Commit 32d2a76b authored by Balasankar "Balu" C's avatar Balasankar "Balu" C

Add documentation regarding rake task

parent c4668c38
......@@ -7,10 +7,32 @@ After [configuring the object storage](../../uploads.md#using-object-storage) fo
>**Note:**
All of the processing will be done in a background worker and requires **no downtime**.
This tasks uses 3 parameters to find uploads to migrate.
### All-in-one rake task
GitLab provides a wrapper rake task that migrates all uploaded files - avatars,
logos, attachments, favicon, etc. - to object storage in one go. Under the hood,
it invokes individual rake tasks to migrate files falling under each of this
category one by one. The specifications of these individual rake tasks are
described in the next section.
**Omnibus Installation**
```bash
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate:all"
```
**Source Installation**
```bash
sudo RAILS_ENV=production -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:uploads:migrate:all
```
### Individual rake tasks
>**Note:**
These parameters are mainly internal to GitLab's structure, you may want to refer to the task list instead below.
If you already ran the rake task mentioned above, no need to run these individual rake tasks as that has been done automatically.
The rake task uses 3 parameters to find uploads to migrate.
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
......@@ -18,6 +40,9 @@ Parameter | Type | Description
`model_class` | string | Type of the model to migrate from
`mount_point` | string/symbol | Name of the model's column on which the uploader is mounted on.
>**Note:**
These parameters are mainly internal to GitLab's structure, you may want to refer to the task list instead below.
This task also accepts some environment variables which you can use to override
certain values:
......@@ -25,7 +50,7 @@ Variable | Type | Description
-------- | ---- | -----------
`BATCH` | integer | Specifies the size of the batch. Defaults to 200.
** Omnibus Installation**
**Omnibus Installation**
```bash
# gitlab-rake gitlab:uploads:migrate[uploader_class, model_class, mount_point]
......@@ -40,6 +65,9 @@ gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Note, :attachment]"
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Appearance, :logo]"
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Appearance, :header_logo]"
# Favicon
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[FaviconUploader, Appearance, :favicon]"
# Markdown
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[FileUploader, Project]"
gitlab-rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[PersonalFileUploader, Snippet]"
......@@ -65,6 +93,9 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Note
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Appearance, :logo]"
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[AttachmentUploader, Appearance, :header_logo]"
# Favicon
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[FaviconUploader, Appearance, :favicon]"
# Markdown
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[FileUploader, Project]"
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake "gitlab:uploads:migrate[PersonalFileUploader, Snippet]"
......
......@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ In the case of Issues/MR/Notes Markdown attachments, there is a different approa
instead of basing the path into a mutable variable `:project_path_with_namespace`, it's possible to use the
hash of the project ID instead, if project migrates to the new approach (introduced in 10.2).
> Note: We provide an [all-in-one rake task] to migrate all uploads to object
> storage in one go. If a new Uploader class or model type is introduced, make
> sure you add a rake task invocation corresponding to it to the [category
> list].
### Path segments
Files are stored at multiple locations and use different path schemes.
......@@ -137,3 +142,5 @@ end
[CarrierWave]: https://github.com/carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave
[Hashed Storage]: ../administration/repository_storage_types.md
[all-in-one rake task]: ../administration/raketasks/uploads/migrate.md
[category list]: ../../lib/tasks/gitlab/uploads/migrate.rake#L6-16
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