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authorStan Hu <stanhu@gmail.com>2018-07-24 22:15:52 -0700
committerStan Hu <stanhu@gmail.com>2018-07-25 04:41:40 -0700
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Add rbtrace to Gemfilesh-include-rbtrace
This will be enabled if ENABLE_RBTRACE environment variable is defined. This will allow us to debug all sorts of issues in production: https://github.com/tmm1/rbtrace
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sudo yum install gdb
```
+### rbtrace
+
+GitLab 11.2 ships with [rbtrace](https://github.com/tmm1/rbtrace), which
+allows you to trace Ruby code, view all running threads, take memory dumps,
+and more. However, this is not enabled by default. To enable it, define the
+`ENABLE_RBTRACE` variable to the environment. For example, in Omnibus:
+
+```ruby
+gitlab_rails['env'] = {"ENABLE_RBTRACE" => "1"}
+```
+
+Then reconfigure the system and restart Unicorn and Sidekiq.
+
## Common Problems
Many of the tips to diagnose issues below apply to many different situations. We'll use one