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-rw-r--r--config/resque.yml.example2
-rw-r--r--doc/install/installation.md24
-rw-r--r--doc/update/7.2-to-7.3.md23
4 files changed, 46 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 49bf983eb5e..f5e37725077 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
v 7.3.0
- Always set the 'origin' remote in satellite actions
- Write authorized_keys in tmp/ during tests
+ - Use sockets to connect to Redis
- Expire Rack sessions after 1 week
- Cleaner signin/signup pages
- Improved comments UI
diff --git a/config/resque.yml.example b/config/resque.yml.example
index 3c7ad0e5778..347f3599b20 100644
--- a/config/resque.yml.example
+++ b/config/resque.yml.example
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
development: redis://localhost:6379
test: redis://localhost:6379
-production: redis://redis.example.com:6379
+production: unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock
diff --git a/doc/install/installation.md b/doc/install/installation.md
index 5ad8392fb63..826eaec7d14 100644
--- a/doc/install/installation.md
+++ b/doc/install/installation.md
@@ -133,7 +133,21 @@ We recommend using a PostgreSQL database. For MySQL check [MySQL setup guide](da
# Try connecting to the new database with the new user
sudo -u git -H psql -d gitlabhq_production
-## 5. GitLab
+## 5. Redis
+
+ sudo apt-get install redis-server
+
+ # Configure redis to use sockets
+ sudo cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig
+ sed -e 's/^# unixsocket /unixsocket /' -e 's/^port .*/port 0/' /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig | sudo tee /etc/redis/redis.conf
+
+ # Activate the changes to redis.conf
+ sudo service redis-server restart
+
+ # Add git to the redis group
+ sudo usermod -aG redis git
+
+## 6. GitLab
# We'll install GitLab into home directory of the user "git"
cd /home/git
@@ -189,6 +203,12 @@ We recommend using a PostgreSQL database. For MySQL check [MySQL setup guide](da
sudo -u git -H git config --global user.email "example@example.com"
sudo -u git -H git config --global core.autocrlf input
+ # Configure Redis connection settings
+ sudo -u git -H cp config/resque.yml.example config/resque.yml
+
+ # Change the Redis socket path if necessary
+ sudo -u git -H editor config/resque.yml
+
**Important Note:** Make sure to edit both `gitlab.yml` and `unicorn.rb` to match your setup.
**Note:** If you want to use HTTPS, see [Using HTTPS](#using-https) for the additional steps.
@@ -284,7 +304,7 @@ Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:
# or
sudo /etc/init.d/gitlab restart
-## 6. Nginx
+## 7. Nginx
**Note:** Nginx is the officially supported web server for GitLab. If you cannot or do not want to use Nginx as your web server, have a look at the [GitLab recipes](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/).
diff --git a/doc/update/7.2-to-7.3.md b/doc/update/7.2-to-7.3.md
index 7cc8f8e2ede..f6af9d56860 100644
--- a/doc/update/7.2-to-7.3.md
+++ b/doc/update/7.2-to-7.3.md
@@ -7,4 +7,25 @@ This document currently just serves as a place to keep track of updates that wil
### Update config files
* HTTP setups: Make `/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx` the same as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/7-0-stable/lib/support/nginx/gitlab but with your settings.
-* HTTPS setups: Make `/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx-ssl` the same as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/7-0-stable/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl but with your setting \ No newline at end of file
+* HTTPS setups: Make `/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx-ssl` the same as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/7-0-stable/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl but with your setting
+
+### Configure Redis to use sockets
+
+ # Configure redis to use sockets
+ sudo cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig
+ sed -e 's/^# unixsocket /unixsocket /' -e 's/^port .*/port 0/' /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig | sudo tee /etc/redis/redis.conf
+ # Activate the changes to redis.conf
+ sudo service redis-server restart
+ # Add git to the redis group
+ sudo usermod -aG redis git
+
+ cd /home/git/gitlab
+ # Configure Redis connection settings
+ sudo -u git -H cp config/resque.yml.example config/resque.yml
+ # Change the Redis socket path if necessary
+ sudo -u git -H editor config/resque.yml
+
+ cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
+ # Configure gitlab-shell to use Redis sockets
+ sudo -u git -H sed -i 's|^ # socket.*| socket: /var/run/redis/redis.sock|' config.yml
+