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diff --git a/doc/administration/repository_storages.md b/doc/administration/repository_storages.md index ab70557b69a..9d41ba77f34 100644 --- a/doc/administration/repository_storages.md +++ b/doc/administration/repository_storages.md @@ -1,102 +1,3 @@ # Repository storages -> [Introduced][ce-4578] in GitLab 8.10. - -GitLab allows you to define multiple repository storage paths to distribute the -storage load between several mount points. - ->**Notes:** -> -- You must have at least one storage path called `default`. -- The paths are defined in key-value pairs. The key is an arbitrary name you - can pick to name the file path. -- The target directories and any of its subpaths must not be a symlink. - -## Configure GitLab - ->**Warning:** -In order for [backups] to work correctly, the storage path must **not** be a -mount point and the GitLab user should have correct permissions for the parent -directory of the path. In Omnibus GitLab this is taken care of automatically, -but for source installations you should be extra careful. -> -The thing is that for compatibility reasons `gitlab.yml` has a different -structure than Omnibus. In `gitlab.yml` you indicate the path for the -repositories, for example `/home/git/repositories`, while in Omnibus you -indicate `git_data_dirs`, which for the example above would be `/home/git`. -Then, Omnibus will create a `repositories` directory under that path to use with -`gitlab.yml`. -> -This little detail matters because while restoring a backup, the current -contents of `/home/git/repositories` [are moved to][raketask] `/home/git/repositories.old`, -so if `/home/git/repositories` is the mount point, then `mv` would be moving -things between mount points, and bad things could happen. Ideally, -`/home/git` would be the mount point, so then things would be moving within the -same mount point. This is guaranteed with Omnibus installations (because they -don't specify the full repository path but the parent path), but not for source -installations. - ---- - -Now that you've read that big fat warning above, let's edit the configuration -files and add the full paths of the alternative repository storage paths. In -the example below, we add two more mountpoints that are named `nfs` and `cephfs` -respectively. - -**For installations from source** - -1. Edit `gitlab.yml` and add the storage paths: - - ```yaml - repositories: - # Paths where repositories can be stored. Give the canonicalized absolute pathname. - # NOTE: REPOS PATHS MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY SYMLINK!!! - storages: # You must have at least a 'default' storage path. - default: /home/git/repositories - nfs: /mnt/nfs/repositories - cephfs: /mnt/cephfs/repositories - ``` - -1. [Restart GitLab] for the changes to take effect. - ->**Note:** -The [`gitlab_shell: repos_path` entry][repospath] in `gitlab.yml` will be -deprecated and replaced by `repositories: storages` in the future, so if you -are upgrading from a version prior to 8.10, make sure to add the configuration -as described in the step above. After you make the changes and confirm they are -working, you can remove the `repos_path` line. - ---- - -**For Omnibus installations** - -1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` by appending the rest of the paths to the - default one: - - ```ruby - git_data_dirs({ - "default" => "/var/opt/gitlab/git-data", - "nfs" => "/mnt/nfs/git-data", - "cephfs" => "/mnt/cephfs/git-data" - }) - ``` - - Note that Omnibus stores the repositories in a `repositories` subdirectory - of the `git-data` directory. - -## Choose where new project repositories will be stored - -Once you set the multiple storage paths, you can choose where new projects will -be stored via the **Application Settings** in the Admin area. - - - -Beginning with GitLab 8.13.4, multiple paths can be chosen. New projects will be -randomly placed on one of the selected paths. - -[ce-4578]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/4578 -[restart gitlab]: restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source -[reconfigure gitlab]: restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure -[backups]: ../raketasks/backup_restore.md -[raketask]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/033e5423a2594e08a7ebcd2379bd2331f4c39032/lib/backup/repository.rb#L54-56 -[repospath]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-9-stable/config/gitlab.yml.example#L457 +This document was moved to a [new location](repository_storage_paths.md). |