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## Migrate GitLab CI to GitLab CE or EE
Beginning with version 8.0 of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise
Edition (EE), GitLab CI is no longer its own application, but is instead built
into the CE and EE applications.
This guide will detail the process of migrating your CI installation and data
into your GitLab CE or EE installation.
### Before we begin
**You need to have a working installation of GitLab CI version 8.0 to perform
this migration. The older versions are not supported and will most likely break
this migration procedure.**
This migration cannot be performed online and takes a significant amount of
time. Make sure to plan ahead.
If you are running a version of GitLab CI prior to 8.0 please follow the
appropriate [update guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/tree/master/doc/update/).
The migration is divided into three parts:
1. [GitLab CI](#part-i-gitlab-ci)
1. [Gitlab CE (or EE)](#part-ii-gitlab-ce-or-ee)
1. [Finishing Up](#part-iii-finishing-up)
### Part I: GitLab CI
#### 1. Stop GitLab CI
sudo service gitlab_ci stop
#### 2. Create a backup
The migration procedure modifies the structure of the CI database. If something
goes wrong, you will not be able to revert to a previous version without a
backup.
If your GitLab CI installation uses **MySQL** and your GitLab CE (or EE)
installation uses **PostgreSQL** you'll need to convert the CI database by
setting a `MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL` flag.
You can check which database each install is using by viewing their
database configuration files:
```sh
cat /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/config/database.yml
cat /home/git/gitlab/config/database.yml
```
- If both applications use the same database `adapter`, create the backup with
this command:
```bash
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
```
- If CI uses MySQL, and CE (or EE) uses PostgreSQL, create the backup with this
command (note the `MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL` flag):
```bash
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec backup:create RAILS_ENV=production MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL=1
```
#### 3. Remove cronjob
```
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab
```
### Part II: GitLab CE (or EE)
#### 1. Ensure GitLab is updated
Your GitLab CE or EE installation **must be version 8.0**. If it's not, follow
the [update guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/7.14-to-8.0.md).
#### 2. Stop GitLab
Before you can migrate data you need to stop the GitLab service first:
sudo service gitlab stop
#### 3. Create a backup
This migration poses a **significant risk** of breaking your GitLab
installation. Create a backup before proceeding:
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
#### 4. Copy secret tokens from CI
The `secrets.yml` file stores encryption keys for secure variables.
You need to copy the contents of GitLab CI's `config/secrets.yml` file to the
same file in GitLab CE:
sudo cp /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/config/secrets.yml /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
sudo chown git:git /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
sudo chown 0600 /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
#### 5. New configuration options for `gitlab.yml`
There are new configuration options available for `gitlab.yml`. View them with
the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
git diff origin/7-14-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example origin/8-0-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
The new options include configuration settings for GitLab CI.
#### 6. Copy backup from GitLab CI
sudo cp -v /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/tmp/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar /home/git/gitlab/tmp/backups
sudo chown git:git /home/git/gitlab/tmp/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar
#### 7. Import GitLab CI backup
Now you'll import the GitLab CI database dump that you created earlier into the
GitLab CE or EE database:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake ci:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
This task will take some time.
#### 8. Start GitLab
You can start GitLab CE (or EE) now and see if everything is working:
sudo service gitlab start
### Part III: Finishing Up
#### 1. Update Nginx configuration
To ensure that your existing CI runners are able to communicate with the
migrated installation, and that existing build triggers still work, you'll need
to update your Nginx configuration to redirect requests for the old locations to
the new ones.
Edit `/etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab_ci` and paste:
```nginx
# GITLAB CI
server {
listen 80 default_server; # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80;
server_name YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN; # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_error.log;
# expose API to fix runners
location /api {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# expose build endpoint to allow trigger builds
location ~ ^/projects/\d+/build$ {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# redirect all other CI requests
location / {
return 301 $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# adjust this to match the largest build log your runners might submit,
# set to 0 to disable limit
client_max_body_size 10m;
}
```
Make sure you substitute these placeholder values with your real ones:
1. `YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN`: The existing public-facing address of your GitLab CI
install (e.g., `ci.gitlab.com`).
1. `YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN`: The current public-facing address of your GitLab
CE (or EE) install (e.g., `gitlab.com`).
**Make sure not to remove the `/ci$request_uri` part. This is required to
properly forward the requests.**
You should also make sure that you can:
1. `curl https://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/` from your previous GitLab CI server.
1. `curl https://YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN/` from your GitLab CE (or EE) server.
#### 2. Check Nginx configuration
sudo nginx -t
#### 3. Restart Nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
#### 4. Done!
If everything went well you should be able to access your migrated CI install by
visiting `https://gitlab.example.com/ci/`. If you visit the old GitLab CI
address, you should be redirected to the new one.
**Enjoy!**
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