alexandre <dbalexandre@gmail.com> | 2019-08-08 11:29:35 -0300 |
| commit | 46441af9b3f6981d3087f505a9de531e1c33fa54 (patch) | |
| tree | ab9cc1404e778e1d418c1fb3f3383a49b36a6651 | |
| parent | 349f35200a9c3954ca1fa0a5baa71c1be42189dd (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-11965-geo-prevent-using-non-empty-tracking-database-ce.tar.gz | |
Update Geo troubleshooting docs11965-geo-prevent-using-non-empty-tracking-database-ce
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/administration/geo/replication/troubleshooting.md | 16 |
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diff --git a/doc/administration/geo/replication/troubleshooting.md b/doc/administration/geo/replication/troubleshooting.md index 28abfff973d..fe1557fd8b5 100644 --- a/doc/administration/geo/replication/troubleshooting.md +++ b/doc/administration/geo/replication/troubleshooting.md @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure This will increase the timeout to three hours (10800 seconds). Choose a time long enough to accommodate a full clone of your largest repositories. -### Reseting Geo **secondary** node replication +### Resetting Geo **secondary** node replication If you get a **secondary** node in a broken state and want to reset the replication state, to start again from scratch, there are a few steps that can help you: @@ -524,6 +524,20 @@ If it doesn't exist or inadvertent changes have been made to it, run `sudo gitla If this path is mounted on a remote volume, please check your volume configuration and that it has correct permissions. +### An existing tracking database cannot be reused + +Geo cannot reuse an existing tracking database. + +It is safest to use a fresh secondary, or reset the whole secondary by following +[Resetting Geo secondary node replication](#resetting-geo-secondary-node-replication). + +If you are not concerned about possible orphaned directories and files, then you +can simply reset the existing tracking database with: + +```sh +sudo gitlab-rake geo:db:reset +``` + ### Geo node has a database that is writable which is an indication it is not configured for replication with the primary node. This error refers to a problem with the database replica on a **secondary** node, |