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stage: Enablement
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group: Geo
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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
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type: howto
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---
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# Geo with external PostgreSQL instances **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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This document is relevant if you are using a PostgreSQL instance that is *not
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managed by Omnibus*. This includes cloud-managed instances like AWS RDS, or
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manually installed and configured PostgreSQL instances.
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NOTE:
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We strongly recommend running Omnibus-managed instances as they are actively
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developed and tested. We aim to be compatible with most external
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(not managed by Omnibus) databases but we do not guarantee compatibility.
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## **Primary** node
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1. SSH into a GitLab **primary** application server and login as root:
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```shell
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sudo -i
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```
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add a **unique** ID for your node (arbitrary value):
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```ruby
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# The unique identifier for the Geo node.
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gitlab_rails['geo_node_name'] = '<node_name_here>'
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```
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1. Reconfigure the **primary** node for the change to take effect:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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```
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1. Execute the command below to define the node as **primary** node:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl set-geo-primary-node
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```
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This command will use your defined `external_url` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
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### Configure the external database to be replicated
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To set up an external database, you can either:
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- Set up streaming replication yourself (for example, in AWS RDS).
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- Perform the Omnibus configuration manually as follows.
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#### Leverage your cloud provider's tools to replicate the primary database
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Given you have a primary node set up on AWS EC2 that uses RDS.
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You can now just create a read-only replica in a different region and the
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replication process will be managed by AWS. Make sure you've set Network ACL, Subnet, and
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Security Group according to your needs, so the secondary application node can access the database.
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The following instructions detail how to create a read-only replica for common
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cloud providers:
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- Amazon RDS - [Creating a Read Replica](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ReadRepl.html#USER_ReadRepl.Create)
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- Azure Database for PostgreSQL - [Create and manage read replicas in Azure Database for PostgreSQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/howto-read-replicas-portal)
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Once your read-only replica is set up, you can skip to [configure you secondary application node](#configure-secondary-application-nodes-to-use-the-external-read-replica).
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#### Manually configure the primary database for replication
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The [`geo_primary_role`](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/roles/#gitlab-geo-roles)
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configures the **primary** node's database to be replicated by making changes to
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`pg_hba.conf` and `postgresql.conf`. Make the following configuration changes
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manually to your external database configuration and ensure that you restart PostgreSQL
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afterwards for the changes to take effect:
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```plaintext
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##
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## Geo Primary Role
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## - pg_hba.conf
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##
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host all all <trusted primary IP>/32 md5
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host replication gitlab_replicator <trusted primary IP>/32 md5
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host all all <trusted secondary IP>/32 md5
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host replication gitlab_replicator <trusted secondary IP>/32 md5
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```
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```plaintext
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##
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## Geo Primary Role
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## - postgresql.conf
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##
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wal_level = hot_standby
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max_wal_senders = 10
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wal_keep_segments = 50
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max_replication_slots = 1 # number of secondary instances
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hot_standby = on
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```
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## **Secondary** nodes
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### Manually configure the replica database
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Make the following configuration changes manually to your `pg_hba.conf` and `postgresql.conf`
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of your external replica database and ensure that you restart PostgreSQL afterwards
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for the changes to take effect:
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```plaintext
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##
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## Geo Secondary Role
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## - pg_hba.conf
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##
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host all all <trusted secondary IP>/32 md5
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host replication gitlab_replicator <trusted secondary IP>/32 md5
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host all all <trusted primary IP>/24 md5
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```
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```plaintext
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##
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## Geo Secondary Role
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## - postgresql.conf
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##
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wal_level = hot_standby
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max_wal_senders = 10
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wal_keep_segments = 10
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hot_standby = on
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```
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### Configure **secondary** application nodes to use the external read-replica
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With Omnibus, the
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[`geo_secondary_role`](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/roles/#gitlab-geo-roles)
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has three main functions:
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1. Configure the replica database.
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1. Configure the tracking database.
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1. Enable the [Geo Log Cursor](../index.md#geo-log-cursor) (not covered in this section).
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To configure the connection to the external read-replica database and enable Log Cursor:
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1. SSH into a GitLab **secondary** application server and login as root:
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```shell
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sudo -i
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```
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following
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```ruby
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##
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## Geo Secondary role
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## - configure dependent flags automatically to enable Geo
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roles ['geo_secondary_role']
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# note this is shared between both databases,
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# make sure you define the same password in both
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gitlab_rails['db_password'] = '<your_password_here>'
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gitlab_rails['db_username'] = 'gitlab'
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gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '<database_read_replica_host>'
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# Disable the bundled Omnibus PostgreSQL, since we are
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# using an external PostgreSQL
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postgresql['enable'] = false
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```
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1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure)
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### Configure the tracking database
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**Secondary** nodes use a separate PostgreSQL installation as a tracking
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database to keep track of replication status and automatically recover from
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potential replication issues. Omnibus automatically configures a tracking database
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when `roles ['geo_secondary_role']` is set.
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If you want to run this database external to Omnibus, please follow the instructions below.
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If you are using a cloud-managed service for the tracking database, you may need
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to grant additional roles to your tracking database user (by default, this is
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`gitlab_geo`):
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- Amazon RDS requires the [`rds_superuser`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.html#Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.Roles) role.
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- Azure Database for PostgreSQL requires the [`azure_pg_admin`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/howto-create-users#how-to-create-additional-admin-users-in-azure-database-for-postgresql) role.
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If you have an external database ready to be used as the tracking database,
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follow the instructions below to use it:
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NOTE:
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If you want to use AWS RDS as a tracking database, make sure it has access to
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the secondary database. Unfortunately, just assigning the same security group is not enough as
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outbound rules do not apply to RDS PostgreSQL databases. Therefore, you need to explicitly add an inbound
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rule to the read-replica's security group allowing any TCP traffic from
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the tracking database on port 5432.
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1. Ensure that your secondary node can communicate with your tracking database by
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manually changing the `pg_hba.conf` that is associated with your tracking database.
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Remember to restart PostgreSQL afterwards for the changes to take effect:
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```plaintext
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##
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## Geo Tracking Database Role
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## - pg_hba.conf
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host all all <trusted tracking IP>/32 md5
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host all all <trusted secondary IP>/32 md5
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```
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1. SSH into a GitLab **secondary** server and login as root:
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```shell
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sudo -i
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```
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` with the connection parameters and credentials for
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the machine with the PostgreSQL instance:
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```ruby
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geo_secondary['db_username'] = 'gitlab_geo'
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geo_secondary['db_password'] = '<your_password_here>'
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geo_secondary['db_host'] = '<tracking_database_host>'
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geo_secondary['db_port'] = <tracking_database_port> # change to the correct port
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geo_postgresql['enable'] = false # don't use internal managed instance
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```
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1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure)
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1. Run the tracking database migrations:
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```shell
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gitlab-rake geo:db:create
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gitlab-rake geo:db:migrate
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```
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