Commit 0415b742 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis
parent ca090441
......@@ -118,15 +118,18 @@ and they will assist you with any issues you are having.
kubectl get events -w --namespace=gitlab
```
- Most of the useful GitLab tools (console, Rake tasks, etc) are found in the task-runner
pod. You may enter it and run commands inside or run them from the outside:
- Most of the useful GitLab tools (console, Rake tasks, etc) are found in the toolbox
pod. You may enter it and run commands inside or run them from the outside.
NOTE:
The `task-runner` pod was renamed to `toolbox` in GitLab 14.2 (charts 5.2).
```shell
# find the pod
kubectl get pods | grep task-runner
kubectl --namespace gitlab get pods -lapp=toolbox
# enter it
kubectl exec -it <task-runner-pod-name> -- bash
kubectl exec -it <toolbox-pod-name> -- bash
# open rails console
# rails console can be also called from other GitLab pods
......@@ -139,10 +142,10 @@ and they will assist you with any issues you are having.
/usr/local/bin/gitlab-rake gitlab:check
# open console without entering pod
kubectl exec -it <task-runner-pod-name> -- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails console
kubectl exec -it <toolbox-pod-name> -- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails console
# check the status of DB migrations
kubectl exec -it <task-runner-pod-name> -- /usr/local/bin/gitlab-rake db:migrate:status
kubectl exec -it <toolbox-pod-name> -- /usr/local/bin/gitlab-rake db:migrate:status
```
You can also use `gitlab-rake`, instead of `/usr/local/bin/gitlab-rake`.
......@@ -163,12 +166,15 @@ and they will assist you with any issues you are having.
kubectl get secret <secret-name> -ojsonpath={.data.password} | base64 --decode ; echo
```
- How to connect to a GitLab PostgreSQL database:
- How to connect to a GitLab PostgreSQL database.
NOTE:
The `task-runner` pod was renamed to `toolbox` in GitLab 14.2 (charts 5.2).
In GitLab 14.2 (chart 5.2) and later:
```shell
kubectl exec -it <task-runner-pod-name> -- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails dbconsole --include-password --database main
kubectl exec -it <toolbox-pod-name> -- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails dbconsole --include-password --database main
```
In GitLab 14.1 (chart 5.1) and earlier:
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......@@ -115,12 +115,8 @@ the host, based on your installed version of GitLab:
If you're using the [GitLab Helm chart](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab)
on a Kubernetes cluster, you can run the backup task by using `kubectl` to run the `backup-utility`
script on the GitLab task runner pod. For more details, see
[backing up a GitLab installation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/backup-restore/backup.md#backing-up-a-gitlab-installation).
```shell
kubectl exec -it <gitlab task-runner pod> -- backup-utility
```
script on the GitLab toolbox pod. For more details, see the
[charts backup documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/backup-restore/backup.html).
Similar to the Kubernetes case, if you have scaled out your GitLab cluster to
use multiple application servers, you should pick a designated node (that isn't
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