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diff --git a/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md b/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md index e86541b7ced..51a4fe40b16 100644 --- a/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md +++ b/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ its services. NOTE: A short downtime is expected for all methods. -## Omnibus installations +## Linux package installations -If you have used the [Omnibus packages](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) to install GitLab, +If you have used the [Linux package](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) to install GitLab, you should already have `gitlab-ctl` in your `PATH`. -`gitlab-ctl` interacts with the Omnibus packages and can be used to restart the +`gitlab-ctl` interacts with the Linux package installation and can be used to restart the GitLab Rails application (Puma) as well as the other components, like: - GitLab Workhorse @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ GitLab Rails application (Puma) as well as the other components, like: - [Mailroom](reply_by_email.md) - Logrotate -### Omnibus GitLab restart +### Restart a Linux package installation There may be times in the documentation where you are asked to _restart_ -GitLab. To restart, run the following command: +GitLab. To restart a Linux package installation, run: ```shell sudo gitlab-ctl restart @@ -71,15 +71,14 @@ In that case, you can use `gitlab-ctl kill <service>` to send the `SIGKILL` signal to the service, for example `sidekiq`. After that, a restart should perform fine. -As a last resort, you can try to -[reconfigure GitLab](#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) instead. +As a last resort, you can try to reconfigure GitLab instead. -### Omnibus GitLab reconfigure +### Reconfigure a Linux package installation There may be times in the documentation where you are asked to _reconfigure_ -GitLab. Remember that this method applies only for the Omnibus packages. +GitLab. Remember that this method applies only for Linux package installations. -Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab with: +To reconfigure a Linux package installation, run: ```shell sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure @@ -89,10 +88,10 @@ Reconfiguring GitLab should occur in the event that something in its configuration (`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`) has changed. When you run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`, [Chef](https://www.chef.io/products/chef-infra), -the underlying configuration management application that powers Omnibus GitLab, runs some checks. +the underlying configuration management application that powers Linux package installations, runs some checks. Chef ensures directories, permissions, and services are in place and working. -Chef also [restarts GitLab components](#how-to-restart-gitlab) if any of their configuration files have changed. +Chef also restarts GitLab components if any of their configuration files have changed. If you manually edit any files in `/var/opt/gitlab` that are managed by Chef, running `reconfigure` reverts the changes and restarts the services that |