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diff --git a/doc/administration/geo/replication/faq.md b/doc/administration/geo/replication/faq.md index a83a1c22db6..ef41b2ff172 100644 --- a/doc/administration/geo/replication/faq.md +++ b/doc/administration/geo/replication/faq.md @@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ On each **secondary** site, there is a read-only replicated copy of the GitLab d A **secondary** site also has a tracking database where it stores which projects have been synced. Geo compares the two databases to find projects that are not yet tracked. -At the start, this tracking database is empty, so Geo will start trying to update from every project that it can see in the GitLab database. +At the start, this tracking database is empty, so Geo tries to update from every project that it can see in the GitLab database. For each project to sync: -1. Geo will issue a `git fetch geo --mirror` to get the latest information from the **primary** site. - If there are no changes, the sync will be fast and end quickly. Otherwise, it will pull the latest commits. -1. The **secondary** site will update the tracking database to store the fact that it has synced projects A, B, C, etc. +1. Geo issues a `git fetch geo --mirror` to get the latest information from the **primary** site. + If there are no changes, the sync is fast. Otherwise, it has to pull the latest commits. +1. The **secondary** site updates the tracking database to store the fact that it has synced projects A, B, C, etc. 1. Repeat until all projects are synced. When someone pushes a commit to the **primary** site, it generates an event in the GitLab database that the repository has changed. @@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ Yes. See [Docker Registry for a **secondary** site](docker_registry.md). ## Can I login to a secondary site? -Yes, but secondary sites receive all authentication data (like user accounts and logins) from the primary instance. This means you will be re-directed to the primary for authentication and routed back afterwards. +Yes, but secondary sites receive all authentication data (like user accounts and logins) from the primary instance. This means you are re-directed to the primary for authentication and then routed back. |