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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-07-05 00:33:18 +0300
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-07-05 00:33:18 +0300
commit7ff21f725ac2235b5daf809ff0ed9e88c67b643e (patch)
treebaaefae43049e734c569811a3e94252dc7b300a7
parentb734167b7aaccdb379c0241344d24fa1f1039712 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-doc-mysql-priv.tar.gz
Add missing privileges to MySQL databasedoc-mysql-priv
-rw-r--r--doc/install/database_mysql.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/update/8.8-to-8.9.md24
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/database_mysql.md b/doc/install/database_mysql.md
index e51ff5a5de2..e8093f0b257 100644
--- a/doc/install/database_mysql.md
+++ b/doc/install/database_mysql.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ We do not recommend using MySQL due to various issues. For example, case [(in)se
mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `gitlabhq_production` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`;
# Grant the GitLab user necessary permissions on the database
- mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, LOCK TABLES ON `gitlabhq_production`.* TO 'git'@'localhost';
+ mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, INDEX, ALTER, LOCK TABLES, REFERENCES ON `gitlabhq_production`.* TO 'git'@'localhost';
# Quit the database session
mysql> \q
diff --git a/doc/update/8.8-to-8.9.md b/doc/update/8.8-to-8.9.md
index 423140a92c7..f078a2bece5 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.8-to-8.9.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.8-to-8.9.md
@@ -62,7 +62,23 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout v0.7.5
sudo -u git -H make
```
-### 6. Install libs, migrations, etc.
+### 6. Update MySQL permissions
+
+If you are using MySQL you need to grant the GitLab user the necessary
+permissions on the database:
+
+```bash
+# Login to MySQL
+mysql -u root -p
+
+# Grant the GitLab user the REFERENCES permission on the database
+GRANT REFERENCES ON `gitlabhq_production`.* TO 'git'@'localhost';
+
+# Quit the database session
+mysql> \q
+```
+
+### 7. Install libs, migrations, etc.
```bash
cd /home/git/gitlab
@@ -84,7 +100,7 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
```
-### 7. Update configuration files
+### 8. Update configuration files
#### New configuration options for `gitlab.yml`
@@ -141,12 +157,12 @@ Ensure you're still up-to-date with the latest init script changes:
sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
-### 8. Start application
+### 9. Start application
sudo service gitlab start
sudo service nginx restart
-### 9. Check application status
+### 10. Check application status
Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly: