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author | Alejandro RodrÃguez <alejorro70@gmail.com> | 2016-06-22 17:04:51 -0400 |
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committer | Alejandro RodrÃguez <alejorro70@gmail.com> | 2016-06-29 22:30:31 -0400 |
commit | 86359ec854314574dccea75247f45590262b05c0 (patch) | |
tree | 52aaf922e5a6fc63b0d42095322f79cdae659b43 /doc | |
parent | b32a6add8fa602eb35648f3f4661df8b98d909cb (diff) | |
download | gitlab-ce-86359ec854314574dccea75247f45590262b05c0.tar.gz |
Refactor repository paths handling to allow multiple git mount points
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.md | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/administration/repository_storages.md | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/raketasks/import.md | 3 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md index be0d17084c7..b98d6812a81 100644 --- a/doc/README.md +++ b/doc/README.md @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ - [Operations](operations/README.md) Keeping GitLab up and running. - [Raketasks](raketasks/README.md) Backups, maintenance, automatic webhook setup and the importing of projects. - [Repository checks](administration/repository_checks.md) Periodic Git repository checks. +- [Repository storages](administration/repository_storages.md) Manage the paths used to store repositories. - [Security](security/README.md) Learn what you can do to further secure your GitLab instance. - [System hooks](system_hooks/system_hooks.md) Notifications when users, projects and keys are changed. - [Update](update/README.md) Update guides to upgrade your installation. diff --git a/doc/administration/repository_storages.md b/doc/administration/repository_storages.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..81bfe173151 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/administration/repository_storages.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Repository storages + +GitLab allows you to define repository storage paths to enable distribution of +storage load between several mount points. + +## For installations from source + +Add your repository storage paths in your `gitlab.yml` under repositories -> storages, using key -> value pairs. + +>**Notes:** +- You must have at least one storage path called `default`. +- In order for backups to work correctly the storage path must **not** be a +mount point and the GitLab user should have correct permissions for the parent +directory of the path. + +## For omnibus installations + +Follow the instructions at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/configuration.md#storing-git-data-in-an-alternative-directory diff --git a/doc/raketasks/import.md b/doc/raketasks/import.md index 8a38937062e..2b305cb5c99 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/import.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/import.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ - For omnibus-gitlab, it is located at: `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories` by default, unless you changed it in the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file. - For installations from source, it is usually located at: `/home/git/repositories` or you can see where -your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml` under the `gitlab_shell => repos_path` entry. +your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml` under the `repositories => storages` entries +(you'll usually use the `default` storage path to start). New folder needs to have git user ownership and read/write/execute access for git user and its group: |