diff options
| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-11-15 14:07:38 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me> | 2016-11-15 14:07:38 +0100 |
| commit | 39a9af1594bf2365ba0da6457efef238d7e42e24 (patch) | |
| tree | 45933678fdbf2fed7bad40c241abc580b09f5efe /doc/administration/high_availability/README.md | |
| parent | cc2bf503dbeb23561302bb77ff824e0c30a560b6 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-39a9af1594bf2365ba0da6457efef238d7e42e24.tar.gz | |
Swap HA setups
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/administration/high_availability/README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/administration/high_availability/README.md | 33 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/administration/high_availability/README.md b/doc/administration/high_availability/README.md index d74a786ac24..d5a5aef7ec0 100644 --- a/doc/administration/high_availability/README.md +++ b/doc/administration/high_availability/README.md @@ -7,19 +7,10 @@ highly available. ## Architecture -### Active/Passive - -For pure high-availability/failover with no scaling you can use an -active/passive configuration. This utilizes DRBD (Distributed Replicated -Block Device) to keep all data in sync. DRBD requires a low latency link to -remain in sync. It is not advisable to attempt to run DRBD between data centers -or in different cloud availability zones. +There are two kinds of setups: -Components/Servers Required: - -- 2 servers/virtual machines (one active/one passive) - - +- active/active +- active/passive ### Active/Active @@ -28,12 +19,24 @@ user requests simultaneously. The database, Redis, and GitLab application are all deployed on separate servers. The configuration is **only** highly-available if the database, Redis and storage are also configured as such. - - -**Steps to configure active/active:** +Follow the steps below to configure an active/active setup: 1. [Configure the database](database.md) 1. [Configure Redis](redis.md) 1. [Configure NFS](nfs.md) 1. [Configure the GitLab application servers](gitlab.md) 1. [Configure the load balancers](load_balancer.md) + + + +### Active/Passive + +For pure high-availability/failover with no scaling you can use an +active/passive configuration. This utilizes DRBD (Distributed Replicated +Block Device) to keep all data in sync. DRBD requires a low latency link to +remain in sync. It is not advisable to attempt to run DRBD between data centers +or in different cloud availability zones. + +Components/Servers Required: 2 servers/virtual machines (one active/one passive) + + |