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diff --git a/doc/administration/postgresql/pgbouncer.md b/doc/administration/postgresql/pgbouncer.md index f09ac3052f4..951edfeaec2 100644 --- a/doc/administration/postgresql/pgbouncer.md +++ b/doc/administration/postgresql/pgbouncer.md @@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ This content has been moved to a [new location](replication_and_failover.md#conf 1. At this point, your instance should connect to the database through PgBouncer. If you are having issues, see the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section +## Backups + +Do not backup or restore GitLab through a PgBouncer connection: this will cause a GitLab outage. + +[Read more about this and how to reconfigure backups](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md#backup-and-restore-for-installations-using-pgbouncer). + ## Enable Monitoring > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/3786) in GitLab 12.0. @@ -150,7 +156,10 @@ ote_pid | tls ## Procedure for bypassing PgBouncer -Some database changes have to be done directly, and not through PgBouncer. This includes database restores and GitLab upgrades (because of the database migrations). +Some database changes have to be done directly, and not through PgBouncer. + +Read more about the affected tasks: [database restores](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md#backup-and-restore-for-installations-using-pgbouncer) +and [GitLab upgrades](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html#use-postgresql-ha). 1. To find the primary node, run the following on a database node: |