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# High Availability # Scaling and High Availability
GitLab supports several different types of clustering and high-availability. GitLab supports several different types of clustering and high-availability.
The solution you choose will be based on the level of scalability and The solution you choose will be based on the level of scalability and
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available. However, some GitLab features such as the issue tracker and available. However, some GitLab features such as the issue tracker and
Continuous Integration are not available when GitLab is down. Continuous Integration are not available when GitLab is down.
**Keep in mind that all Highly Available solutions come with a trade-off between **Keep in mind that all highly-available solutions come with a trade-off between
cost/complexity and uptime**. The more uptime you want, the more complex the cost/complexity and uptime**. The more uptime you want, the more complex the
solution. And the more complex the solution, the more work is involved in solution. And the more complex the solution, the more work is involved in
setting up and maintaining it. High availability is not free and every HA setting up and maintaining it. High availability is not free and every HA
solution should balance the costs against the benefits. solution should balance the costs against the benefits.
## Architecture There are many options when choosing a highly-available GitLab architecture. We
recommend engaging with GitLab Support to choose the best architecture for your
use-case. This page contains some various options and guidelines based on
experience with GitLab.com and Enterprise Edition on-premises customers.
There are two kinds of setups: For a detailed insight into how GitLab scales and configures GitLab.com, you can
watch [this 1 hour Q&A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCU8jdYzpac)
with [John Northrup](https://gitlab.com/northrup), one of our infrastructure
engineers, and live questions coming in from some of our customers.
- active/active ## GitLab Components
- active/passive
### Active/Active The following components need to be considered for a scaled or highly-available
environment. In many cases components can be combined on the same nodes to reduce
complexity.
This architecture scales easily because all application servers handle - Unicorn/Workhorse - Web-requests (UI, API, Git over HTTP)
user requests simultaneously. The database, Redis, and GitLab application are - Sidekiq - Asynchronous/Background jobs
all deployed on separate servers. The configuration is **only** highly-available - PostgreSQL - Database
if the database, Redis and storage are also configured as such. - Consul - Database service discovery and health checks/failover
- PGBouncer - Database pool manager
- Redis - Key/Value store (User sessions, cache, queue for Sidekiq)
- Sentinel - Redis health check/failover manager
- Gitaly - Provides high-level RPC access to Git repositories
Follow the steps below to configure an active/active setup: ## Scalable Architecture Examples
When an organization reaches a certain threshold it will be necessary to scale
the GitLab instance. Still, true high availability may not be necessary. There
are options for scaling GitLab instances relatively easily without incurring the
infrastructure and maintenance costs of full high availability.
### Basic Scaling
This is the simplest form of scaling and will work for the majority of
cases. Backend components such as PostgreSQL, Redis and storage are offloaded
to their own nodes while the remaining GitLab components all run on 2 or more
application nodes.
This form of scaling also works well in a cloud environment when it is more
cost-effective to deploy several small nodes rather than a single
larger one.
- 1 PostgreSQL node
- 1 Redis node
- 2 or more GitLab application nodes (Unicorn, Workhorse, Sidekiq)
- 1 NFS/Gitaly storage server
#### Installation Instructions
Complete the following installation steps in order. A link at the end of each
section will bring you back to the Scalable Architecture Examples section so
you can continue with the next step.
1. [PostgreSQL](./database.md#postgresql-in-a-scaled-environment)
1. [Redis](./redis.md#redis-in-a-scaled-environment)
1. [Gitaly](./gitaly.md) (recommended) or [NFS](./nfs.md)
1. [GitLab application nodes](./gitlab.md)
### Full Scaling
For very large installations it may be necessary to further split components
for maximum scalability. In a fully-scaled architecture the application node
is split into separate Sidekiq and Unicorn/Workhorse nodes. One indication that
this architecture is required is if Sidekiq queues begin to periodically increase
in size, indicating that there is contention or not enough resources.
- 1 PostgreSQL node
- 1 Redis node
- 2 or more GitLab application nodes (Unicorn, Workhorse)
- 2 or more Sidekiq nodes
- 2 or more NFS/Gitaly storage servers
## High Availability Architecture Examples
When organizations require scaling *and* high availability the following
architectures can be utilized. As the introduction section at the top of this
page mentions, there is a tradeoff between cost/complexity and uptime. Be sure
this complexity is absolutely required before taking the step into full
high availability.
For all examples below, we recommend running Consul and Redis Sentinel on
dedicated nodes. If Consul is running on PostgreSQL nodes or Sentinel on
Redis nodes there is a potential that high resource usage by PostgreSQL or
Redis could prevent communication between the other Consul and Sentinel nodes.
This may lead to the other nodes believing a failure has occurred and automated
failover is necessary. Isolating them from the services they monitor reduces
the chances of split-brain.
The examples below do not really address high availability of NFS. Some enterprises
have access to NFS appliances that manage availability. This is the best case
scenario. In the future, GitLab may offer a more user-friendly solution to
[GitLab HA Storage](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/2472).
There are many options in between each of these examples. Work with GitLab Support
to understand the best starting point for your workload and adapt from there.
### Horizontal
This is the simplest form of high availability and scaling. It requires the
fewest number of individual servers (virtual or physical) but does have some
trade-offs and limits.
This architecture will work well for many GitLab customers. Larger customers
may begin to notice certain events cause contention/high load - for example,
cloning many large repositories with binary files, high API usage, a large
number of enqueued Sidekiq jobs, etc. If this happens you should consider
moving to a hybrid or fully distributed architecture depending on what is causing
the contention.
- 3 PostgreSQL nodes
- 2 Redis nodes
- 3 Consul/Sentinel nodes
- 2 or more GitLab application nodes (Unicorn, Workhorse, Sidekiq, PGBouncer)
- 1 NFS/Gitaly server
![Horizontal architecture diagram](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/img/high_availability/horizontal.png)
### Hybrid
In this architecture, certain components are split on dedicated nodes so high
resource usage of one component does not interfere with others. In larger
environments this is a good architecture to consider if you foresee or do have
contention due to certain workloads.
- 3 PostgreSQL nodes
- 2 Redis nodes
- 3 Consul/Sentinel nodes
- 2 or more Sidekiq nodes
- 2 or more Web nodes (Unicorn, Workhorse, PGBouncer)
- 1 or more NFS/Gitaly servers
![Hybrid architecture diagram](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/img/high_availability/hybrid.png)
### Fully Distributed
This architecture scales to hundreds of thousands of users and projects and is
the basis of the GitLab.com architecture. While this scales well it also comes
with the added complexity of many more nodes to configure, manage and monitor.
- 3 PostgreSQL nodes
- 4 or more Redis nodes (2 separate clusters for persistent and cache data)
- 3 Consul nodes
- 3 Sentinel nodes
- Multiple dedicated Sidekiq nodes (Split into real-time, best effort, ASAP,
CI Pipeline and Pull Mirror sets)
- 2 or more Git nodes (Git over SSH/Git over HTTP)
- 2 or more API nodes (All requests to `/api`)
- 2 or more Web nodes (All other web requests)
- 2 or more NFS/Gitaly servers
![Fully Distributed architecture diagram](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/img/high_availability/fully-distributed.png)
The following pages outline the steps necessary to configure each component
separately:
1. [Configure the database](database.md) 1. [Configure the database](database.md)
1. [Configure Redis](redis.md) 1. [Configure Redis](redis.md)
1. [Configure Redis for GitLab source installations](redis_source.md) 1. [Configure Redis for GitLab source installations](redis_source.md)
1. [Configure NFS](nfs.md) 1. [Configure NFS](nfs.md)
1. [NFS Client and Host setup](nfs_host_client_setup.md)
1. [Configure the GitLab application servers](gitlab.md) 1. [Configure the GitLab application servers](gitlab.md)
1. [Configure the load balancers](load_balancer.md) 1. [Configure the load balancers](load_balancer.md)
### Active/Passive
For pure high-availability/failover with no scaling you can use an
active/passive configuration. This utilizes DRBD (Distributed Replicated
Block Device) to keep all data in sync. DRBD requires a low latency link to
remain in sync. It is not advisable to attempt to run DRBD between data centers
or in different cloud availability zones.
> **Note:** GitLab recommends against choosing this HA method because of the
complexity of managing DRBD and crafting automatic failover. This is
*compatible* with GitLab, but not officially *supported*. If you are
an EE customer, support will help you with GitLab related problems, but if the
root cause is identified as DRBD, we will not troubleshoot further.
Components/Servers Required: 2 servers/virtual machines (one active/one passive)
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redirect_to: 'database.md'
---
This documentation has been moved to the main
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# Working with the bundled Consul service **[PREMIUM ONLY]**
## Overview
As part of its High Availability stack, GitLab Premium includes a bundled version of [Consul](http://consul.io) that can be managed through `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
A Consul cluster consists of multiple server agents, as well as client agents that run on other nodes which need to talk to the consul cluster.
## Operations
### Checking cluster membership
To see which nodes are part of the cluster, run the following on any member in the cluster
```
# /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/consul members
Node Address Status Type Build Protocol DC
consul-b XX.XX.X.Y:8301 alive server 0.9.0 2 gitlab_consul
consul-c XX.XX.X.Y:8301 alive server 0.9.0 2 gitlab_consul
consul-c XX.XX.X.Y:8301 alive server 0.9.0 2 gitlab_consul
db-a XX.XX.X.Y:8301 alive client 0.9.0 2 gitlab_consul
db-b XX.XX.X.Y:8301 alive client 0.9.0 2 gitlab_consul
```
Ideally all nodes will have a `Status` of `alive`.
### Restarting the server cluster
**Note**: This section only applies to server agents. It is safe to restart client agents whenever needed.
If it is necessary to restart the server cluster, it is important to do this in a controlled fashion in order to maintain quorum. If quorum is lost, you will need to follow the consul [outage recovery](#outage-recovery) process to recover the cluster.
To be safe, we recommend you only restart one server agent at a time to ensure the cluster remains intact.
For larger clusters, it is possible to restart multiple agents at a time. See the [Consul consensus document](https://www.consul.io/docs/internals/consensus.html#deployment-table) for how many failures it can tolerate. This will be the number of simulateneous restarts it can sustain.
## Troubleshooting
### Consul server agents unable to communicate
By default, the server agents will attempt to [bind](https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/options.html#_bind) to '0.0.0.0', but they will advertise the first private IP address on the node for other agents to communicate with them. If the other nodes cannot communicate with a node on this address, then the cluster will have a failed status.
You will see messages like the following in `gitlab-ctl tail consul` output if you are running into this issue:
```
2017-09-25_19:53:39.90821 2017/09/25 19:53:39 [WARN] raft: no known peers, aborting election
2017-09-25_19:53:41.74356 2017/09/25 19:53:41 [ERR] agent: failed to sync remote state: No cluster leader
```
To fix this:
1. Pick an address on each node that all of the other nodes can reach this node through.
1. Update your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
```ruby
consul['configuration'] = {
...
bind_addr: 'IP ADDRESS'
}
```
1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
If you still see the errors, you may have to [erase the consul database and reinitialize](#recreate-from-scratch) on the affected node.
### Consul agents do not start - Multiple private IPs
In the case that a node has multiple private IPs the agent be confused as to which of the private addresses to advertise, and then immediately exit on start.
You will see messages like the following in `gitlab-ctl tail consul` output if you are running into this issue:
```
2017-11-09_17:41:45.52876 ==> Starting Consul agent...
2017-11-09_17:41:45.53057 ==> Error creating agent: Failed to get advertise address: Multiple private IPs found. Please configure one.
```
To fix this:
1. Pick an address on the node that all of the other nodes can reach this node through.
1. Update your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
```ruby
consul['configuration'] = {
...
bind_addr: 'IP ADDRESS'
}
```
1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
### Outage recovery
If you lost enough server agents in the cluster to break quorum, then the cluster is considered failed, and it will not function without manual intervenetion.
#### Recreate from scratch
By default, GitLab does not store anything in the consul cluster that cannot be recreated. To erase the consul database and reinitialize
```
# gitlab-ctl stop consul
# rm -rf /var/opt/gitlab/consul/data
# gitlab-ctl start consul
```
After this, the cluster should start back up, and the server agents rejoin. Shortly after that, the client agents should rejoin as well.
#### Recover a failed cluster
If you have taken advantage of consul to store other data, and want to restore the failed cluster, please follow the [Consul guide](https://www.consul.io/docs/guides/outage.html) to recover a failed cluster.
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# Configuring a Database for GitLab HA # Configuring PostgreSQL for Scaling and High Availability
You can choose to install and manage a database server (PostgreSQL/MySQL) ## Provide your own PostgreSQL instance **[CORE ONLY]**
yourself, or you can use GitLab Omnibus packages to help. GitLab recommends
PostgreSQL. This is the database that will be installed if you use the
Omnibus package to manage your database.
## Configure your own database server
If you're hosting GitLab on a cloud provider, you can optionally use a If you're hosting GitLab on a cloud provider, you can optionally use a
managed service for PostgreSQL. For example, AWS offers a managed Relational managed service for PostgreSQL. For example, AWS offers a managed Relational
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1. Configure the GitLab application servers with the appropriate details. 1. Configure the GitLab application servers with the appropriate details.
This step is covered in [Configuring GitLab for HA](gitlab.md). This step is covered in [Configuring GitLab for HA](gitlab.md).
## Configure using Omnibus ## PostgreSQL in a Scaled Environment
1. Download/install GitLab Omnibus using **steps 1 and 2** from This section is relevant for [Scaled Architecture](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
[GitLab downloads](https://about.gitlab.com/downloads). Do not complete other environments including [Basic Scaling](./README.md#basic-scaling) and
steps on the download page. [Full Scaling](./README.md#full-scaling).
1. Create/edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and use the following configuration.
Be sure to change the `external_url` to match your eventual GitLab front-end
URL. If there is a directive listed below that you do not see in the configuration, be sure to add it.
```ruby ### Provide your own PostgreSQL instance **[CORE ONLY]**
external_url 'https://gitlab.example.com'
If you want to use your own deployed PostgreSQL instance(s),
see [Provide your own PostgreSQL instance](#provide-your-own-postgresql-instance-core-only)
for more details. However, you can use the GitLab Omnibus package to easily
deploy the bundled PostgreSQL.
### Standalone PostgreSQL using GitLab Omnibus **[CORE ONLY]**
1. SSH into the PostgreSQL server.
1. [Download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/installation) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want using **steps 1 and 2** from the GitLab downloads page.
- Do not complete any other steps on the download page.
1. Generate a password hash for PostgreSQL. This assumes you will use the default
username of `gitlab` (recommended). The command will request a password
and confirmation. Use the value that is output by this command in the next
step as the value of `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`.
```sh
sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab
```
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents below, updating placeholder
values appropriately.
- `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH` - The value output from the previous step
- `APPLICATION_SERVER_IP_BLOCKS` - A space delimited list of IP subnets or IP
addresses of the GitLab application servers that will connect to the
database. Example: `%w(123.123.123.123/32 123.123.123.234/32)`
```ruby
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL # Disable all components except PostgreSQL
roles ['postgres_role'] roles ['postgres_role']
repmgr['enable'] = false
consul['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
redis_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
postgresql['port'] = 5432
# Replace POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH'
# Replace XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY with Network Address
# ????
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(APPLICATION_SERVER_IP_BLOCKS)
# Disable automatic database migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
NOTE: **Note:** The role `postgres_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3
1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
1. Note the PostgreSQL node's IP address or hostname, port, and
plain text password. These will be necessary when configuring the GitLab
application servers later.
Advanced configuration options are supported and can be added if
needed.
Continue configuration of other components by going
[back to Scaled Architectures](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
## PostgreSQL with High Availability
This section is relevant for [High Availability Architecture](./README.md#high-availability-architecture-examples)
environments including [Horizontal](./README.md#horizontal),
[Hybrid](./README.md#hybrid), and
[Fully Distributed](./README.md#fully-distributed).
### Provide your own PostgreSQL instance **[CORE ONLY]**
If you want to use your own deployed PostgreSQL instance(s),
see [Provide your own PostgreSQL instance](#provide-your-own-postgresql-instance-core-only)
for more details. However, you can use the GitLab Omnibus package to easily
deploy the bundled PostgreSQL.
### High Availability with GitLab Omnibus **[PREMIUM ONLY]**
> Important notes:
> - This document will focus only on configuration supported with [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/), using the Omnibus GitLab package.
> - If you are a Community Edition or Starter user, consider using a cloud hosted solution.
> - This document will not cover installations from source.
>
> - If HA setup is not what you were looking for, see the [database configuration document](http://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html)
> for the Omnibus GitLab packages.
> Please read this document fully before attempting to configure PostgreSQL HA
> for GitLab.
>
> This configuration is GA in EE 10.2.
The recommended configuration for a PostgreSQL HA requires:
- A minimum of three database nodes
- Each node will run the following services:
- `PostgreSQL` - The database itself
- `repmgrd` - A service to monitor, and handle failover in case of a failure
- `Consul` agent - Used for service discovery, to alert other nodes when failover occurs
- A minimum of three `Consul` server nodes
- A minimum of one `pgbouncer` service node
You also need to take into consideration the underlying network topology,
making sure you have redundant connectivity between all Database and GitLab instances,
otherwise the networks will become a single point of failure.
#### Architecture
![PG HA Architecture](pg_ha_architecture.png)
Database nodes run two services with PostgreSQL:
- Repmgrd. Monitors the cluster and handles failover when issues with the master occur. The failover consists of:
- Selecting a new master for the cluster.
- Promoting the new node to master.
- Instructing remaining servers to follow the new master node.
On failure, the old master node is automatically evicted from the cluster, and should be rejoined manually once recovered.
- Consul. Monitors the status of each node in the database cluster and tracks its health in a service definition on the consul cluster.
Alongside pgbouncer, there is a consul agent that watches the status of the PostgreSQL service. If that status changes, consul runs a script which updates the configuration and reloads pgbouncer
##### Connection flow
Each service in the package comes with a set of [default ports](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#ports). You may need to make specific firewall rules for the connections listed below:
- Application servers connect to [PgBouncer default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#pgbouncer)
- PgBouncer connects to the primary database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
- Repmgr connects to the database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
- Postgres secondaries connect to the primary database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
- Consul servers and agents connect to each others [Consul default ports](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#consul)
#### Required information
Before proceeding with configuration, you will need to collect all the necessary
information.
##### Network information
PostgreSQL does not listen on any network interface by default. It needs to know
which IP address to listen on in order to be accessible to other services.
Similarly, PostgreSQL access is controlled based on the network source.
This is why you will need:
> IP address of each nodes network interface
> - This can be set to `0.0.0.0` to listen on all interfaces. It cannot
> be set to the loopack address `127.0.0.1`
>
> Network Address
> - This can be in subnet (i.e. `192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0`) or CIDR (i.e.
> `192.168.0.0/24`) form.
##### User information
Various services require different configuration to secure
the communication as well as information required for running the service.
Bellow you will find details on each service and the minimum required
information you need to provide.
##### Consul information
When using default setup, minimum configuration requires:
- `CONSUL_USERNAME`. Defaults to `gitlab-consul`
- `CONSUL_DATABASE_PASSWORD`. Password for the database user.
- `CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of consul username/password pair.
Can be generated with:
```sh
sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 CONSUL_USERNAME
```
- `CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`. The IP addresses or DNS records of the Consul server nodes.
Few notes on the service itself:
- The service runs under a system account, by default `gitlab-consul`.
- If you are using a different username, you will have to specify it. We
will refer to it with `CONSUL_USERNAME`,
- There will be a database user created with read only access to the repmgr
database
- Passwords will be stored in the following locations:
- `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: hashed
- `/var/opt/gitlab/pgbouncer/pg_auth`: hashed
- `/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-consul/.pgpass`: plaintext
##### PostgreSQL information
When configuring PostgreSQL, we will set `max_wal_senders` to one more than
the number of database nodes in the cluster.
This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
available database connections.
> Note:
> - In this document we are assuming 3 database nodes, which makes this configuration:
```
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
```
As previously mentioned, you'll have to prepare the network subnets that will
be allowed to authenticate with the database.
You'll also need to supply the IP addresses or DNS records of Consul
server nodes.
We will need the following password information for the application's database user:
- `POSTGRESQL_USERNAME`. Defaults to `gitlab`
- `POSTGRESQL_USER_PASSWORD`. The password for the database user
- `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of the username/password pair.
Can be generated with:
```sh
sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
```
##### Pgbouncer information
When using default setup, minimum configuration requires:
- `PGBOUNCER_USERNAME`. Defaults to `pgbouncer`
- `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD`. This is a password for pgbouncer service.
- `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of pgbouncer username/password pair.
Can be generated with:
```sh
sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 PGBOUNCER_USERNAME
```
- `PGBOUNCER_NODE`, is the IP address or a FQDN of the node running Pgbouncer.
Few notes on the service itself:
- The service runs as the same system account as the database
- In the package, this is by default `gitlab-psql`
- If you use a non-default user account for Pgbouncer service (by default `pgbouncer`), you will have to specify this username. We will refer to this requirement with `PGBOUNCER_USERNAME`.
- The service will have a regular database user account generated for it
- This defaults to `repmgr`
- Passwords will be stored in the following locations:
- `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: hashed, and in plain text
- `/var/opt/gitlab/pgbouncer/pg_auth`: hashed
##### Repmgr information
When using default setup, you will only have to prepare the network subnets that will
be allowed to authenticate with the service.
Few notes on the service itself:
- The service runs under the same system account as the database
- In the package, this is by default `gitlab-psql`
- The service will have a superuser database user account generated for it
- This defaults to `gitlab_repmgr`
#### Installing Omnibus GitLab
First, make sure to [download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/installation)
GitLab Omnibus **on each node**.
Make sure you install the necessary dependencies from step 1,
add GitLab package repository from step 2.
When installing the GitLab package, do not supply `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
#### Configuring the Consul nodes
On each Consul node perform the following:
1. Make sure you collect [`CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`](#consul-information) before executing the next step.
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` replacing values noted in the `# START user configuration` section:
```ruby
# Disable all components except Consul
roles ['consul_role']
# START user configuration
# Replace placeholders:
#
# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
consul['configuration'] = {
server: true,
retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
}
# Disable auto migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
#
# END user configuration
```
> `consul_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3
1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Consul Checkpoint
Before moving on, make sure Consul is configured correctly. Run the following
command to verify all server nodes are communicating:
```
/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/consul members
```
The output should be similar to:
```
Node Address Status Type Build Protocol DC
CONSUL_NODE_ONE XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY:8301 alive server 0.9.2 2 gitlab_consul
CONSUL_NODE_TWO XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY:8301 alive server 0.9.2 2 gitlab_consul
CONSUL_NODE_THREE XXX.XXX.XXX.YYY:8301 alive server 0.9.2 2 gitlab_consul
```
If any of the nodes isn't `alive` or if any of the three nodes are missing,
check the [Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) before proceeding.
#### Configuring the Database nodes
1. Make sure you collect [`CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`](#consul-information), [`PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`](#pgbouncer-information), [`POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`](#postgresql-information), the [number of db nodes](#postgresql-information), and the [network address](#network-information) before executing the next step.
1. On the master database node, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` replacing values noted in the `# START user configuration` section:
```ruby
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL and Repmgr and Consul
roles ['postgres_role']
# PostgreSQL configuration # PostgreSQL configuration
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'DB password'
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['0.0.0.0/0']
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0' postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
# Disable automatic database migrations # Disable automatic database migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the consul agent
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
# START user configuration
# Please set the real values as explained in Required Information section
#
# Replace PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = 'PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH'
# Replace POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH'
# Replace X with value of number of db nodes + 1
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = X
# Replace XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY with Network Address
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY)
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(127.0.0.1/32 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY)
# Replace placeholders:
#
# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
}
#
# END user configuration
```
> `postgres_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3
1. On secondary nodes, add all the configuration specified above for primary node
to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. In addition, append the following configuration
to inform gitlab-ctl that they are standby nodes initially and it need not
attempt to register them as primary node
```
# HA setting to specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
``` ```
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` to install and configure PostgreSQL. 1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for te changes to take effect.
> **Note**: This `reconfigure` step will result in some errors. > Please note:
That's OK - don't be alarmed. > - If you want your database to listen on a specific interface, change the config:
> `postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'`
> - If your Pgbouncer service runs under a different user account,
> you also need to specify: `postgresql['pgbouncer_user'] = PGBOUNCER_USERNAME` in
> your configuration
##### Database nodes post-configuration
###### Primary node
Select one node as a primary node.
1. Open a database prompt: 1. Open a database prompt:
```sh
gitlab-psql -d gitlabhq_production
```
1. Enable the `pg_trgm` extension:
```sh
CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
```
1. Exit the database prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
1. Verify the cluster is initialized with one node:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
```
The output should be similar to the following:
```
Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
----------+----------|----------|----------------------------------------
* master | HOSTNAME | | host=HOSTNAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
```
1. Note down the hostname/ip in the connection string: `host=HOSTNAME`. We will
refer to the hostname in the next section as `MASTER_NODE_NAME`. If the value
is not an IP address, it will need to be a resolvable name (via DNS or
`/etc/hosts`)
###### Secondary nodes
1. Set up the repmgr standby:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup MASTER_NODE_NAME
``` ```
su - gitlab-psql
/bin/bash
psql -h /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql -d template1
# Output: Do note that this will remove the existing data on the node. The command
has a wait time.
psql (9.2.15) The output should be similar to the following:
Type "help" for help.
template1=# ```console
# gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup MASTER_NODE_NAME
Doing this will delete the entire contents of /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/data
If this is not what you want, hit Ctrl-C now to exit
To skip waiting, rerun with the -w option
Sleeping for 30 seconds
Stopping the database
Removing the data
Cloning the data
Starting the database
Registering the node with the cluster
ok: run: repmgrd: (pid 19068) 0s
``` ```
1. Run the following command at the database prompt and you will be asked to 1. Verify the node now appears in the cluster:
enter the new password for the PostgreSQL superuser.
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
``` ```
\password
# Output: The output should be similar to the following:
Enter new password:
Enter it again:
``` ```
Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
----------+---------|-----------|------------------------------------------------
* master | MASTER | | host=MASTER_NODE_NAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
standby | STANDBY | MASTER | host=STANDBY_HOSTNAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
```
Repeat the above steps on all secondary nodes.
##### Database checkpoint
Before moving on, make sure the databases are configured correctly. Run the
following command on the **primary** node to verify that replication is working
properly:
```
gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
```
The output should be similar to:
```
Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
----------+--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
* master | MASTER | | host=MASTER port=5432 user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
standby | STANDBY | MASTER | host=STANDBY port=5432 user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
```
If the 'Role' column for any node says "FAILED", check the
[Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) before proceeding.
Also, check that the check master command works successfully on each node:
```
su - gitlab-consul
gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master || echo 'This node is a standby repmgr node'
```
This command relies on exit codes to tell Consul whether a particular node is a master
or secondary. The most important thing here is that this command does not produce errors.
If there are errors it's most likely due to incorrect `gitlab-consul` database user permissions.
Check the [Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) before proceeding.
1. Similarly, set the password for the `gitlab` database user. Use the same #### Configuring the Pgbouncer node
password that you specified in the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file for
`gitlab_rails['db_password']`.
1. Make sure you collect [`CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`](#consul-information), [`CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH`](#consul-information), and [`PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`](#pgbouncer-information) before executing the next step.
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` replacing values noted in the `# START user configuration` section:
```ruby
# Disable all components except Pgbouncer and Consul agent
roles ['pgbouncer_role']
# Configure Pgbouncer
pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
# Configure Consul agent
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
# START user configuration
# Please set the real values as explained in Required Information section
# Replace CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH with with a generated md5 value
# Replace PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH with with a generated md5 value
pgbouncer['users'] = {
'gitlab-consul': {
password: 'CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH'
},
'pgbouncer': {
password: 'PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH'
}
}
# Replace placeholders:
#
# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
}
#
# END user configuration
``` ```
\password gitlab
# Output: > `pgbouncer_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3
Enter new password: 1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
Enter it again:
1. Create a `.pgpass` file so Consule is able to
reload pgbouncer. Enter the `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD` twice when asked:
```sh
gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --host 127.0.0.1 --database pgbouncer --user pgbouncer --hostuser gitlab-consul
``` ```
1. Exit from editing `template1` prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
1. Enable the `pg_trgm` extension within the `gitlabhq_production` database:
##### PGBouncer Checkpoint
1. Ensure the node is talking to the current master:
```sh
gitlab-ctl pgb-console # You will be prompted for PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD
``` ```
If there is an error `psql: ERROR: Auth failed` after typing in the
password, ensure you previously generated the MD5 password hashes with the correct
format. The correct format is to concatenate the password and the username:
`PASSWORDUSERNAME`. For example, `Sup3rS3cr3tpgbouncer` would be the text
needed to generate an MD5 password hash for the `pgbouncer` user.
1. Once the console prompt is available, run the following queries:
```sh
show databases ; show clients ;
```
The output should be similar to the following:
```
name | host | port | database | force_user | pool_size | reserve_pool | pool_mode | max_connections | current_connections
---------------------+-------------+------+---------------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------
gitlabhq_production | MASTER_HOST | 5432 | gitlabhq_production | | 20 | 0 | | 0 | 0
pgbouncer | | 6432 | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | 2 | 0 | statement | 0 | 0
(2 rows)
type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link | remote_pid | tls
------+-----------+---------------------+---------+----------------+-------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------+------------+-----
C | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | active | 127.0.0.1 | 56846 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2017-08-21 18:09:59 | 2017-08-21 18:10:48 | 0x22b3880 | | 0 |
(2 rows)
```
#### Configuring the Application nodes
These will be the nodes running the `gitlab-rails` service. You may have other
attributes set, but the following need to be set.
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Disable PostgreSQL on the application node
postgresql['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = 'PGBOUNCER_NODE'
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_USER_PASSWORD'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Application node post-configuration
Ensure that all migrations ran:
```sh
gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure
```
> **Note**: If you encounter a `rake aborted!` error stating that PGBouncer is failing to connect to
PostgreSQL it may be that your PGBouncer node's IP address is missing from
PostgreSQL's `trust_auth_cidr_addresses` in `gitlab.rb` on your database nodes. See
[PGBouncer error `ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server`](#pgbouncer-error-error-pgbouncer-cannot-connect-to-server)
in the Troubleshooting section before proceeding.
##### Ensure GitLab is running
At this point, your GitLab instance should be up and running. Verify you are
able to login, and create issues and merge requests. If you have troubles check
the [Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting).
#### Example configuration
Here we'll show you some fully expanded example configurations.
##### Example recommended setup
This example uses 3 consul servers, 3 postgresql servers, and 1 application node.
We start with all servers on the same 10.6.0.0/16 private network range, they
can connect to each freely other on those addresses.
Here is a list and description of each machine and the assigned IP:
* `10.6.0.11`: Consul 1
* `10.6.0.12`: Consul 2
* `10.6.0.13`: Consul 3
* `10.6.0.21`: PostgreSQL master
* `10.6.0.22`: PostgreSQL secondary
* `10.6.0.23`: PostgreSQL secondary
* `10.6.0.31`: GitLab application
All passwords are set to `toomanysecrets`, please do not use this password or derived hashes.
The external_url for GitLab is `http://gitlab.example.com`
Please note that after the initial configuration, if a failover occurs, the PostgresSQL master will change to one of the available secondaries until it is failed back.
##### Example recommended setup for Consul servers
On each server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Disable all components except Consul
roles ['consul_role']
consul['configuration'] = {
server: true,
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
}
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Example recommended setup for PostgreSQL servers
###### Primary node
On primary node edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL and Repmgr and Consul
roles ['postgres_role']
# PostgreSQL configuration
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
# Disable automatic database migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the consul agent
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = '450409b85a0223a214b5fb1484f34d0f'
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
}
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
###### Secondary nodes
On secondary nodes, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add all the configuration
added to primary node, noted above. In addition, append the following
configuration
```
# HA setting to specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Example recommended setup for application server
On the server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '127.0.0.1'
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'toomanysecrets'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
pgbouncer['enable'] = true
consul['enable'] = true
# Configure Pgbouncer
pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
# Configure Consul agent
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
pgbouncer['users'] = {
'gitlab-consul': {
password: '5e0e3263571e3704ad655076301d6ebe'
},
'pgbouncer': {
password: '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
}
}
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
}
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Example recommended setup manual steps
After deploying the configuration follow these steps:
1. On `10.6.0.21`, our primary database
Enable the `pg_trgm` extension
```sh
gitlab-psql -d gitlabhq_production gitlab-psql -d gitlabhq_production
```
```
CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm; CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
```
# Output: 1. On `10.6.0.22`, our first standby database
CREATE EXTENSION Make this node a standby of the primary
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup 10.6.0.21
``` ```
1. Exit the database prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
1. Exit the `gitlab-psql` user by running `exit` twice. 1. On `10.6.0.23`, our second standby database
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` a final time.
1. Configure the GitLab application servers with the appropriate details. Make this node a standby of the primary
This step is covered in [Configuring GitLab for HA](gitlab.md).
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup 10.6.0.21
```
1. On `10.6.0.31`, our application server
Set gitlab-consul's pgbouncer password to `toomanysecrets`
```sh
gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --host 127.0.0.1 --database pgbouncer --user pgbouncer --hostuser gitlab-consul
```
Run database migrations
```sh
gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure
```
#### Example minimal setup
This example uses 3 postgresql servers, and 1 application node.
It differs from the [recommended setup](#example-recommended-setup) by moving the consul servers into the same servers we use for PostgreSQL.
The trade-off is between reducing server counts, against the increased operational complexity of needing to deal with postgres [failover](#failover-procedure) and [restore](#restore-procedure) procedures in addition to [consul outage recovery](consul.md#outage-recovery) on the same set of machines.
In this example we start with all servers on the same 10.6.0.0/16 private network range, they can connect to each freely other on those addresses.
Here is a list and description of each machine and the assigned IP:
* `10.6.0.21`: PostgreSQL master
* `10.6.0.22`: PostgreSQL secondary
* `10.6.0.23`: PostgreSQL secondary
* `10.6.0.31`: GitLab application
All passwords are set to `toomanysecrets`, please do not use this password or derived hashes.
The external_url for GitLab is `http://gitlab.example.com`
Please note that after the initial configuration, if a failover occurs, the PostgresSQL master will change to one of the available secondaries until it is failed back.
##### Example minimal configuration for database servers
##### Primary node
On primary database node edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL, Repmgr, and Consul
roles ['postgres_role']
# PostgreSQL configuration
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
# Disable automatic database migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the consul agent
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = '450409b85a0223a214b5fb1484f34d0f'
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
consul['configuration'] = {
server: true,
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.21 10.6.0.22 10.6.0.23)
}
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
###### Secondary nodes
On secondary nodes, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add all the information added
to primary node, noted above. In addition, append the following configuration
```
# HA setting to specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
```
##### Example minimal configuration for application server
On the server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '127.0.0.1'
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'toomanysecrets'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
pgbouncer['enable'] = true
consul['enable'] = true
# Configure Pgbouncer
pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
# Configure Consul agent
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
pgbouncer['users'] = {
'gitlab-consul': {
password: '5e0e3263571e3704ad655076301d6ebe'
},
'pgbouncer': {
password: '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
}
}
consul['configuration'] = {
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.21 10.6.0.22 10.6.0.23)
}
```
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
##### Example minimal setup manual steps
The manual steps for this configuration are the same as for the [example recommended setup](#example-recommended-setup-manual-steps).
#### Failover procedure
By default, if the master database fails, `repmgrd` should promote one of the
standby nodes to master automatically, and consul will update pgbouncer with
the new master.
If you need to failover manually, you have two options:
**Shutdown the current master database**
Run:
```sh
gitlab-ctl stop postgresql
```
The automated failover process will see this and failover to one of the
standby nodes.
**Or perform a manual failover**
1. Ensure the old master node is not still active.
1. Login to the server that should become the new master and run:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby promote
```
1. If there are any other standby servers in the cluster, have them follow
the new master server:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby follow NEW_MASTER
```
#### Restore procedure
If a node fails, it can be removed from the cluster, or added back as a standby
after it has been restored to service.
- If you want to remove the node from the cluster, on any other node in the
cluster, run:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby unregister --node=X
```
where X is the value of node in `repmgr.conf` on the old server.
To find this, you can use:
```sh
awk -F = '$1 == "node" { print $2 }' /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/repmgr.conf
```
It will output something like:
```
959789412
```
Then you will use this id to unregister the node:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby unregister --node=959789412
```
- To add the node as a standby server:
```sh
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby follow NEW_MASTER
gitlab-ctl restart repmgrd
```
CAUTION: **Warning:** When the server is brought back online, and before
you switch it to a standby node, repmgr will report that there are two masters.
If there are any clients that are still attempting to write to the old master,
this will cause a split, and the old master will need to be resynced from
scratch by performing a `gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup NEW_MASTER`.
#### Alternate configurations
##### Database authorization
By default, we give any host on the database network the permission to perform
repmgr operations using PostgreSQL's `trust` method. If you do not want this
level of trust, there are alternatives.
You can trust only the specific nodes that will be database clusters, or you
can require md5 authentication.
##### Trust specific addresses
If you know the IP address, or FQDN of all database and pgbouncer nodes in the
cluster, you can trust only those nodes.
In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` on all of the database nodes, set
`repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses']` to an array of strings containing all of
the addresses.
If setting to a node's FQDN, they must have a corresponding PTR record in DNS.
If setting to a node's IP address, specify it as `XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/32`.
For example:
```ruby
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(192.168.1.44/32 db2.example.com)
```
##### MD5 Authentication
If you are running on an untrusted network, repmgr can use md5 authentication
with a [.pgpass file](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/libpq-pgpass.html)
to authenticate.
You can specify by IP address, FQDN, or by subnet, using the same format as in
the previous section:
1. On the current master node, create a password for the `gitlab` and
`gitlab_repmgr` user:
```sh
gitlab-psql -d template1
template1=# \password gitlab_repmgr
Enter password: ****
Confirm password: ****
template1=# \password gitlab
```
1. On each database node:
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
1. Ensure `repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses']` is **not** set
1. Set `postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses']` to the desired value
1. Set `postgresql['sql_replication_user'] = 'gitlab_repmgr'`
1. Reconfigure with `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
1. Restart postgresql with `gitlab-ctl restart postgresql`
1. Create a `.pgpass` file. Enter the `gitlab_repmgr` password twice to
when asked:
```sh
gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --user gitlab_repmgr --hostuser gitlab-psql --database '*'
```
1. On each pgbouncer node, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
1. Ensure `gitlab_rails['db_password']` is set to the plaintext password for
the `gitlab` database user
1. [Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect
## Troubleshooting
#### Consul and PostgreSQL changes not taking effect.
Due to the potential impacts, `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` only reloads Consul and PostgreSQL, it will not restart the services. However, not all changes can be activated by reloading.
To restart either service, run `gitlab-ctl restart SERVICE`
For PostgreSQL, it is usually safe to restart the master node by default. Automatic failover defaults to a 1 minute timeout. Provided the database returns before then, nothing else needs to be done. To be safe, you can stop `repmgrd` on the standby nodes first with `gitlab-ctl stop repmgrd`, then start afterwards with `gitlab-ctl start repmgrd`.
On the consul server nodes, it is important to restart the consul service in a controlled fashion. Read our [consul documentation](consul.md#restarting-the-server-cluster) for instructions on how to restart the service.
#### `gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master` command produces errors
If this command displays errors about database permissions it is likely that something failed during
install, resulting in the `gitlab-consul` database user getting incorrect permissions. Follow these
steps to fix the problem:
1. On the master database node, connect to the database prompt - `gitlab-psql -d template1`
1. Delete the `gitlab-consul` user - `DROP USER "gitlab-consul";`
1. Exit the database prompt - `\q`
1. [Reconfigure GitLab] and the user will be re-added with the proper permissions.
1. Change to the `gitlab-consul` user - `su - gitlab-consul`
1. Try the check command again - `gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master`.
Now there should not be errors. If errors still occur then there is another problem.
#### PGBouncer error `ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server`
You may get this error when running `gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure` or you
may see the error in the PGBouncer log file.
```
PG::ConnectionBad: ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server
```
The problem may be that your PGBouncer node's IP address is not included in the
`trust_auth_cidr_addresses` setting in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` on the database nodes.
You can confirm that this is the issue by checking the PostgreSQL log on the master
database node. If you see the following error then `trust_auth_cidr_addresses`
is the problem.
```
2018-03-29_13:59:12.11776 FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "123.123.123.123", user "pgbouncer", database "gitlabhq_production", SSL off
```
To fix the problem, add the IP address to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
```
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(123.123.123.123/32 <other_cidrs>)
```
[Reconfigure GitLab] for the changes to take effect.
#### Issues with other components
If you're running into an issue with a component not outlined here, be sure to check the troubleshooting section of their specific documentation page.
- [Consul](consul.md#troubleshooting)
- [PostgreSQL](http://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html#troubleshooting)
- [GitLab application](gitlab.md#troubleshooting)
## Configure using Omnibus
**Note**: We recommend that you follow the instructions here for a full [PostgreSQL cluster](#high-availability-with-gitlab-omnibus-premium-only).
If you are reading this section due to an old bookmark, you can find that old documentation [in the repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/v10.1.4/doc/administration/high_availability/database.md#configure-using-omnibus).
--- ---
...@@ -114,3 +1165,6 @@ Read more on high-availability configuration: ...@@ -114,3 +1165,6 @@ Read more on high-availability configuration:
1. [Configure NFS](nfs.md) 1. [Configure NFS](nfs.md)
1. [Configure the GitLab application servers](gitlab.md) 1. [Configure the GitLab application servers](gitlab.md)
1. [Configure the load balancers](load_balancer.md) 1. [Configure the load balancers](load_balancer.md)
1. [Manage the bundled Consul cluster](consul.md)
[reconfigure GitLab]: ../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure
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# Configuring Gitaly for Scaled and High Availability
Gitaly does not yet support full high availability. However, Gitaly is quite
stable and is in use on GitLab.com. Scaled and highly available GitLab environments
should consider using Gitaly on a separate node.
See the [Gitaly HA Epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/289) to
track plans and progress toward high availability support.
This document is relevant for [Scaled Architecture](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
environments and [High Availability Architecture](./README.md#high-availability-architecture-examples).
## Running Gitaly on its own server
Starting with GitLab 11.4, Gitaly is a replacement for NFS except
when the [Elastic Search indexer](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer)
is used.
NOTE: **Note:** While Gitaly can be used as a replacement for NFS, we do not recommend using EFS as it may impact GitLab's performance. Please review the [relevant documentation](nfs.md#avoid-using-awss-elastic-file-system-efs) for more details.
NOTE: **Note:** Gitaly network traffic is unencrypted so we recommend a firewall to
restrict access to your Gitaly server.
The steps below are the minimum necessary to configure a Gitaly server with
Omnibus:
1. SSH into the Gitaly server.
1. [Download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/installation) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want using **steps 1 and 2** from the GitLab downloads page.
- Do not complete any other steps on the download page.
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
Gitaly must trigger some callbacks to GitLab via GitLab Shell. As a result,
the GitLab Shell secret must be the same between the other GitLab servers and
the Gitaly server. The easiest way to accomplish this is to copy `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json`
from an existing GitLab server to the Gitaly server. Without this shared secret,
Git operations in GitLab will result in an API error.
> **NOTE:** In most or all cases the storage paths below end in `repositories` which is
different than `path` in `git_data_dirs` of Omnibus installations. Check the
directory layout on your Gitaly server to be sure.
```ruby
# Enable Gitaly
gitaly['enable'] = true
## Disable all other services
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
redis_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
# Prevent database connections during 'gitlab-ctl reconfigure'
gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the gitlab-shell API callback URL. Without this, `git push` will
# fail. This can be your 'front door' GitLab URL or an internal load
# balancer.
gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'https://gitlab.example.com'
# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces. You must use
# firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'abc123secret'
gitaly['storage'] = [
{ 'name' => 'default', 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/default/repositories' },
{ 'name' => 'storage1', 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/storage1/repositories' },
]
# To use tls for gitaly you need to add
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "path/to/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "path/to/key.pem"
```
Again, reconfigure (Omnibus) or restart (source).
Continue configuration of other components by going back to:
- [Scaled Architectures](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
- [High Availability Architectures](./README.md#high-availability-architecture-examples)
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# Configuring GitLab for HA # Configuring GitLab Scaling and High Availability
Assuming you have already configured a [database](database.md), [Redis](redis.md), and [NFS](nfs.md), you can
configure the GitLab application server(s) now. Complete the steps below
for each GitLab application server in your environment.
> **Note:** There is some additional configuration near the bottom for > **Note:** There is some additional configuration near the bottom for
additional GitLab application servers. It's important to read and understand additional GitLab application servers. It's important to read and understand
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# Configuring NFS for GitLab HA
Setting up NFS for a GitLab HA setup allows all applications nodes in a cluster
to share the same files and maintain data consistency. Application nodes in an HA
setup act as clients while the NFS server plays host.
> Note: The instructions provided in this documentation allow for setting a quick
proof of concept but will leave NFS as potential single point of failure and
therefore not recommended for use in production. Explore options such as [Pacemaker
and Corosync](http://clusterlabs.org/) for highly available NFS in production.
Below are instructions for setting up an application node(client) in an HA cluster
to read from and write to a central NFS server(host).
NOTE: **Note:**
Using EFS may negatively impact performance. Please review the [relevant documentation](nfs.md#avoid-using-awss-elastic-file-system-efs) for additional details.
## NFS Server Setup
> Follow the instructions below to set up and configure your NFS server.
### Step 1 - Install NFS Server on Host
Installing the nfs-kernel-server package allows you to share directories with the clients running the GitLab application.
```sh
apt-get update
apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
```
### Step 2 - Export Host's Home Directory to Client
In this setup we will share the home directory on the host with the client. Edit the exports file as below to share the host's home directory with the client. If you have multiple clients running GitLab you must enter the client IP addresses in line in the `/etc/exports` file.
```text
#/etc/exports for one client
/home <client-ip-address>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
#/etc/exports for three clients
/home <client-ip-address>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) <client-2-ip-address>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) <client-3-ip-address>(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
```
Restart the NFS server after making changes to the `exports` file for the changes
to take effect.
```sh
systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server
```
NOTE: **Note:**
You may need to update your server's firewall. See the [firewall section](#nfs-in-a-firewalled-environment) at the end of this guide.
## Client/ GitLab application node Setup
> Follow the instructions below to connect any GitLab rails application node running
inside your HA environment to the NFS server configured above.
### Step 1 - Install NFS Common on Client
The nfs-common provides NFS functionality without installing server components which
we don't need running on the application nodes.
```sh
apt-get update
apt-get install nfs-common
```
### Step 2 - Create Mount Points on Client
Create a directroy on the client that we can mount the shared directory from the host.
Please note that if your mount point directory contains any files they will be hidden
once the remote shares are mounted. An empty/new directory on the client is recommended
for this purpose.
```sh
mkdir -p /nfs/home
```
Confirm that the mount point works by mounting it on the client and checking that
it is mounted with the command below:
```sh
mount <host_ip_address>:/home
df -h
```
### Step 3 - Set up Automatic Mounts on Boot
Edit `/etc/fstab` on client as below to mount the remote shares automatically at boot.
Note that GitLab requires advisory file locking, which is only supported natively in
NFS version 4. NFSv3 also supports locking as long as Linux Kernel 2.6.5+ is used.
We recommend using version 4 and do not specifically test NFSv3.
```text
#/etc/fstab
165.227.159.85:/home /nfs/home nfs4 defaults,soft,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,noatime,nofail,lookupcache=positive 0 2
```
Reboot the client and confirm that the mount point is mounted automatically.
### Step 4 - Set up GitLab to Use NFS mounts
When using the default Omnibus configuration you will need to share 5 data locations
between all GitLab cluster nodes. No other locations should be shared. Changing the
default file locations in `gitlab.rb` on the client allows you to have one main mount
point and have all the required locations as subdirectories to use the NFS mount for
git-data.
```text
git_data_dirs({"default" => {"path" => "/nfs/home/var/opt/gitlab-data/git-data"}})
gitlab_rails['uploads_directory'] = '/nfs/home/var/opt/gitlab-data/uploads'
gitlab_rails['shared_path'] = '/nfs/home/var/opt/gitlab-data/shared'
gitlab_ci['builds_directory'] = '/nfs/home/var/opt/gitlab-data/builds'
```
Save the changes in `gitlab.rb` and run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`.
## NFS in a Firewalled Environment
If the traffic between your NFS server and NFS client(s) is subject to port filtering
by a firewall, then you will need to reconfigure that firewall to allow NFS communication.
[This guide from TDLP](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/security.html#FIREWALLS)
covers the basics of using NFS in a firewalled environment. Additionally, we encourage you to
search for and review the specific documentation for your OS/distro and your firewall software.
Example for Ubuntu:
Check that NFS traffic from the client is allowed by the firewall on the host by running
the command: `sudo ufw status`. If it's being blocked, then you can allow traffic from a specific
client with the command below.
```sh
sudo ufw allow from <client-ip-address> to any port nfs
```
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# Working with the bundle Pgbouncer service
## Overview
As part of its High Availability stack, GitLab Premium includes a bundled version of [Pgbouncer](https://pgbouncer.github.io/) that can be managed through `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
In a High Availability setup, Pgbouncer is used to seamlessly migrate database connections between servers in a failover scenario.
Additionally, it can be used in a non-HA setup to pool connections, speeding up response time while reducing resource usage.
It is recommended to run pgbouncer alongside the `gitlab-rails` service, or on its own dedicated node in a cluster.
## Operations
### Running Pgbouncer as part of an HA GitLab installation
See our [HA documentation for PostgreSQL](database.md) for information on running pgbouncer as part of a HA setup
### Running Pgbouncer as part of a non-HA GitLab installation
1. Generate PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH with the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 pgbouncer`
1. Generate SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH with the command `gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab`. We'll also need to enter the plaintext SQL_USER_PASSWORD later
1. On your database node, ensure the following is set in your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
```ruby
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = 'PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'SQL_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
postgresql['listen_address'] = 'XX.XX.XX.Y' # Where XX.XX.XX.Y is the ip address on the node postgresql should listen on
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(AA.AA.AA.B/32) # Where AA.AA.AA.B is the IP address of the pgbouncer node
```
1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
**Note:** If the database was already running, it will need to be restarted after reconfigure by running `gitlab-ctl restart postgresql`.
1. On the node you are running pgbouncer on, make sure the following is set in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
```ruby
pgbouncer['enable'] = true
pgbouncer['databases'] = {
gitlabhq_production: {
host: 'DATABASE_HOST',
user: 'pgbouncer',
password: 'PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD_HASH'
}
}
```
1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
1. On the node running unicorn, make sure the following is set in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`
```ruby
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = 'PGBOUNCER_HOST'
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = '6432'
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'SQL_USER_PASSWORD'
```
1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
1. At this point, your instance should connect to the database through pgbouncer. If you are having issues, see the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section
### Interacting with pgbouncer
#### Administrative console
As part of omnibus-gitlab, we provide a command `gitlab-ctl pgb-console` to automatically connect to the pgbouncer administrative console. Please see the [pgbouncer documentation](https://pgbouncer.github.io/usage.html#admin-console) for detailed instructions on how to interact with the console.
To start a session, run
```shell
# gitlab-ctl pgb-console
Password for user pgbouncer:
psql (9.6.8, server 1.7.2/bouncer)
Type "help" for help.
pgbouncer=#
```
The password you will be prompted for is the PGBOUNCER_USER_PASSWORD
To get some basic information about the instance, run
```shell
pgbouncer=# show databases; show clients; show servers;
name | host | port | database | force_user | pool_size | reserve_pool | pool_mode | max_connections | current_connections
---------------------+-----------+------+---------------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------
gitlabhq_production | 127.0.0.1 | 5432 | gitlabhq_production | | 100 | 5 | | 0 | 1
pgbouncer | | 6432 | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | 2 | 0 | statement | 0 | 0
(2 rows)
type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link
| remote_pid | tls
------+-----------+---------------------+--------+-----------+-------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------
+------------+-----
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44590 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x12444c0 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44592 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x12447c0 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44594 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:10 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x1244940 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44706 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:14:22 | 2018-04-24 22:16:31 | 0x1244ac0 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44708 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:14:22 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 0x1244c40 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44794 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 0x1244dc0 |
| 0 |
C | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44798 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:16:31 | 0x1244f40 |
| 0 |
C | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | active | 127.0.0.1 | 44660 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2018-04-24 22:13:51 | 2018-04-24 22:17:12 | 0x1244640 |
| 0 |
(8 rows)
type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link | rem
ote_pid | tls
------+--------+---------------------+-------+-----------+------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------+----
--------+-----
S | gitlab | gitlabhq_production | idle | 127.0.0.1 | 5432 | 127.0.0.1 | 35646 | 2018-04-24 22:15:15 | 2018-04-24 22:17:10 | 0x124dca0 | |
19980 |
(1 row)
```
## Troubleshooting
In case you are experiencing any issues connecting through pgbouncer, the first place to check is always the logs:
```shell
# gitlab-ctl tail pgbouncer
```
Additionally, you can check the output from `show databases` in the [Administrative console](#administrative-console). In the output, you would expect to see values in the `host` field for the `gitlabhq_production` database. Additionally, `current_connections` should be greater than 1.
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# Configuring Redis for GitLab HA # Configuring Redis for Scaling and High Availability
> Experimental Redis Sentinel support was [Introduced][ce-1877] in GitLab 8.11. ## Provide your own Redis instance **[CORE ONLY]**
The following are the requirements for providing your own Redis instance:
- Redis version 2.8 or higher. Version 3.2 or higher is recommend as this is
what ships with the GitLab Omnibus package.
- Standalone Redis or Redis high availability with Sentinel are supported. Redis
Cluster is not supported.
- Managed Redis from cloud providers such as AWS Elasticache will work. If these
services support high availability, be sure it is not the Redis Cluster type.
Note the Redis node's IP address or hostname, port, and password (if required).
These will be necessary when configuring the GitLab application servers later.
## Redis in a Scaled Environment
This section is relevant for [Scaled Architecture](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
environments including [Basic Scaling](./README.md#basic-scaling) and
[Full Scaling](./README.md#full-scaling).
### Provide your own Redis instance **[CORE ONLY]**
If you want to use your own deployed Redis instance(s),
see [Provide your own Redis instance](#provide-your-own-redis-instance-core-only)
for more details. However, you can use the GitLab Omnibus package to easily
deploy the bundled Redis.
### Standalone Redis using GitLab Omnibus **[CORE ONLY]**
The GitLab Omnibus package can be used to configure a standalone Redis server.
In this configuration Redis is not highly available, and represents a single
point of failure. However, in a scaled environment the objective is to allow
the environment to handle more users or to increase throughput. Redis itself
is generally stable and can handle many requests so it is an acceptable
trade off to have only a single instance. See [Scaling and High Availability](./README.md)
for an overview of GitLab scaling and high availability options.
The steps below are the minimum necessary to configure a Redis server with
Omnibus:
1. SSH into the Redis server.
1. [Download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/installation) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want using **steps 1 and 2** from the GitLab downloads page.
- Do not complete any other steps on the download page.
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
```ruby
## Enable Redis
redis['enable'] = true
## Disable all other services
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
redis['bind'] = '0.0.0.0'
redis['port'] = '6379'
redis['password'] = 'SECRET_PASSWORD_HERE'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect.
1. Note the Redis node's IP address or hostname, port, and
Redis password. These will be necessary when configuring the GitLab
application servers later.
Advanced configuration options are supported and can be added if
needed.
Continue configuration of other components by going
[back to Scaled Architectures](./README.md#scalable-architecture-examples)
## Redis with High Availability
This section is relevant for [High Availability Architecture](./README.md#high-availability-architecture-examples)
environments including [Horizontal](./README.md#horizontal),
[Hybrid](./README.md#hybrid), and
[Fully Distributed](./README.md#fully-distributed).
### Provide your own Redis instance **[CORE ONLY]**
If you want to use your own deployed Redis instance(s),
see [Provide your own Redis instance](#provide-your-own-redis-instance-core-only)
for more details. However, you can use the GitLab Omnibus package to easily
deploy the bundled Redis.
### High Availability with GitLab Omnibus **[PREMIUM ONLY]**
> Experimental Redis Sentinel support was [introduced in GitLab 8.11][ce-1877].
Starting with 8.14, Redis Sentinel is no longer experimental. Starting with 8.14, Redis Sentinel is no longer experimental.
If you've used it with versions `< 8.14` before, please check the updated If you've used it with versions `< 8.14` before, please check the updated
documentation here. documentation here.
...@@ -53,8 +150,6 @@ failure. ...@@ -53,8 +150,6 @@ failure.
Make sure that you read this document once as a whole before configuring the Make sure that you read this document once as a whole before configuring the
components below. components below.
### High Availability with Sentinel
> **Notes:** > **Notes:**
> >
> - Starting with GitLab `8.11`, you can configure a list of Redis Sentinel > - Starting with GitLab `8.11`, you can configure a list of Redis Sentinel
...@@ -270,9 +365,8 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following: ...@@ -270,9 +365,8 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents: 1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
```ruby ```ruby
# Enable the master role and disable all other services in the machine # Specify server role as 'redis_master_role'
# (you can still enable Sentinel). roles ['redis_master_role']
redis_master_role['enable'] = true
# IP address pointing to a local IP that the other machines can reach to. # IP address pointing to a local IP that the other machines can reach to.
# You can also set bind to '0.0.0.0' which listen in all interfaces. # You can also set bind to '0.0.0.0' which listen in all interfaces.
...@@ -288,6 +382,7 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following: ...@@ -288,6 +382,7 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
``` ```
1. Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations. To 1. Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations. To
prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, add the following prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, add the following
configuration to your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file: configuration to your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file:
...@@ -298,6 +393,10 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following: ...@@ -298,6 +393,10 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect. 1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect.
> Note: You can specify multiple roles like sentinel and redis as:
> roles ['redis_sentinel_role', 'redis_master_role']. Read more about high
> availability roles at https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/roles/
### Step 2. Configuring the slave Redis instances ### Step 2. Configuring the slave Redis instances
1. SSH into the **slave** Redis server. 1. SSH into the **slave** Redis server.
...@@ -310,10 +409,8 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following: ...@@ -310,10 +409,8 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents: 1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
```ruby ```ruby
# Enable the slave role and disable all other services in the machine # Specify server role as 'redis_slave_role'
# (you can still enable Sentinel). This will also set automatically roles ['redis_slave_role']
# `redis['master'] = false`.
redis_slave_role['enable'] = true
# IP address pointing to a local IP that the other machines can reach to. # IP address pointing to a local IP that the other machines can reach to.
# You can also set bind to '0.0.0.0' which listen in all interfaces. # You can also set bind to '0.0.0.0' which listen in all interfaces.
...@@ -336,17 +433,19 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following: ...@@ -336,17 +433,19 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
#redis['master_port'] = 6379 #redis['master_port'] = 6379
``` ```
1. To prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, run: 1. To prevent reconfigure from running automatically on upgrade, run:
``` ```
sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure
``` ```
Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations.
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect. 1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect.
1. Go through the steps again for all the other slave nodes. 1. Go through the steps again for all the other slave nodes.
> Note: You can specify multiple roles like sentinel and redis as:
> roles ['redis_sentinel_role', 'redis_slave_role']. Read more about high
> availability roles at https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/roles/
--- ---
These values don't have to be changed again in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` after These values don't have to be changed again in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` after
...@@ -400,13 +499,13 @@ multiple machines with the Sentinel daemon. ...@@ -400,13 +499,13 @@ multiple machines with the Sentinel daemon.
be duplicate below): be duplicate below):
```ruby ```ruby
redis_sentinel_role['enable'] = true roles ['redis_sentinel_role']
# Must be the same in every sentinel node # Must be the same in every sentinel node
redis['master_name'] = 'gitlab-redis' redis['master_name'] = 'gitlab-redis'
# The same password for Redis authentication you set up for the master node. # The same password for Redis authentication you set up for the master node.
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['master_password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
# The IP of the master Redis node. # The IP of the master Redis node.
redis['master_ip'] = '10.0.0.1' redis['master_ip'] = '10.0.0.1'
...@@ -573,8 +672,7 @@ or a failover promotes a different **Master** node. ...@@ -573,8 +672,7 @@ or a failover promotes a different **Master** node.
In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby ```ruby
redis_master_role['enable'] = true roles ['redis_sentinel_role', 'redis_master_role']
redis_sentinel_role['enable'] = true
redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.1' redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.1'
redis['port'] = 6379 redis['port'] = 6379
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
...@@ -596,8 +694,7 @@ sentinel['quorum'] = 2 ...@@ -596,8 +694,7 @@ sentinel['quorum'] = 2
In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby ```ruby
redis_slave_role['enable'] = true roles ['redis_sentinel_role', 'redis_slave_role']
redis_sentinel_role['enable'] = true
redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.2' redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.2'
redis['port'] = 6379 redis['port'] = 6379
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
...@@ -619,8 +716,7 @@ sentinel['quorum'] = 2 ...@@ -619,8 +716,7 @@ sentinel['quorum'] = 2
In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby ```ruby
redis_slave_role['enable'] = true roles ['redis_sentinel_role', 'redis_slave_role']
redis_sentinel_role['enable'] = true
redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.3' redis['bind'] = '10.0.0.3'
redis['port'] = 6379 redis['port'] = 6379
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
...@@ -643,7 +739,7 @@ In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: ...@@ -643,7 +739,7 @@ In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby ```ruby
redis['master_name'] = 'gitlab-redis' redis['master_name'] = 'gitlab-redis'
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here' redis['master_password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
gitlab_rails['redis_sentinels'] = [ gitlab_rails['redis_sentinels'] = [
{'host' => '10.0.0.1', 'port' => 26379}, {'host' => '10.0.0.1', 'port' => 26379},
{'host' => '10.0.0.2', 'port' => 26379}, {'host' => '10.0.0.2', 'port' => 26379},
...@@ -764,15 +860,11 @@ Before proceeding with the troubleshooting below, check your firewall rules: ...@@ -764,15 +860,11 @@ Before proceeding with the troubleshooting below, check your firewall rules:
### Troubleshooting Redis replication ### Troubleshooting Redis replication
You can check if everything is correct by connecting to each server using You can check if everything is correct by connecting to each server using
`redis-cli` application, and sending the `INFO` command. `redis-cli` application, and sending the `info replication` command as below.
If authentication was correctly defined, it should fail with: ```
`NOAUTH Authentication required` error. Try to authenticate with the /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/redis-cli -a <redis-password> info replication
previous defined password with `AUTH redis-password-goes-here` and ```
try the `INFO` command again.
Look for the `# Replication` section where you should see some important
information like the `role` of the server.
When connected to a `master` redis, you will see the number of connected When connected to a `master` redis, you will see the number of connected
`slaves`, and a list of each with connection details: `slaves`, and a list of each with connection details:
...@@ -842,7 +934,7 @@ To make sure your configuration is correct: ...@@ -842,7 +934,7 @@ To make sure your configuration is correct:
1. Run in the console: 1. Run in the console:
```ruby ```ruby
redis = Redis.new(Gitlab::Redis.params) redis = Redis.new(Gitlab::Redis::SharedState.params)
redis.info redis.info
``` ```
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