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diff --git a/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/background_verification.md b/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/background_verification.md index 7d2fd51f834..d4c8c2d3624 100644 --- a/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/background_verification.md +++ b/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/background_verification.md @@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ the node more time before scheduling a planned failover. Run the following commands in a Rails console on the **primary** node: ```sh -# Omnibus GitLab gitlab-rails console - -# Installation from source -cd /home/git/gitlab -sudo -u git -H bin/rails console RAILS_ENV=production ``` To check if automatic background verification is enabled: @@ -102,12 +97,7 @@ disable if you need. Run the following commands in a Rails console on the **primary** node: ```sh -# Omnibus GitLab gitlab-rails console - -# Installation from source -cd /home/git/gitlab -sudo -u git -H bin/rails console RAILS_ENV=production ``` To disable automatic background re-verification: @@ -131,32 +121,52 @@ to be resynced without the backoff period: For repositories: -- Omnibus Installation +```sh +sudo gitlab-rake geo:verification:repository:reset +``` - ```sh - sudo gitlab-rake geo:verification:repository:reset - ``` +For wikis: -- Source Installation +```sh +sudo gitlab-rake geo:verification:wiki:reset +``` - ```sh - sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake geo:verification:repository:reset RAILS_ENV=production - ``` +## Reconcile differences with checksum mismatches -For wikis: +If the **primary** and **secondary** nodes have a checksum verification mismatch, the cause may not be apparent. To find the cause of a checksum mismatch: -- Omnibus Installation +1. Navigate to the **Admin Area > Projects** dashboard on the **primary** node, find the + project that you want to check the checksum differences and click on the + **Edit** button: +  - ```sh - sudo gitlab-rake geo:verification:wiki:reset - ``` +1. On the project admin page get the **Gitaly storage name**, and **Gitaly relative path**: +  -- Source Installation +1. Navigate to the project's repository directory on both **primary** and **secondary** nodes (the path is usually `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories`). Note that if `git_data_dirs` is customized, check the directory layout on your server to be sure. ```sh - sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake geo:verification:wiki:reset RAILS_ENV=production + cd /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories ``` +1. Run the following command on the **primary** node, redirecting the output to a file: + + ```sh + git show-ref --head | grep -E "HEAD|(refs/(heads|tags|keep-around|merge-requests|environments|notes)/)" > primary-node-refs + ``` + +1. Run the following command on the **secondary** node, redirecting the output to a file: + + ```sh + git show-ref --head | grep -E "HEAD|(refs/(heads|tags|keep-around|merge-requests|environments|notes)/)" > secondary-node-refs + ``` + +1. Copy the files from the previous steps on the same system, and do a diff between the contents: + + ```sh + diff primary-node-refs secondary-node-refs + ``` + ## Current limitations Until [issue #5064][ee-5064] is completed, background verification doesn't cover |