Commit a7a2cc13 authored by Drew Blessing's avatar Drew Blessing

Add `gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false` to HA docs for Redis/PG [ci skip]

In a high availability configuration, the Redis and PostgreSQL nodes
should not attempt to run database migrations. In fact, trying will
result in errors about not providing a database password. To
prevent errors and confusion, add this configurtion to these nodes'
`gitlab.rb` file.
parent a84c6b1a
......@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ If you use a cloud-managed service, or provide your own PostgreSQL:
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'DB password'
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['0.0.0.0/0']
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
# Disable automatic database migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` to install and configure PostgreSQL.
......@@ -102,9 +105,6 @@ If you use a cloud-managed service, or provide your own PostgreSQL:
1. Exit the database prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
1. Exit the `gitlab-psql` user by running `exit` twice.
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` a final time.
1. Run `sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations` to prevent database migrations
from running on upgrade. Only the primary GitLab application server should
handle migrations.
---
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......@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
```
1. To prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, run:
1. Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations. To
prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, add the following
configuration to your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file:
```
sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations.
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect.
### Step 2. Configuring the slave Redis instances
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