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diff --git a/doc/administration/consul.md b/doc/administration/consul.md index 4eed020c284..491251bc842 100644 --- a/doc/administration/consul.md +++ b/doc/administration/consul.md @@ -17,12 +17,9 @@ a service networking solution that you can manage by using `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.r ## Configure the Consul nodes -NOTE: **Important:** -Before proceeding, refer to the -[available reference architectures](reference_architectures/index.md#available-reference-architectures) -to find out how many Consul server nodes you should have. - -On **each** Consul server node perform the following: +After you review the [reference architecture](reference_architectures/index.md#available-reference-architectures) +documentation to determine the number of Consul server nodes you should have, +on _each_ Consul server node: 1. Follow the instructions to [install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) GitLab by choosing your preferred platform, but do not supply the @@ -87,16 +84,15 @@ Consul nodes communicate using the raft protocol. If the current leader goes offline, there needs to be a leader election. A leader node must exist to facilitate synchronization across the cluster. If too many nodes go offline at the same time, the cluster will lose quorum and not elect a leader due to -[broken consensus](https://www.consul.io/docs/internals/consensus.html). +[broken consensus](https://www.consul.io/docs/architecture/consensus). Consult the [troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting-consul) if the cluster is not able to recover after the upgrade. The [outage recovery](#outage-recovery) may be of particular interest. -NOTE: **Note:** -GitLab uses Consul to store only transient data that is easily regenerated. If -the bundled Consul was not used by any process other than GitLab itself, then -[rebuilding the cluster from scratch](#recreate-from-scratch) is fine. +GitLab uses Consul to store only easily regenerated, transient data. If the +bundled Consul wasn't used by any process other than GitLab itself, you can +[rebuild the cluster from scratch](#recreate-from-scratch). ## Troubleshooting Consul |