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+# Working with the bundled PgBouncer service **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
+
+[PgBouncer](http://www.pgbouncer.org/) is used to seamlessly migrate database
+connections between servers in a failover scenario. Additionally, it can be used
+in a non-fault-tolerant setup to pool connections, speeding up response time
+while reducing resource usage.
+
+GitLab Premium includes a bundled version of PgBouncer that can be managed
+through `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
+
+## PgBouncer as part of a fault-tolerant GitLab installation
+
+This content has been moved to a [new location](replication_and_failover.md#configuring-the-pgbouncer-node).
+
+## PgBouncer as part of a non-fault-tolerant GitLab installation
+
+1. Generate PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH with the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 pgbouncer`
+
+1. Generate SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH with the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab`. We'll also need to enter the plaintext SQL_USER_PASSWORD later
+
+1. On your database node, ensure the following is set in your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
+
+ ```ruby
+ postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = 'PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
+ postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
+ postgresql['listen_address'] = 'XX.XX.XX.Y' # Where XX.XX.XX.Y is the ip address on the node postgresql should listen on
+ postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(AA.AA.AA.B/32) # Where AA.AA.AA.B is the IP address of the pgbouncer node
+ ```
+
+1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
+
+ NOTE: **Note:**
+ If the database was already running, it will need to be restarted after reconfigure by running `gitlab-ctl restart postgresql`.
+
+1. On the node you are running PgBouncer on, make sure the following is set in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
+
+ ```ruby
+ pgbouncer['enable'] = true
+ pgbouncer['databases'] = {
+ gitlabhq_production: {
+ host: 'DATABASE_HOST',
+ user: 'pgbouncer',
+ password: 'PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
+ }
+ }
+ ```
+
+1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
+
+1. On the node running Puma, make sure the following is set in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
+
+ ```ruby
+ gitlab_rails['db_host'] = 'PGBOUNCER_HOST'
+ gitlab_rails['db_port'] = '6432'
+ gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'SQL_USER_PASSWORD'
+ ```
+
+1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
+
+1. At this point, your instance should connect to the database through PgBouncer. If you are having issues, see the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section
+
+## Enable Monitoring
+
+> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/3786) in GitLab 12.0.
+
+If you enable Monitoring, it must be enabled on **all** PgBouncer servers.
+
+1. Create/edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following configuration:
+
+ ```ruby
+ # Enable service discovery for Prometheus
+ consul['enable'] = true
+ consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true
+
+ # Replace placeholders
+ # Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
+ # with the addresses of the Consul server nodes
+ consul['configuration'] = {
+ retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z),
+ }
+
+ # Set the network addresses that the exporters will listen on
+ node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
+ pgbouncer_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9188'
+ ```
+
+1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` to compile the configuration.
+
+## Administrative console
+
+As part of Omnibus GitLab, a command is provided to automatically connect to the
+PgBouncer administrative console. See the
+[PgBouncer documentation](https://www.pgbouncer.org/usage.html#admin-console)
+for detailed instructions on how to interact with the console.
+
+To start a session run the following and provide the password for the `pgbouncer`
+user:
+
+```shell
+sudo gitlab-ctl pgb-console
+```
+
+To get some basic information about the instance:
+
+```shell
+pgbouncer=# show databases; show clients; show servers;
+ name | host | port | database | force_user | pool_size | reserve_pool | pool_mode | max_connections | current_connections
+---------------------+-----------+------+---------------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------
+ gitlabhq_production | 127.0.0.1 | 5432 | gitlabhq_production | | 100 | 5 | | 0 | 1
+ pgbouncer | | 6432 | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | 2 | 0 | statement | 0 | 0
+(2 rows)
+
+ type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link
+| remote_pid | tls
+------+-----------+---------------------+--------+-----------+-------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------
++------------+-----
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44590 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x12444c0 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44592 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x12447c0 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44594 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x1244940 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44706 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:14:22 | 2018-04-24 22:16:31 | 0x1244ac0 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44708 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:14:22 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 0x1244c40 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44794 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 0x1244dc0 |
+| 0 |
+ C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44798 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:16:31 | 0x1244f40 |
+| 0 |
+ C | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44660 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:51 | 2018-04-24 22:17:12 | 0x1244640 |
+| 0 |
+(8 rows)
+
+ type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link | rem
+ote_pid | tls
+------+--------+---------------------+-------+-----------+------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------+----
+--------+-----
+ S | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | idle | 127.0.0.1 | 5432 | 127.0.0.1 | 35646 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x124dca0 | |
+ 19980 |
+(1 row)
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+In case you are experiencing any issues connecting through PgBouncer, the first
+place to check is always the logs:
+
+```shell
+sudo gitlab-ctl tail pgbouncer
+```
+
+Additionally, you can check the output from `show databases` in the
+[administrative console](#administrative-console). In the output, you would expect
+to see values in the `host` field for the `gitlabhq_production` database.
+Additionally, `current_connections` should be greater than 1.
+
+### Message: `LOG: invalid CIDR mask in address`
+
+See the suggested fix [in Geo documentation](../geo/replication/troubleshooting.md#message-log--invalid-cidr-mask-in-address).
+
+### Message: `LOG: invalid IP mask "md5": Name or service not known`
+
+See the suggested fix [in Geo documentation](../geo/replication/troubleshooting.md#message-log--invalid-ip-mask-md5-name-or-service-not-known).