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# Geo with Object storage **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
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Geo can be used in combination with Object Storage (AWS S3, or other compatible object storage).
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Currently, **secondary** nodes can use either:
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- The same storage bucket as the **primary** node.
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- A replicated storage bucket.
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To have:
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- GitLab manage replication, follow [Enabling GitLab replication](#enabling-gitlab-managed-object-storage-replication).
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- Third-party services manage replication, follow [Third-party replication services](#third-party-replication-services).
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[Read more about using object storage with GitLab](../../object_storage.md).
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## Enabling GitLab managed object storage replication
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/10586) in GitLab 12.4.
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CAUTION: **Caution:**
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This is a [**beta** feature](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/#beta) and is not ready yet for production use at any scale.
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**Secondary** nodes can replicate files stored on the **primary** node regardless of
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whether they are stored on the local filesystem or in object storage.
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To enable GitLab replication, you must:
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1. Go to **{admin}** **Admin Area >** **{location-dot}** **Geo**.
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1. Press **Edit** on the **secondary** node.
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1. Enable the **Allow this secondary node to replicate content on Object Storage**
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checkbox.
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For LFS, follow the documentation to
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[set up LFS object storage](../../lfs/index.md#storing-lfs-objects-in-remote-object-storage).
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For CI job artifacts, there is similar documentation to configure
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[jobs artifact object storage](../../job_artifacts.md#using-object-storage)
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For user uploads, there is similar documentation to configure [upload object storage](../../uploads.md#using-object-storage-core-only)
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If you want to migrate the **primary** node's files to object storage, you can
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configure the **secondary** in a few ways:
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- Use the exact same object storage.
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- Use a separate object store but leverage your object storage solution's built-in
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replication.
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- Use a separate object store and enable the **Allow this secondary node to replicate
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content on Object Storage** setting.
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GitLab does not currently support the case where both:
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- The **primary** node uses local storage.
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- A **secondary** node uses object storage.
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## Third-party replication services
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When using Amazon S3, you can use
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[CRR](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/crr.html) to
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have automatic replication between the bucket used by the **primary** node and
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the bucket used by **secondary** nodes.
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If you are using Google Cloud Storage, consider using
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[Multi-Regional Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/storage-classes#multi-regional).
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Or you can use the [Storage Transfer Service](https://cloud.google.com/storage-transfer/docs/),
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although this only supports daily synchronization.
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For manual synchronization, or scheduled by `cron`, please have a look at:
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- [`s3cmd sync`](https://s3tools.org/s3cmd-sync)
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- [`gsutil rsync`](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/rsync)
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