Commit e26200ac authored by Katrin Leinweber's avatar Katrin Leinweber

Document downtime expectation for restarts

parent 044c1e81
...@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w ...@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w
Depending on how you installed GitLab, there are different methods to restart Depending on how you installed GitLab, there are different methods to restart
its services. its services.
NOTE:
A short downtime is expected for all methods.
## Omnibus installations ## Omnibus installations
If you have used the [Omnibus packages](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) to install GitLab, then If you have used the [Omnibus packages](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) to install GitLab, then
...@@ -90,8 +93,8 @@ application that powers Omnibus GitLab, makes sure that all things like director ...@@ -90,8 +93,8 @@ application that powers Omnibus GitLab, makes sure that all things like director
permissions, and services are in place and in the same shape that they were permissions, and services are in place and in the same shape that they were
initially shipped. initially shipped.
It also restarts GitLab components where needed, if any of their It also [restarts GitLab components](#how-to-restart-gitlab)
configuration files have changed. where needed, if any of their configuration files have changed.
If you manually edit any files in `/var/opt/gitlab` that are managed by Chef, If you manually edit any files in `/var/opt/gitlab` that are managed by Chef,
running reconfigure reverts the changes AND restarts the services that running reconfigure reverts the changes AND restarts the services that
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