Commit 95c3b1fa authored by Alex Ives's avatar Alex Ives Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Add documentation for geo pause commands

- Add documentation for pausing/resuming replication
- Add link to page as a part of upgrade docs

Relates to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/35913
parent 6f52498e
......@@ -213,6 +213,26 @@ For information on configuring Geo, see [Geo configuration](configuration.md).
For information on how to update your Geo nodes to the latest GitLab version, see [Updating the Geo nodes](updating_the_geo_nodes.md).
### Pausing and resuming replication
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/35913) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.2.
In some circumstances, like during [upgrades](updating_the_geo_nodes.md) or a [planned failover](../disaster_recovery/planned_failover.md), it is desirable to pause replication between the primary and secondary.
Pausing and resuming replication is done via a command line tool from the secondary node.
**To Pause: (from secondary)**
```shell
gitlab-ctl geo-replication-pause
```
**To Resume: (from secondary)**
```shell
gitlab-ctl geo-replication-resume
```
### Configuring Geo for multiple servers
For information on configuring Geo for multiple servers, see [Geo for multiple servers](multiple_servers.md).
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......@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ NOTE: **Note:** These general update steps are not intended for [high-availabili
To update the Geo nodes when a new GitLab version is released, update **primary**
and all **secondary** nodes:
1. **Optional:** [Pause replication on each **secondary** node.](./index.md#pausing-and-resuming-replication)
1. Log into the **primary** node.
1. [Update GitLab on the **primary** node using Omnibus](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html).
1. Log into each **secondary** node.
1. [Update GitLab on each **secondary** node using Omnibus](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html).
1. If you paused replication in step 1, [resume replication on each **secondary**](./index.md#pausing-and-resuming-replication)
1. [Test](#check-status-after-updating) **primary** and **secondary** nodes, and check version in each.
### Check status after updating
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