Commit ac3e0dda authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'cguitarte-update-geo-configuration-14.6' into 'master'

Update to make it more clear how to config geo.

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77426
parents 1e0ddc40 b5ab5dc1
......@@ -199,20 +199,21 @@ keys must be manually replicated to the **secondary** site.
gitlab-ctl reconfigure
```
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Geo > Sites**.
1. Select **New site**.
1. Navigate to the Primary Node GitLab Instance:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Geo > Sites**.
1. Select **Add site**.
![Add secondary site](img/adding_a_secondary_v13_3.png)
1. Fill in **Name** with the `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` in
1. Fill in **Name** with the `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` in
`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. These values must always match *exactly*, character
for character.
1. Fill in **URL** with the `external_url` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. These
1. Fill in **URL** with the `external_url` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. These
values must always match, but it doesn't matter if one ends with a `/` and
the other doesn't.
1. Optionally, choose which groups or storage shards should be replicated by the
1. (Optional) Choose which groups or storage shards should be replicated by the
**secondary** site. Leave blank to replicate all. Read more in
[selective synchronization](#selective-synchronization).
1. Select **Add site** to add the **secondary** site.
1. Select **Save changes** to add the **secondary** site.
1. SSH into **each Rails, and Sidekiq node on your secondary** site and restart the services:
```shell
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