From 92591b63dcba5115537cd1e6da714540590975b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Vosmaer Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 13:18:12 +0200 Subject: Add an introcudtion to mysql_to_postgresql.md --- doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md index cdef7d71e33..661dcc02ba8 100644 --- a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md +++ b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ -# Use the shell commands below to convert a MySQL GitLab database to a PostgreSQL one. +# Migrating GitLab from MySQL to Postgres + +If you are replacing MySQL with Postgres while keeping GitLab on the same +server all you need to do is to export from MySQL and import into Postgres as +described below. If you are also moving GitLab to another server, or if you are +switching to omnibus-gitlab, you may want to use a GitLab backup file. The +second part of this documents explains the procedure to do this. ## Export from MySQL and import into Postgres -- cgit v1.2.1