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diff --git a/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/index.md b/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/index.md index baece830318..e5b9a14cfbd 100644 --- a/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/index.md +++ b/doc/administration/geo/disaster_recovery/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -stage: Enablement +stage: Systems group: Geo info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- @@ -335,16 +335,14 @@ a **secondary** with only a single node. Instead, you must do this manually. #### Promoting a **secondary** site with an external PostgreSQL database running GitLab 14.5 and later -The `gitlab-ctl geo promote` command can be used in conjunction with -an external PostgreSQL database, but it can only perform changes on -a **secondary** PostgreSQL database managed by Omnibus. -You must promote the replica database associated with the **secondary** -site first. +The `gitlab-ctl geo promote` command can be used in conjunction with an external PostgreSQL database. +In this case, you must first manually promote the replica database associated +with the **secondary** site: 1. Promote the replica database associated with the **secondary** site. This sets the database to read-write. The instructions vary depending on where your database is hosted: - [Amazon RDS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ReadRepl.html#USER_ReadRepl.Promote) - - [Azure PostgreSQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/howto-read-replicas-portal#stop-replication) + - [Azure PostgreSQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/single-server/how-to-read-replicas-portal#stop-replication) - [Google Cloud SQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/replication/manage-replicas#promote-replica) - For other external PostgreSQL databases, save the following script in your secondary site, for example `/tmp/geo_promote.sh`, and modify the connection |