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diff --git a/doc/development/omnibus.md b/doc/development/omnibus.md index 0ba354d28a2..ea5c18f1a8c 100644 --- a/doc/development/omnibus.md +++ b/doc/development/omnibus.md @@ -1,32 +1,32 @@ -# What you should know about omnibus packages +# What you should know about Omnibus packages -Most users install GitLab using our omnibus packages. As a developer it can be -good to know how the omnibus packages differ from what you have on your laptop +Most users install GitLab using our Omnibus packages. As a developer it can be +good to know how the Omnibus packages differ from what you have on your laptop when you are coding. ## Files are owned by root by default -All the files in the Rails tree (`app/`, `config/` etc.) are owned by 'root' in -omnibus installations. This makes the installation simpler and it provides -extra security. The omnibus reconfigure script contains commands that give -write access to the 'git' user only where needed. +All the files in the Rails tree (`app/`, `config/` etc.) are owned by `root` in +Omnibus installations. This makes the installation simpler and it provides +extra security. The Omnibus reconfigure script contains commands that give +write access to the `git` user only where needed. -For example, the 'git' user is allowed to write in the `log/` directory, in +For example, the `git` user is allowed to write in the `log/` directory, in `public/uploads`, and they are allowed to rewrite the `db/schema.rb` file. In other cases, the reconfigure script tricks GitLab into not trying to write a file. For instance, GitLab will generate a `.secret` file if it cannot find one -and write it to the Rails root. In the omnibus packages, reconfigure writes the +and write it to the Rails root. In the Omnibus packages, reconfigure writes the `.secret` file first, so that GitLab never tries to write it. ## Code, data and logs are in separate directories -The omnibus design separates code (read-only, under `/opt/gitlab`) from data +The Omnibus design separates code (read-only, under `/opt/gitlab`) from data (read/write, under `/var/opt/gitlab`) and logs (read/write, under `/var/log/gitlab`). To make this happen the reconfigure script sets custom paths where it can in GitLab config files, and where there are no path settings, it uses symlinks. For example, `config/gitlab.yml` is treated as data so that file is a symlink. -The same goes for `public/uploads`. The `log/` directory is replaced by omnibus +The same goes for `public/uploads`. The `log/` directory is replaced by Omnibus with a symlink to `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails`. |