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# Updating the Geo nodes **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
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CAUTION: **Warning:**
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Read these sections carefully before updating your Geo nodes. Not following
version-specific update steps may result in unexpected downtime. If you have
any specific questions, [contact Support ](https://about.gitlab.com/support/#contact-support ).
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Updating Geo nodes involves performing:
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1. [Version-specific update steps ](version_specific_updates.md ), depending on the
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version being updated to or from.
1. [General update steps ](#general-update-steps ), for all updates.
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## General update steps
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NOTE: **Note:**
These general update steps are not intended for [high-availability deployments ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html#multi-node--ha-deployment ), and will cause downtime. If you want to avoid downtime, consider using [zero downtime updates ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html#zero-downtime-updates ).
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To update the Geo nodes when a new GitLab version is released, update **primary**
and all **secondary** nodes:
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1. **Optional:** [Pause replication on each **secondary** node. ](../index.md#pausing-and-resuming-replication )
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1. Log into the **primary** node.
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1. [Update GitLab on the **primary** node using Omnibus's Geo-specific steps ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html#geo-deployment ).
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1. Log into each **secondary** node.
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1. [Update GitLab on each **secondary** node using Omnibus's Geo-specific steps ](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/README.html#geo-deployment ).
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1. If you paused replication in step 1, [resume replication on each **secondary** ](../index.md#pausing-and-resuming-replication )
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1. [Test ](#check-status-after-updating ) **primary** and **secondary** nodes, and check version in each.
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### Check status after updating
Now that the update process is complete, you may want to check whether
everything is working correctly:
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1. Run the Geo Rake task on all nodes, everything should be green:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:geo:check
```
1. Check the **primary** node's Geo dashboard for any errors.
1. Test the data replication by pushing code to the **primary** node and see if it
is received by **secondary** nodes.
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If you encounter any issues, see the [Geo troubleshooting guide ](troubleshooting.md ).
