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author | Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com> | 2016-01-13 02:04:02 +0300 |
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committer | Robert Speicher <rspeicher@gmail.com> | 2016-01-13 02:04:02 +0300 |
commit | 3dfb69a59f94754320d25b115031766ffc67fcdf (patch) | |
tree | 919e612434adf13d2041630d6dbd9f987d41a5da /doc/update | |
parent | 8c67a9fb3638fa08d64c53423f83e84f0c7cbad5 (diff) |
Prepare Installation and Update docs for 8.4 RC1
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diff --git a/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md b/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1cbeab3eca3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/update/8.3-to-8.4.md @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +# From 8.3 to 8.4 + +### 1. Stop server + + sudo service gitlab stop + +### 2. Backup + +```bash +cd /home/git/gitlab +sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production +``` + +### 3. Get latest code + +```bash +sudo -u git -H git fetch --all +sudo -u git -H git checkout -- db/schema.rb # local changes will be restored automatically +``` + +For GitLab Community Edition: + +```bash +sudo -u git -H git checkout 8-4-stable +``` + +OR + +For GitLab Enterprise Edition: + +```bash +sudo -u git -H git checkout 8-4-stable-ee +``` + +### 4. Update gitlab-shell + +```bash +cd /home/git/gitlab-shell +sudo -u git -H git fetch --all +sudo -u git -H git checkout v2.6.9 +``` + +### 5. Update gitlab-workhorse + +Install and compile gitlab-workhorse. This requires [Go 1.5](https://golang.org/dl) +which should already be on your system from GitLab 8.1. + +```bash +cd /home/git/gitlab-workhorse +sudo -u git -H git fetch --all +sudo -u git -H git checkout 0.5.4 +sudo -u git -H make +``` + +### 6. Install libs, migrations, etc. + +```bash +cd /home/git/gitlab + +# MySQL installations (note: the line below states '--without postgres') +sudo -u git -H bundle install --without postgres development test --deployment + +# PostgreSQL installations (note: the line below states '--without mysql') +sudo -u git -H bundle install --without mysql development test --deployment + +# Run database migrations +sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production + +# Clean up assets and cache +sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS_ENV=production + +``` + +### 7. Update configuration files + +#### New configuration options for `gitlab.yml` + +There are new configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`](config/gitlab.yml.example). View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`: + +```sh +git diff origin/8-3-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example origin/8-4-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example +``` + +#### Nginx configuration + +GitLab 8.3 introduced major changes in the NGINX configuration. Ensure you're +still up-to-date with the latest changes: + +```sh +# For HTTPS configurations +git diff origin/8-3-stable:lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl origin/8-4-stable:lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl + +# For HTTP configurations +git diff origin/8-3-stable:lib/support/nginx/gitlab origin/8-4-stable:lib/support/nginx/gitlab +``` + +If you are using Apache instead of NGINX please see the updated [Apache templates]. +Also note that because Apache does not support upstreams behind Unix sockets you +will need to let gitlab-workhorse listen on a TCP port. You can do this +via [/etc/default/gitlab]. + +[Apache templates]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-recipes/tree/master/web-server/apache +[/etc/default/gitlab]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-4-stable/lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example#L34 + +#### Init script + +We updated the init script for GitLab in order to pass new +configuration options to gitlab-workhorse. We let gitlab-workhorse +connect to the Rails application via a Unix domain socket and we tell +it where the 'public' directory of GitLab is. + +``` +cd /home/git/gitlab +sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab +``` + +### 8. Start application + + sudo service gitlab start + sudo service nginx restart + +### 9. Check application status + +Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly: + + sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production + +To make sure you didn't miss anything run a more thorough check: + + sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production + +If all items are green, then congratulations, the upgrade is complete! + +## Things went south? Revert to previous version (8.3) + +### 1. Revert the code to the previous version + +Follow the [upgrade guide from 8.2 to 8.3](8.2-to-8.3.md), except for the +database migration (the backup is already migrated to the previous version). + +### 2. Restore from the backup + +```bash +cd /home/git/gitlab +sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:restore RAILS_ENV=production +``` + +If you have more than one backup `*.tar` file(s) please add `BACKUP=timestamp_of_backup` to the command above. |