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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2018-03-27 19:23:05 +0200
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2018-03-30 12:28:39 +0200
commitf7f98faa65d425a4e430b324deb5621e21c24e8d (patch)
tree36742c0bacd5a099951b56b0bf96e2ac7ee33d73
parentdb555cb7cd5390381bf517c3b73b2aa0a27e5375 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-f7f98faa65d425a4e430b324deb5621e21c24e8d.tar.gz
Refactor the LFS S3 docsdocs/lfs-s3-ce
-rw-r--r--doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md110
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
index ca28e0a3304..f824756c10c 100644
--- a/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
+++ b/doc/workflow/lfs/lfs_administration.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ There are various configuration options to help GitLab server administrators:
* Changing the location of LFS object storage
* Setting up AWS S3 compatible object storage
-### Omnibus packages
+### Configuration for Omnibus installations
In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gitlab_rails['lfs_enabled'] = false
gitlab_rails['lfs_storage_path'] = "/mnt/storage/lfs-objects"
```
-### Installations from source
+### Configuration for installations from source
In `config/gitlab.yml`:
@@ -44,32 +44,32 @@ In `config/gitlab.yml`:
storage_path: /mnt/storage/lfs-objects
```
-## Setting up S3 compatible object storage
+## Storing the LFS objects in an S3-compatible object storage
-> **Note:** [Introduced][ee-2760] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 10.0.
-> Available in [GitLab CE][ce] 10.7
+> [Introduced][ee-2760] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 10.0. Brought to GitLab Core
+in 10.7.
-It is possible to store LFS objects on remote object storage instead of on a local disk.
+It is possible to store LFS objects on a remote object storage which allows you
+to offload storage to an external AWS S3 compatible service, freeing up disk
+space locally. You can also host your own S3 compatible storage decoupled from
+GitLab, with with a service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io/).
-This allows you to offload storage to an external AWS S3 compatible service, freeing up disk space locally. You can also host your own S3 compatible storage decoupled from GitLab, with with a service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io/).
+Object storage currently transfers files first to GitLab, and then on the
+object storage in a second stage. This can be done either by using a rake task
+to transfer existing objects, or in a background job after each file is received.
-Object storage currently transfers files first to GitLab, and then on the object storage in a second stage. This can be done either by using a rake task to transfer existing objects, or in a background job after each file is received.
-
-### Object Storage Settings
-
-For source installations the following settings are nested under `lfs:` and then `object_store:`. On omnibus installs they are prefixed by `lfs_object_store_`.
+The following general settings are supported.
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---------|-------------|---------|
| `enabled` | Enable/disable object storage | `false` |
| `remote_directory` | The bucket name where LFS objects will be stored| |
+| `direct_upload` | Set to true to enable direct upload of LFS without the need of local shared storage. Option may be removed once we decide to support only single storage for all files. | `false` |
| `background_upload` | Set to false to disable automatic upload. Option may be removed once upload is direct to S3 | `true` |
| `proxy_download` | Set to true to enable proxying all files served. Option allows to reduce egress traffic as this allows clients to download directly from remote storage instead of proxying all data | `false` |
| `connection` | Various connection options described below | |
-#### S3 compatible connection settings
-
-The connection settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog), and are as follows:
+The `connection` settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog).
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---------|-------------|---------|
@@ -81,8 +81,43 @@ The connection settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog), a
| `endpoint` | Can be used when configuring an S3 compatible service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io), by entering a URL such as `http://127.0.0.1:9000` | (optional) |
| `path_style` | Set to true to use `host/bucket_name/object` style paths instead of `bucket_name.host/object`. Leave as false for AWS S3 | false |
+### S3 for Omnibus installations
+
+On Omnibus installations, the settings are prefixed by `lfs_object_store_`:
+
+1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following lines by replacing with
+ the values you want:
+
+ ```ruby
+ gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_enabled'] = true
+ gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_remote_directory'] = "lfs-objects"
+ gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_connection'] = {
+ 'provider' => 'AWS',
+ 'region' => 'eu-central-1',
+ 'aws_access_key_id' => '1ABCD2EFGHI34JKLM567N',
+ 'aws_secret_access_key' => 'abcdefhijklmnopQRSTUVwxyz0123456789ABCDE',
+ # The below options configure an S3 compatible host instead of AWS
+ 'host' => 'localhost',
+ 'endpoint' => 'http://127.0.0.1:9000',
+ 'path_style' => true
+ }
+ ```
+
+1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab]s for the changes to take effect.
+1. Migrate any existing local LFS objects to the object storage:
+
+ ```bash
+ gitlab-rake gitlab:lfs:migrate
+ ```
+
+ This will migrate existing LFS objects to object storage. New LFS objects
+ will be forwarded to object storage unless
+ `gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_background_upload']` is set to false.
-### From source
+### S3 for installations from source
+
+For source installations the settings are nested under `lfs:` and then
+`object_store:`:
1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` and add or amend the following
lines:
@@ -107,44 +142,13 @@ The connection settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog), a
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
1. Migrate any existing local LFS objects to the object storage:
- ```bash
- sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:lfs:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
- ```
-
- This will migrate existing LFS objects to object storage. New LFS objects
- will be forwarded to object storage unless
- `gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_background_upload']` is set to false.
-
-### In Omnibus
-
-1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following lines by replacing with
- the values you want:
-
- ```ruby
- gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_enabled'] = true
- gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_remote_directory'] = "lfs-objects"
- gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_connection'] = {
- 'provider' => 'AWS',
- 'region' => 'eu-central-1',
- 'aws_access_key_id' => '1ABCD2EFGHI34JKLM567N',
- 'aws_secret_access_key' => 'abcdefhijklmnopQRSTUVwxyz0123456789ABCDE',
- # The below options configure an S3 compatible host instead of AWS
- 'host' => 'localhost',
- 'endpoint' => 'http://127.0.0.1:9000',
- 'path_style' => true
- }
- ```
-
-1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab]s for the changes to take effect.
-1. Migrate any existing local LFS objects to the object storage:
-
- ```bash
- gitlab-rake gitlab:lfs:migrate
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:lfs:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
+ ```
- This will migrate existing LFS objects to object storage. New LFS objects
- will be forwarded to object storage unless
- `gitlab_rails['lfs_object_store_background_upload']` is set to false.
+ This will migrate existing LFS objects to object storage. New LFS objects
+ will be forwarded to object storage unless `background_upload` is set to
+ false.
## Storage statistics