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@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ costly-to-operate environment by using the
| Service | Nodes | Configuration | GCP | AWS | Azure |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|----------------|-------------|----------|
-| External load balancing node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| Redis | 3 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | n1-standard-2 | m5.large | D2s v3 |
-| Consul + Sentinel | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| PostgreSQL | 3 | 4 vCPU, 15 GB memory | n1-standard-4 | m5.xlarge | D4s v3 |
-| PgBouncer | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| Internal load balancing node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| Gitaly | 3 | 8 vCPU, 30 GB memory | n1-standard-8 | m5.2xlarge | D8s v3 |
-| Praefect | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| Praefect PostgreSQL | 1+* | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
-| Sidekiq | 4 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | n1-standard-2 | m5.large | D2s v3 |
-| GitLab Rails | 3 | 16 vCPU, 14.4 GB memory | n1-highcpu-16 | c5.4xlarge | F16s v2 |
-| Monitoring node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | c5.large | F2s v2 |
+| External load balancing node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| Redis | 3 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | n1-standard-2 | `m5.large` | D2s v3 |
+| Consul + Sentinel | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| PostgreSQL | 3 | 4 vCPU, 15 GB memory | n1-standard-4 | `m5.xlarge` | D4s v3 |
+| PgBouncer | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| Internal load balancing node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| Gitaly | 3 | 8 vCPU, 30 GB memory | n1-standard-8 | `m5.2xlarge` | D8s v3 |
+| Praefect | 3 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| Praefect PostgreSQL | 1+* | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
+| Sidekiq | 4 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | n1-standard-2 | `m5.large` | D2s v3 |
+| GitLab Rails | 3 | 16 vCPU, 14.4 GB memory | n1-highcpu-16 | `c5.4xlarge` | F16s v2 |
+| Monitoring node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | n1-highcpu-2 | `c5.large` | F2s v2 |
| Object storage | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
-| NFS server (optional, not recommended) | 1 | 4 vCPU, 3.6 GB memory | n1-highcpu-4 | c5.xlarge | F4s v2 |
+| NFS server (optional, not recommended) | 1 | 4 vCPU, 3.6 GB memory | n1-highcpu-4 | `c5.xlarge` | F4s v2 |
```plantuml
@startuml 5k
@@ -205,11 +205,12 @@ The following list includes descriptions of each server and its assigned IP:
## Configure the external load balancer
-In an active/active GitLab configuration, you'll need a load balancer to route
+In a multi-node GitLab configuration, you'll need a load balancer to route
traffic to the application servers. The specifics on which load balancer to use
-or its exact configuration is beyond the scope of GitLab documentation. We hope
+or its exact configuration is beyond the scope of GitLab documentation. We assume
that if you're managing multi-node systems like GitLab, you already have a load
-balancer of choice. Some load balancer examples include HAProxy (open-source),
+balancer of choice and that the routing methods used are distributing calls evenly
+between all nodes. Some load balancer examples include HAProxy (open-source),
F5 Big-IP LTM, and Citrix Net Scaler. This documentation outline the ports and
protocols needed for use with GitLab.
@@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ backend praefect
```
Refer to your preferred Load Balancer's documentation for further guidance.
+Also ensure that the routing methods used are distributing calls evenly across
+all nodes.
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@@ -487,7 +490,7 @@ a node and change its status from primary to replica (and vice versa).
'redis.password' => 'redis-password-goes-here',
}
- # Disable auto migrations
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
@@ -570,7 +573,7 @@ run: redis-exporter: (pid 30075) 76861s; run: log: (pid 29674) 76896s
'redis.password' => 'redis-password-goes-here',
}
- # Disable auto migrations
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
@@ -699,7 +702,7 @@ To configure the Sentinel:
node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
redis_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9121'
- # Disable auto migrations
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
@@ -824,7 +827,7 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
# Incoming recommended value for max connections is 500. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5691.
patroni['postgresql']['max_connections'] = 500
- # Disable automatic database migrations
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the Consul agent
@@ -1087,6 +1090,7 @@ in the second step, do not supply the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
postgresql['max_connections'] = 200
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the Consul agent
@@ -1194,7 +1198,7 @@ Praefect requires several secret tokens to secure communications across the Clus
Gitaly Cluster nodes are configured in Praefect via a `virtual storage`. Each storage contains
the details of each Gitaly node that makes up the cluster. Each storage is also given a name
-and this name is used in several areas of the config. In this guide, the name of the storage will be
+and this name is used in several areas of the configuration. In this guide, the name of the storage will be
`default`. Also, this guide is geared towards new installs, if upgrading an existing environment
to use Gitaly Cluster, you may need to use a different name.
Refer to the [Praefect documentation](../gitaly/praefect.md#praefect) for more info.
@@ -1232,7 +1236,8 @@ To configure the Praefect nodes, on each one:
praefect['enable'] = true
praefect['listen_addr'] = '0.0.0.0:2305'
- gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
+ praefect['auto_migrate'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the Consul agent
@@ -1356,8 +1361,7 @@ On each node:
alertmanager['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
- # Prevent database connections during 'gitlab-ctl reconfigure'
- gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the gitlab-shell API callback URL. Without this, `git push` will
@@ -1523,7 +1527,6 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, one each one:
nginx['enable'] = false
grafana['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
- gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
@@ -1574,6 +1577,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, one each one:
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = '<postgresql_user_password>'
gitlab_rails['db_adapter'] = 'postgresql'
gitlab_rails['db_encoding'] = 'unicode'
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
#######################################
@@ -1709,6 +1713,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.6.0.20' # internal load balancer IP
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = '<postgresql_user_password>'
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
## Redis connection details
@@ -1874,7 +1879,6 @@ running [Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) and
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
# Disable all other services
- gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
gitlab_exporter['enable'] = false
@@ -1908,6 +1912,9 @@ running [Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) and
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
}
+
+ # Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
+ gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
@@ -2017,10 +2024,10 @@ to use GitLab Pages, this currently [requires NFS](troubleshooting.md#gitlab-pag
See how to [configure NFS](../nfs.md).
WARNING:
-From GitLab 13.0, using NFS for Git repositories is deprecated.
-From GitLab 14.0, technical support for NFS for Git repositories
-will no longer be provided. Upgrade to [Gitaly Cluster](../gitaly/praefect.md)
-as soon as possible.
+From GitLab 14.0, enhancements and bug fixes for NFS for Git repositories will no longer be
+considered and customer technical support will be considered out of scope.
+[Read more about Gitaly and NFS](../gitaly/index.md#nfs-deprecation-notice) and
+[the correct mount options to use](../nfs.md#upgrade-to-gitaly-cluster-or-disable-caching-if-experiencing-data-loss).
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