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stage: Enablement
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group: Distribution
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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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# Reference architecture: up to 2,000 users **(FREE SELF)**
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This page describes GitLab reference architecture for up to 2,000 users.
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For a full list of reference architectures, see
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[Available reference architectures](index.md#available-reference-architectures).
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> - **Supported users (approximate):** 2,000
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> - **High Availability:** No. For a highly-available environment, you can
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> follow a modified [3K reference architecture](3k_users.md#supported-modifications-for-lower-user-counts-ha).
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> - **Estimated Costs:** [See cost table](index.md#cost-to-run)
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> - **Cloud Native Hybrid:** [Yes](#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative)
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> - **Performance tested daily with the [GitLab Performance Tool (GPT)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance)**:
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> - **Test requests per second (RPS) rates:** API: 40 RPS, Web: 4 RPS, Git (Pull): 4 RPS, Git (Push): 1 RPS
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> - **[Latest Results](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Benchmarks/Latest/2k)**
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| Service | Nodes | Configuration | GCP | AWS | Azure |
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| Load balancer<sup>3</sup> | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | `n1-highcpu-2` | `c5.large` | `F2s v2` |
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| PostgreSQL<sup>1</sup> | 1 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | `n1-standard-2` | `m5.large` | `D2s v3` |
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| Redis<sup>2</sup> | 1 | 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB memory | `n1-standard-1` | `m5.large` | `D2s v3` |
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| Gitaly | 1 | 4 vCPU, 15 GB memory | `n1-standard-4` | `m5.xlarge` | `D4s v3` |
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| GitLab Rails | 2 | 8 vCPU, 7.2 GB memory | `n1-highcpu-8` | `c5.2xlarge` | `F8s v2` |
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| Monitoring node | 1 | 2 vCPU, 1.8 GB memory | `n1-highcpu-2` | `c5.large` | `F2s v2` |
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| Object storage<sup>4</sup> | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| NFS server (non-Gitaly) | 1 | 4 vCPU, 3.6 GB memory | `n1-highcpu-4` | `c5.xlarge` | `F4s v2` |
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<!-- markdownlint-disable MD029 -->
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1. Can be optionally run on reputable third-party external PaaS PostgreSQL solutions. [Google Cloud SQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/high-availability#normal) and [Amazon RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/) are known to work, however Azure Database for PostgreSQL is **not recommended** due to [performance issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/reference-architectures/-/issues/61). Consul is primarily used for PostgreSQL high availability so can be ignored when using a PostgreSQL PaaS setup. However it is also used optionally by Prometheus for Omnibus auto host discovery.
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2. Can be optionally run as reputable third-party external PaaS Redis solutions. Google Memorystore and AWS Elasticache are known to work.
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3. Can be optionally run as reputable third-party load balancing services (LB PaaS). AWS ELB is known to work.
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4. Should be run on reputable third-party object storage (storage PaaS) for cloud implementations. Google Cloud Storage and AWS S3 are known to work.
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NOTE:
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For all PaaS solutions that involve configuring instances, it is strongly recommended to implement a minimum of three nodes in three different availability zones to align with resilient cloud architecture practices.
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```plantuml
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@startuml 2k
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skinparam linetype ortho
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card "**External Load Balancer**" as elb #6a9be7
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collections "**GitLab Rails** x3" as gitlab #32CD32
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card "**Prometheus + Grafana**" as monitor #7FFFD4
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card "**Gitaly**" as gitaly #FF8C00
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card "**PostgreSQL**" as postgres #4EA7FF
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card "**Redis**" as redis #FF6347
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cloud "**Object Storage**" as object_storage #white
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elb -[#6a9be7]-> gitlab
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elb -[#6a9be7]--> monitor
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gitlab -[#32CD32]--> gitaly
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gitlab -[#32CD32]--> postgres
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gitlab -[#32CD32]-> object_storage
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gitlab -[#32CD32]--> redis
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monitor .[#7FFFD4]u-> gitlab
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monitor .[#7FFFD4]-> gitaly
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monitor .[#7FFFD4]-> postgres
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monitor .[#7FFFD4,norank]--> redis
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monitor .[#7FFFD4,norank]u--> elb
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@enduml
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```
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## Requirements
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Before starting, you should take note of the following requirements / guidance for this reference architecture.
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### Supported CPUs
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This reference architecture was built and tested on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the
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[Intel Xeon E5 v3 (Haswell)](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms)
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CPU platform. On different hardware you may find that adjustments, either lower
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or higher, are required for your CPU or node counts. For more information, see
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our [Sysbench](https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench)-based
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[CPU benchmarks](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/performance/-/wikis/Reference-Architectures/GCP-CPU-Benchmarks).
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### Supported infrastructure
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As a general guidance, GitLab should run on most infrastructure such as reputable Cloud Providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their services, or self managed (ESXi) that meet both the specs detailed above, as well as any requirements in this section. However, this does not constitute a guarantee for every potential permutation.
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Be aware of the following specific call outs:
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- [Azure Database for PostgreSQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/postgresql/#:~:text=Azure%20Database%20for%20PostgreSQL%20is,high%20availability%2C%20and%20dynamic%20scalability.) is [not recommended](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/reference-architectures/-/issues/61) due to known performance issues or missing features.
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- [Azure Blob Storage](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/) is recommended to be configured with [Premium accounts](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blob-block-blob-premium) to ensure consistent performance.
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## Setup components
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To set up GitLab and its components to accommodate up to 2,000 users:
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1. [Configure the external load balancing node](#configure-the-external-load-balancer)
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to handle the load balancing of the GitLab application services nodes.
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1. [Configure PostgreSQL](#configure-postgresql), the database for GitLab.
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1. [Configure Redis](#configure-redis).
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1. [Configure Gitaly](#configure-gitaly), which provides access to the Git
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repositories.
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1. [Configure the main GitLab Rails application](#configure-gitlab-rails)
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to run Puma, Workhorse, GitLab Shell, and to serve all frontend
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requests (which include UI, API, and Git over HTTP/SSH).
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1. [Configure Prometheus](#configure-prometheus) to monitor your GitLab
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environment.
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1. [Configure the object storage](#configure-the-object-storage) used for
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shared data objects.
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1. [Configure Advanced Search](#configure-advanced-search) (optional) for faster,
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more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
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1. [Configure NFS](#configure-nfs-optional) (optional, and not recommended)
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to have shared disk storage service as an alternative to Gitaly or object
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storage.
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## Configure the external load balancer
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In a multi-node GitLab configuration, you'll need a load balancer to route
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traffic to the application servers. The specifics on which load balancer to use
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or its exact configuration is beyond the scope of GitLab documentation. We assume
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that if you're managing multi-node systems like GitLab, you already have a load
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balancer of choice and that the routing methods used are distributing calls evenly
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between all nodes. Some load balancer examples include HAProxy (open-source),
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F5 Big-IP LTM, and Citrix Net Scaler. This documentation outline the ports and
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protocols needed for use with GitLab.
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This architecture has been tested and validated with [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/)
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as the load balancer. Although other load balancers with similar feature sets
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could also be used, those load balancers have not been validated.
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The next question is how you will handle SSL in your environment. There are
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several different options:
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- [The application node terminates SSL](#application-node-terminates-ssl).
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- [The load balancer terminates SSL without backend SSL](#load-balancer-terminates-ssl-without-backend-ssl)
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and communication is not secure between the load balancer and the application node.
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- [The load balancer terminates SSL with backend SSL](#load-balancer-terminates-ssl-with-backend-ssl)
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and communication is *secure* between the load balancer and the application node.
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### Application node terminates SSL
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Configure your load balancer to pass connections on port 443 as `TCP` instead
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of `HTTP(S)`. This will pass the connection unaltered to the application node's
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NGINX service, which has the SSL certificate and listens to port 443.
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For details about managing SSL certificates and configuring NGINX, see the
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[NGINX HTTPS documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#enable-https).
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### Load balancer terminates SSL without backend SSL
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Configure your load balancer to use the `HTTP(S)` protocol instead of `TCP`.
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The load balancer will be responsible for both managing SSL certificates and
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terminating SSL.
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Due to communication between the load balancer and GitLab not being secure,
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you'll need to complete some additional configuration. For details, see the
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[NGINX proxied SSL documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#supporting-proxied-ssl).
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### Load balancer terminates SSL with backend SSL
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Configure your load balancers (or single balancer, if you have only one) to use
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the `HTTP(S)` protocol rather than `TCP`. The load balancers will be
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responsible for the managing SSL certificates for end users.
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Traffic will be secure between the load balancers and NGINX in this scenario,
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and there's no need to add a configuration for proxied SSL. However, you'll
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need to add a configuration to GitLab to configure SSL certificates. For
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details about managing SSL certificates and configuring NGINX, see the
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[NGINX HTTPS documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#enable-https).
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### Readiness checks
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Ensure the external load balancer only routes to working services with built
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in monitoring endpoints. The [readiness checks](../../user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md)
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all require [additional configuration](../monitoring/ip_whitelist.md)
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on the nodes being checked, otherwise, the external load balancer will not be able to
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connect.
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### Ports
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The basic load balancer ports you should use are described in the following
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table:
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| Port | Backend Port | Protocol |
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| 80 | 80 | HTTP (*1*) |
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| 443 | 443 | TCP or HTTPS (*1*) (*2*) |
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| 22 | 22 | TCP |
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- (*1*): [Web terminal](../../ci/environments/index.md#web-terminals-deprecated) support
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requires your load balancer to correctly handle WebSocket connections.
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When using HTTP or HTTPS proxying, your load balancer must be configured
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to pass through the `Connection` and `Upgrade` hop-by-hop headers. For
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details, see the [web terminal](../integration/terminal.md) integration guide.
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- (*2*): When using the HTTPS protocol for port 443, you'll need to add an SSL
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certificate to the load balancers. If you need to terminate SSL at the
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GitLab application server, use the TCP protocol.
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If you're using GitLab Pages with custom domain support you will need some
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additional port configurations. GitLab Pages requires a separate virtual IP
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address. Configure DNS to point the `pages_external_url` from
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`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` to the new virtual IP address. For more information,
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see the [GitLab Pages documentation](../pages/index.md).
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| Port | Backend Port | Protocol |
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| 80 | Varies (*1*) | HTTP |
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| 443 | Varies (*1*) | TCP (*2*) |
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- (*1*): The backend port for GitLab Pages depends on the
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`gitlab_pages['external_http']` and `gitlab_pages['external_https']`
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settings. For details, see the [GitLab Pages documentation](../pages/index.md).
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- (*2*): Port 443 for GitLab Pages must use the TCP protocol. Users can
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configure custom domains with custom SSL, which wouldn't be possible if SSL
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was terminated at the load balancer.
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#### Alternate SSH Port
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Some organizations have policies against opening SSH port 22. In this case,
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it may be helpful to configure an alternate SSH hostname that instead allows
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users to use SSH over port 443. An alternate SSH hostname requires a new
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virtual IP address compared to the previously described GitLab HTTP
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configuration.
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Configure DNS for an alternate SSH hostname, such as `altssh.gitlab.example.com`:
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| LB Port | Backend Port | Protocol |
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| 443 | 22 | TCP |
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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## Configure PostgreSQL
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In this section, you'll be guided through configuring an external PostgreSQL database
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to be used with GitLab.
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### Provide your own PostgreSQL instance
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If you're hosting GitLab on a cloud provider, you can optionally use a
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managed service for PostgreSQL.
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A reputable provider or solution should be used for this. [Google Cloud SQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/high-availability#normal) and [Amazon RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/) are known to work, however Azure Database for PostgreSQL is **not recommended** due to [performance issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/reference-architectures/-/issues/61).
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If you use a cloud-managed service, or provide your own PostgreSQL:
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1. Set up PostgreSQL according to the
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[database requirements document](../../install/requirements.md#database).
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1. Create a `gitlab` username with a password of your choice. The `gitlab` user
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needs privileges to create the `gitlabhq_production` database.
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1. Configure the GitLab application servers with the appropriate details.
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This step is covered in [Configuring the GitLab Rails application](#configure-gitlab-rails).
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See [Configure GitLab using an external PostgreSQL service](../postgresql/external.md) for
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further configuration steps.
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### Standalone PostgreSQL using Omnibus GitLab
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1. SSH in to the PostgreSQL server.
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1. [Download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
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package of your choice. Be sure to follow _only_ installation steps 1 and 2
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on the page.
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1. Generate a password hash for PostgreSQL. This assumes you will use the default
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username of `gitlab` (recommended). The command will request a password
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and confirmation. Use the value that is output by this command in the next
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step as the value of `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`.
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab
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```
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents below, updating placeholder
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values appropriately.
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- `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH` - The value output from the previous step
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- `APPLICATION_SERVER_IP_BLOCKS` - A space delimited list of IP subnets or IP
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addresses of the GitLab application servers that will connect to the
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database. Example: `%w(123.123.123.123/32 123.123.123.234/32)`
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```ruby
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# Disable all components except PostgreSQL related ones
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roles(['postgres_role'])
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# Set the network addresses that the exporters used for monitoring will listen on
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node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
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postgres_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9187'
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postgres_exporter['dbname'] = 'gitlabhq_production'
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postgres_exporter['password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH'
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# Set the PostgreSQL address and port
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postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
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postgresql['port'] = 5432
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# Replace POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
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postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH'
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# Replace APPLICATION_SERVER_IP_BLOCK with the CIDR address of the application node
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postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(127.0.0.1/32 APPLICATION_SERVER_IP_BLOCK)
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# Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
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gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
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```
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1. Copy the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` file from the first Omnibus node you configured and add or replace
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the file of the same name on this server. If this is the first Omnibus node you are configuring then you can skip this step.
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1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
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1. Note the PostgreSQL node's IP address or hostname, port, and
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plain text password. These will be necessary when configuring the
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[GitLab application server](#configure-gitlab-rails) later.
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Advanced [configuration options](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html)
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are supported and can be added if needed.
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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</a>
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</div>
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## Configure Redis
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In this section, you'll be guided through configuring an external Redis instance
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to be used with GitLab.
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### Provide your own Redis instance
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Redis version 5.0 or higher is required, as this is what ships with
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Omnibus GitLab packages starting with GitLab 13.0. Older Redis versions
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do not support an optional count argument to SPOP which is now required for
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[Merge Trains](../../ci/pipelines/merge_trains.md).
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In addition, GitLab makes use of certain commands like `UNLINK` and `USAGE` which
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were introduced only in Redis 4.
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Managed Redis from cloud providers such as AWS ElastiCache will work. If these
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services support high availability, be sure it is not the Redis Cluster type.
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Note the Redis node's IP address or hostname, port, and password (if required).
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These will be necessary when configuring the
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[GitLab application servers](#configure-gitlab-rails) later.
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### Standalone Redis using Omnibus GitLab
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The Omnibus GitLab package can be used to configure a standalone Redis server.
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The steps below are the minimum necessary to configure a Redis server with
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Omnibus:
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1. SSH in to the Redis server.
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1. [Download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
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package of your choice. Be sure to follow _only_ installation steps 1 and 2
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on the page.
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
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```ruby
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## Enable Redis
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roles(["redis_master_role"])
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redis['bind'] = '0.0.0.0'
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redis['port'] = 6379
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redis['password'] = 'SECRET_PASSWORD_HERE'
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gitlab_rails['enable'] = false
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# Set the network addresses that the exporters used for monitoring will listen on
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node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
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redis_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9121'
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redis_exporter['flags'] = {
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'redis.addr' => 'redis://0.0.0.0:6379',
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'redis.password' => 'SECRET_PASSWORD_HERE',
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}
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```
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1. Copy the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` file from the first Omnibus node you configured and add or replace
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the file of the same name on this server. If this is the first Omnibus node you are configuring then you can skip this step.
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1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
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1. Note the Redis node's IP address or hostname, port, and
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Redis password. These will be necessary when
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[configuring the GitLab application servers](#configure-gitlab-rails) later.
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Advanced [configuration options](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/redis.html)
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are supported and can be added if needed.
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<div align="right">
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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</a>
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</div>
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## Configure Gitaly
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[Gitaly](../gitaly/index.md) server node requirements are dependent on data,
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specifically the number of projects and those projects' sizes. It's recommended
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that a Gitaly server node stores no more than 5TB of data. Although this
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reference architecture includes a single Gitaly server node, you may require
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additional nodes depending on your repository storage requirements.
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Due to Gitaly having notable input and output requirements, we strongly
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recommend that all Gitaly nodes use solid-state drives (SSDs). These SSDs
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should have a throughput of at least 8,000
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input/output operations per second (IOPS) for read operations and 2,000 IOPS
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for write operations. These IOPS values are initial recommendations, and may be
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adjusted to greater or lesser values depending on the scale of your
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environment's workload. If you're running the environment on a Cloud provider,
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refer to their documentation about how to configure IOPS correctly.
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Be sure to note the following items:
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- The GitLab Rails application shards repositories into
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[repository storage paths](../repository_storage_paths.md).
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- A Gitaly server can host one or more storage paths.
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- A GitLab server can use one or more Gitaly server nodes.
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- Gitaly addresses must be specified to be correctly resolvable for *all*
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Gitaly clients.
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- Gitaly servers must not be exposed to the public internet, as Gitaly's network
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traffic is unencrypted by default. The use of a firewall is highly recommended
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to restrict access to the Gitaly server. Another option is to
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[use TLS](#gitaly-tls-support).
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NOTE:
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The token referred to throughout the Gitaly documentation is an arbitrary
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password selected by the administrator. This token is unrelated to tokens
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created for the GitLab API or other similar web API tokens.
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The following procedure describes how to configure a single Gitaly server named
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`gitaly1.internal` with the secret token `gitalysecret`. We assume your GitLab
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installation has two repository storages: `default` and `storage1`.
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To configure the Gitaly server, on the server node you want to use for Gitaly:
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1. [Download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
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package of your choice. Be sure to follow _only_ installation steps 1 and 2
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on the page, and _do not_ provide the `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
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1. Edit the Gitaly server node's `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file to configure
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storage paths, enable the network listener, and to configure the token:
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<!-- Updates to following example must also be made at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab -->
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```ruby
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# /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
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# Gitaly and GitLab use two shared secrets for authentication, one to authenticate gRPC requests
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# to Gitaly, and a second for authentication callbacks from GitLab-Shell to the GitLab internal API.
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# The following two values must be the same as their respective values
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# of the GitLab Rails application setup
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gitaly['auth_token'] = 'gitalysecret'
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gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
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# Avoid running unnecessary services on the Gitaly server
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postgresql['enable'] = false
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redis['enable'] = false
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puma['enable'] = false
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sidekiq['enable'] = false
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gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
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prometheus['enable'] = false
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alertmanager['enable'] = false
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grafana['enable'] = false
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gitlab_exporter['enable'] = false
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gitlab_kas['enable'] = false
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nginx['enable'] = false
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# Prevent database migrations from running on upgrade automatically
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gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
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# Configure the gitlab-shell API callback URL. Without this, `git push` will
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# fail. This can be your 'front door' GitLab URL or an internal load
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# balancer.
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gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'https://gitlab.example.com'
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# Gitaly
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gitaly['enable'] = true
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# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces. You must use
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# firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
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# Comment out following line if you only want to support TLS connections
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gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
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gitaly['prometheus_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9236"
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# Set the network addresses that the exporters used for monitoring will listen on
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node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
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git_data_dirs({
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'default' => {
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'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data'
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},
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'storage1' => {
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'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data'
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},
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})
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```
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1. Copy the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` file from the first Omnibus node you configured and add or replace
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the file of the same name on this server. If this is the first Omnibus node you are configuring then you can skip this step.
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1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
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1. Confirm that Gitaly can perform callbacks to the internal API:
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```shell
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sudo /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-hooks check /var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/config.toml
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```
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### Gitaly TLS support
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Gitaly supports TLS encryption. To be able to communicate
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with a Gitaly instance that listens for secure connections you will need to use `tls://` URL
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scheme in the `gitaly_address` of the corresponding storage entry in the GitLab configuration.
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You will need to bring your own certificates as this isn't provided automatically.
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The certificate, or its certificate authority, must be installed on all Gitaly
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nodes (including the Gitaly node using the certificate) and on all client nodes
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that communicate with it following the procedure described in
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[GitLab custom certificate configuration](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/ssl.html#install-custom-public-certificates).
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NOTE:
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The self-signed certificate must specify the address you use to access the
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Gitaly server. If you are addressing the Gitaly server by a hostname, you can
|
|
either use the Common Name field for this, or add it as a Subject Alternative
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|
Name. If you are addressing the Gitaly server by its IP address, you must add it
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|
as a Subject Alternative Name to the certificate.
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[gRPC does not support using an IP address as Common Name in a certificate](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/2691).
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It's possible to configure Gitaly servers with both an unencrypted listening
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address (`listen_addr`) and an encrypted listening address (`tls_listen_addr`)
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at the same time. This allows you to do a gradual transition from unencrypted to
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encrypted traffic, if necessary.
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To configure Gitaly with TLS:
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1. Create the `/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate there:
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```shell
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sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
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sudo chmod 755 /etc/gitlab/ssl
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sudo cp key.pem cert.pem /etc/gitlab/ssl/
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sudo chmod 644 key.pem cert.pem
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```
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1. Copy the cert to `/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs` so Gitaly will trust the cert when
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|
calling into itself:
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|
```shell
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sudo cp /etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
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```
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add:
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<!-- Updates to following example must also be made at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab -->
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```ruby
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gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
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gitaly['certificate_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem"
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gitaly['key_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem"
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```
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1. Delete `gitaly['listen_addr']` to allow only encrypted connections.
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1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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## Configure GitLab Rails
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This section describes how to configure the GitLab application (Rails) component.
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In our architecture, we run each GitLab Rails node using the Puma webserver, and
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have its number of workers set to 90% of available CPUs, with four threads. For
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nodes running Rails with other components, the worker value should be reduced
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|
accordingly. We've determined that a worker value of 50% achieves a good balance,
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|
but this is dependent on workload.
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On each node perform the following:
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1. If you're [using NFS](#configure-nfs-optional):
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|
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1. If necessary, install the NFS client utility packages using the following
|
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commands:
|
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|
```shell
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# Ubuntu/Debian
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apt-get install nfs-common
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|
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# CentOS/Red Hat
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yum install nfs-utils nfs-utils-lib
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```
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1. Specify the necessary NFS mounts in `/etc/fstab`.
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|
The exact contents of `/etc/fstab` will depend on how you chose
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|
to configure your NFS server. See the [NFS documentation](../nfs.md)
|
|
for examples and the various options.
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|
|
|
1. Create the shared directories. These may be different depending on your NFS
|
|
mount locations.
|
|
|
|
```shell
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mkdir -p /var/opt/gitlab/.ssh /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/uploads /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds /var/opt/gitlab/git-data
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. [Download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
|
|
package of your choice. Be sure to follow _only_ installation steps 1 and 2
|
|
on the page.
|
|
1. Create or edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and use the following configuration.
|
|
To maintain uniformity of links across nodes, the `external_url`
|
|
on the application server should point to the external URL that users will use
|
|
to access GitLab. This would be the URL of the [load balancer](#configure-the-external-load-balancer)
|
|
which will route traffic to the GitLab application server:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
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|
external_url 'https://gitlab.example.com'
|
|
|
|
# Gitaly and GitLab use two shared secrets for authentication, one to authenticate gRPC requests
|
|
# to Gitaly, and a second for authentication callbacks from GitLab-Shell to the GitLab internal API.
|
|
# The following two values must be the same as their respective values
|
|
# of the Gitaly setup
|
|
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = 'gitalysecret'
|
|
gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
|
|
|
|
git_data_dirs({
|
|
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
|
|
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
|
|
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
|
|
})
|
|
|
|
## Disable components that will not be on the GitLab application server
|
|
roles(['application_role'])
|
|
gitaly['enable'] = false
|
|
nginx['enable'] = true
|
|
|
|
## PostgreSQL connection details
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_adapter'] = 'postgresql'
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_encoding'] = 'unicode'
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.1.0.5' # IP/hostname of database server
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'DB password'
|
|
|
|
## Redis connection details
|
|
gitlab_rails['redis_port'] = '6379'
|
|
gitlab_rails['redis_host'] = '10.1.0.6' # IP/hostname of Redis server
|
|
gitlab_rails['redis_password'] = 'Redis Password'
|
|
|
|
# Set the network addresses that the exporters used for monitoring will listen on
|
|
node_exporter['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9100'
|
|
gitlab_workhorse['prometheus_listen_addr'] = '0.0.0.0:9229'
|
|
sidekiq['listen_address'] = "0.0.0.0"
|
|
# Set number of Sidekiq threads per queue process to the recommend number of 10
|
|
sidekiq['max_concurrency'] = 10
|
|
puma['listen'] = '0.0.0.0'
|
|
|
|
# Add the monitoring node's IP address to the monitoring whitelist and allow it to
|
|
# scrape the NGINX metrics. Replace placeholder `monitoring.gitlab.example.com` with
|
|
# the address and/or subnets gathered from the monitoring node
|
|
gitlab_rails['monitoring_whitelist'] = ['<MONITOR NODE IP>/32', '127.0.0.0/8']
|
|
nginx['status']['options']['allow'] = ['<MONITOR NODE IP>/32', '127.0.0.0/8']
|
|
|
|
# Object Storage
|
|
# This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
|
|
# Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
|
|
'provider' => 'Google',
|
|
'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
|
|
'google_json_key_location' => '<path-to-gcp-service-account-key>'
|
|
}
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['artifacts']['bucket'] = "<gcp-artifacts-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['external_diffs']['bucket'] = "<gcp-external-diffs-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['lfs']['bucket'] = "<gcp-lfs-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['uploads']['bucket'] = "<gcp-uploads-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['packages']['bucket'] = "<gcp-packages-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['dependency_proxy']['bucket'] = "<gcp-dependency-proxy-bucket-name>"
|
|
gitlab_rails['object_store']['objects']['terraform_state']['bucket'] = "<gcp-terraform-state-bucket-name>"
|
|
|
|
gitlab_rails['backup_upload_connection'] = {
|
|
'provider' => 'Google',
|
|
'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
|
|
'google_json_key_location' => '<path-to-gcp-service-account-key>'
|
|
}
|
|
gitlab_rails['backup_upload_remote_directory'] = "<gcp-backups-state-bucket-name>"
|
|
|
|
## Uncomment and edit the following options if you have set up NFS
|
|
##
|
|
## Prevent GitLab from starting if NFS data mounts are not available
|
|
##
|
|
#high_availability['mountpoint'] = '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data'
|
|
##
|
|
## Ensure UIDs and GIDs match between servers for permissions via NFS
|
|
##
|
|
#user['uid'] = 9000
|
|
#user['gid'] = 9000
|
|
#web_server['uid'] = 9001
|
|
#web_server['gid'] = 9001
|
|
#registry['uid'] = 9002
|
|
#registry['gid'] = 9002
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. If you're using [Gitaly with TLS support](#gitaly-tls-support), make sure the
|
|
`git_data_dirs` entry is configured with `tls` instead of `tcp`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
git_data_dirs({
|
|
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
|
|
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
|
|
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly2.internal:9999' },
|
|
})
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. Copy the cert into `/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs`:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo cp cert.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. Copy the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` file from the first Omnibus node you configured and add or replace
|
|
the file of the same name on this server. If this is the first Omnibus node you are configuring then you can skip this step.
|
|
|
|
1. To ensure database migrations are only run during reconfigure and not automatically on upgrade, run:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Only a single designated node should handle migrations as detailed in the
|
|
[GitLab Rails post-configuration](#gitlab-rails-post-configuration) section.
|
|
|
|
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` to confirm the node can connect to Gitaly.
|
|
1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl tail gitaly
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
When you specify `https` in the `external_url`, as in the previous example,
|
|
GitLab expects that the SSL certificates are in `/etc/gitlab/ssl/`. If the
|
|
certificates aren't present, NGINX will fail to start. For more information, see
|
|
the [NGINX documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html#enable-https).
|
|
|
|
### GitLab Rails post-configuration
|
|
|
|
1. Designate one application node for running database migrations during
|
|
installation and updates. Initialize the GitLab database and ensure all
|
|
migrations ran:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
If you encounter a `rake aborted!` error message stating that PgBouncer is
|
|
failing to connect to PostgreSQL, it may be that your PgBouncer node's IP
|
|
address is missing from PostgreSQL's `trust_auth_cidr_addresses` in `gitlab.rb`
|
|
on your database nodes. Before proceeding, see
|
|
[PgBouncer error `ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server`](troubleshooting.md#pgbouncer-error-error-pgbouncer-cannot-connect-to-server).
|
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|
|
1. [Configure fast lookup of authorized SSH keys in the database](../operations/fast_ssh_key_lookup.md).
|
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|
<div align="right">
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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## Configure Prometheus
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|
|
The Omnibus GitLab package can be used to configure a standalone Monitoring node
|
|
running [Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) and
|
|
[Grafana](../monitoring/performance/grafana_configuration.md):
|
|
|
|
1. SSH in to the Monitoring node.
|
|
1. [Download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
|
|
package of your choice. Be sure to follow _only_ installation steps 1 and 2
|
|
on the page.
|
|
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the contents:
|
|
|
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```ruby
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roles(['monitoring_role'])
|
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external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
|
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|
|
# Prometheus
|
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prometheus['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9090'
|
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prometheus['monitor_kubernetes'] = false
|
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|
|
# Grafana
|
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grafana['enable'] = true
|
|
grafana['admin_password'] = '<grafana_password>'
|
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grafana['disable_login_form'] = false
|
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|
|
# Nginx - For Grafana access
|
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nginx['enable'] = true
|
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```
|
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|
|
1. Prometheus also needs some scrape configurations to pull all the data from the various
|
|
nodes where we configured exporters. Assuming that your nodes' IPs are:
|
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|
|
```plaintext
|
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1.1.1.1: postgres
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1.1.1.2: redis
|
|
1.1.1.3: gitaly1
|
|
1.1.1.4: rails1
|
|
1.1.1.5: rails2
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Add the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
prometheus['scrape_configs'] = [
|
|
{
|
|
'job_name': 'postgres',
|
|
'static_configs' => [
|
|
'targets' => ['1.1.1.1:9187'],
|
|
],
|
|
},
|
|
{
|
|
'job_name': 'redis',
|
|
'static_configs' => [
|
|
'targets' => ['1.1.1.2:9121'],
|
|
],
|
|
},
|
|
{
|
|
'job_name': 'gitaly',
|
|
'static_configs' => [
|
|
'targets' => ['1.1.1.3:9236'],
|
|
],
|
|
},
|
|
{
|
|
'job_name': 'gitlab-nginx',
|
|
'static_configs' => [
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'targets' => ['1.1.1.4:8060', '1.1.1.5:8060'],
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],
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},
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{
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'job_name': 'gitlab-workhorse',
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'static_configs' => [
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'targets' => ['1.1.1.4:9229', '1.1.1.5:9229'],
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],
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},
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{
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'job_name': 'gitlab-rails',
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'metrics_path': '/-/metrics',
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'static_configs' => [
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'targets' => ['1.1.1.4:8080', '1.1.1.5:8080'],
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],
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},
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{
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'job_name': 'gitlab-sidekiq',
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'static_configs' => [
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'targets' => ['1.1.1.4:8082', '1.1.1.5:8082'],
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],
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},
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{
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'job_name': 'node',
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'static_configs' => [
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'targets' => ['1.1.1.1:9100', '1.1.1.2:9100', '1.1.1.3:9100', '1.1.1.4:9100', '1.1.1.5:9100'],
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],
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},
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]
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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. In the GitLab UI, set `admin/application_settings/metrics_and_profiling` > Metrics - Grafana to `/-/grafana` to
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`http[s]://<MONITOR NODE>/-/grafana`
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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</a>
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</div>
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## Configure the object storage
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GitLab supports using an object storage service for holding several types of
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data, and is recommended over [NFS](#configure-nfs-optional). In general,
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object storage services are better for larger environments, as object storage
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is typically much more performant, reliable, and scalable.
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GitLab has been tested on a number of object storage providers:
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- [Amazon S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/)
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- [Google Cloud Storage](https://cloud.google.com/storage)
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- [Digital Ocean Spaces](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/)
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- [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure](https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Object/Tasks/s3compatibleapi.htm)
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- [OpenStack Swift](https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/s3_compat.html)
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- [Azure Blob storage](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-introduction)
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- On-premises hardware and appliances from various storage vendors.
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- MinIO. We have [a guide to deploying this](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/advanced/external-object-storage/minio.html) within our Helm Chart documentation.
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There are two ways of specifying object storage configuration in GitLab:
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- [Consolidated form](../object_storage.md#consolidated-object-storage-configuration): A single credential is
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shared by all supported object types.
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- [Storage-specific form](../object_storage.md#storage-specific-configuration): Every object defines its
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own object storage [connection and configuration](../object_storage.md#connection-settings).
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Starting with GitLab 13.2, consolidated object storage configuration is available. It simplifies your GitLab configuration since the connection details are shared across object types. Refer to [Consolidated object storage configuration](../object_storage.md#consolidated-object-storage-configuration) guide for instructions on how to set it up.
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GitLab Runner returns job logs in chunks which Omnibus GitLab caches temporarily on disk in `/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds` by default, even when using consolidated object storage. With default configuration, this directory needs to be shared via NFS on any GitLab Rails and Sidekiq nodes.
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In GitLab 13.6 and later, it's recommended to switch to [Incremental logging](../job_logs.md#incremental-logging-architecture), which uses Redis instead of disk space for temporary caching of job logs.
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For configuring object storage in GitLab 13.1 and earlier, or for storage types not
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supported by consolidated configuration form, refer to the following guides based
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on what features you intend to use:
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|Object storage type|Supported by consolidated configuration?|
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|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| [Backups](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md#uploading-backups-to-a-remote-cloud-storage) | No |
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| [Job artifacts](../job_artifacts.md#using-object-storage) including archived job logs | Yes |
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| [LFS objects](../lfs/index.md#storing-lfs-objects-in-remote-object-storage) | Yes |
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| [Uploads](../uploads.md#using-object-storage) | Yes |
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| [Container Registry](../packages/container_registry.md#use-object-storage) (optional feature) | No |
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| [Merge request diffs](../merge_request_diffs.md#using-object-storage) | Yes |
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| [Mattermost](https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/config-settings.html#file-storage)| No |
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| [Packages](../packages/index.md#using-object-storage) (optional feature) | Yes |
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| [Dependency Proxy](../packages/dependency_proxy.md#using-object-storage) (optional feature) | Yes |
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| [Pseudonymizer](../pseudonymizer.md) (optional feature) | No |
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| [Autoscale runner caching](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/autoscale.html#distributed-runners-caching) (optional for improved performance) | No |
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| [Terraform state files](../terraform_state.md#using-object-storage) | Yes |
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Using separate buckets for each data type is the recommended approach for GitLab.
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This ensures there are no collisions across the various types of data GitLab stores.
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There are plans to [enable the use of a single bucket](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/292958)
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in the future.
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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</a>
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</div>
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## Configure Advanced Search **(PREMIUM SELF)**
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You can leverage Elasticsearch and [enable Advanced Search](../../integration/elasticsearch.md)
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for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance.
|
|
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Elasticsearch cluster design and requirements are dependent on your specific
|
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data. For recommended best practices about how to set up your Elasticsearch
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cluster alongside your instance, read how to
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[choose the optimal cluster configuration](../../integration/elasticsearch.md#guidance-on-choosing-optimal-cluster-configuration).
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|
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|
<div align="right">
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<a type="button" class="btn btn-default" href="#setup-components">
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Back to setup components <i class="fa fa-angle-double-up" aria-hidden="true"></i>
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</a>
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</div>
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## Configure NFS (optional)
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|
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For improved performance, [object storage](#configure-the-object-storage),
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|
along with [Gitaly](#configure-gitaly), are recommended over using NFS whenever
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|
possible.
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|
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See how to [configure NFS](../nfs.md).
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|
|
|
WARNING:
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|
Engineering support for NFS for Git repositories is deprecated. Technical support is planned to be
|
|
unavailable from GitLab 15.0. No further enhancements are planned for this feature.
|
|
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|
Read:
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|
|
|
- [Gitaly and NFS Deprecation](../nfs.md#gitaly-and-nfs-deprecation).
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- About the [correct mount options to use](../nfs.md#upgrade-to-gitaly-cluster-or-disable-caching-if-experiencing-data-loss).
|
|
|
|
## Cloud Native Hybrid reference architecture with Helm Charts (alternative)
|
|
|
|
As an alternative approach, you can also run select components of GitLab as Cloud Native
|
|
in Kubernetes via our official [Helm Charts](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/).
|
|
In this setup, we support running the equivalent of GitLab Rails and Sidekiq nodes
|
|
in a Kubernetes cluster, named Webservice and Sidekiq respectively. In addition,
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|
the following other supporting services are supported: NGINX, Task Runner, Migrations,
|
|
Prometheus, and Grafana.
|
|
|
|
Hybrid installations leverage the benefits of both cloud native and traditional
|
|
compute deployments. With this, _stateless_ components can benefit from cloud native
|
|
workload management benefits while _stateful_ components are deployed in compute VMs
|
|
with Omnibus to benefit from increased permanence.
|
|
|
|
The 2,000 reference architecture is not a highly-available setup. To achieve HA, you can follow a modified [3K reference architecture](3k_users.md#cloud-native-hybrid-reference-architecture-with-helm-charts-alternative).
|
|
|
|
NOTE:
|
|
This is an **advanced** setup. Running services in Kubernetes is well known
|
|
to be complex. **This setup is only recommended** if you have strong working
|
|
knowledge and experience in Kubernetes. The rest of this
|
|
section assumes this.
|
|
|
|
### Cluster topology
|
|
|
|
The following tables and diagram detail the hybrid environment using the same formats
|
|
as the normal environment above.
|
|
|
|
First are the components that run in Kubernetes. The recommendation at this time is to
|
|
use Google Cloud's Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and associated machine types, but the memory
|
|
and CPU requirements should translate to most other providers. We hope to update this in the
|
|
future with further specific cloud provider details.
|
|
|
|
| Service | Nodes | Configuration | GCP | Allocatable CPUs and Memory |
|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------|------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|
|
| Webservice | 3 | 8 vCPU, 7.2 GB memory | `n1-highcpu-8` | 23.7 vCPU, 16.9 GB memory |
|
|
| Sidekiq | 2 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | `n1-standard-2` | 3.9 vCPU, 11.8 GB memory |
|
|
| Supporting services such as NGINX, Prometheus | 2 | 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB memory | `n1-standard-1` | 1.9 vCPU, 5.5 GB memory |
|
|
|
|
- For this setup, we **recommend** and regularly [test](index.md#validation-and-test-results)
|
|
[Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine) and [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/). Other Kubernetes services may also work, but your mileage may vary.
|
|
- Nodes configuration is shown as it is forced to ensure pod vcpu / memory ratios and avoid scaling during **performance testing**.
|
|
- In production deployments, there is no need to assign pods to nodes. A minimum of three nodes in three different availability zones is strongly recommended to align with resilient cloud architecture practices.
|
|
|
|
Next are the backend components that run on static compute VMs via Omnibus (or External PaaS
|
|
services where applicable):
|
|
|
|
| Service | Nodes | Configuration | GCP |
|
|
|--------------------------------------------|-------|-------------------------|------------------|
|
|
| PostgreSQL<sup>1</sup> | 1 | 2 vCPU, 7.5 GB memory | `n1-standard-2` |
|
|
| Redis<sup>2</sup> | 1 | 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB memory | `n1-standard-1` |
|
|
| Gitaly | 1 | 4 vCPU, 15 GB memory | `n1-standard-4` |
|
|
| Object storage<sup>3</sup> | n/a | n/a | n/a |
|
|
|
|
<!-- Disable ordered list rule https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/Rules.md#md029---ordered-list-item-prefix -->
|
|
<!-- markdownlint-disable MD029 -->
|
|
1. Can be optionally run on reputable third-party external PaaS PostgreSQL solutions. [Google Cloud SQL](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/high-availability#normal) and [Amazon RDS](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/) are known to work, however Azure Database for PostgreSQL is **not recommended** due to [performance issues](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/quality/reference-architectures/-/issues/61). Consul is primarily used for PostgreSQL high availability so can be ignored when using a PostgreSQL PaaS setup. However it is also used optionally by Prometheus for Omnibus auto host discovery.
|
|
2. Can be optionally run on reputable third-party external PaaS Redis solutions. Google Memorystore and AWS Elasticache are known to work.
|
|
3. Should be run on reputable third-party object storage (storage PaaS) for cloud implementations. Google Cloud Storage and AWS S3 are known to work.
|
|
<!-- markdownlint-enable MD029 -->
|
|
|
|
NOTE:
|
|
For all PaaS solutions that involve configuring instances, it is strongly recommended to implement a minimum of three nodes in three different availability zones to align with resilient cloud architecture practices.
|
|
|
|
```plantuml
|
|
@startuml 2k
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skinparam linetype ortho
|
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|
|
card "Kubernetes via Helm Charts" as kubernetes {
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|
card "**External Load Balancer**" as elb #6a9be7
|
|
|
|
together {
|
|
collections "**Webservice** x3" as gitlab #32CD32
|
|
collections "**Sidekiq** x2" as sidekiq #ff8dd1
|
|
card "**Supporting Services**" as support
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
card "**Gitaly**" as gitaly #FF8C00
|
|
card "**PostgreSQL**" as postgres #4EA7FF
|
|
card "**Redis**" as redis #FF6347
|
|
cloud "**Object Storage**" as object_storage #white
|
|
|
|
elb -[#6a9be7]-> gitlab
|
|
|
|
gitlab -[#32CD32]--> gitaly
|
|
gitlab -[#32CD32]--> postgres
|
|
gitlab -[#32CD32]-> object_storage
|
|
gitlab -[#32CD32]--> redis
|
|
|
|
sidekiq -[#ff8dd1]--> gitaly
|
|
sidekiq -[#ff8dd1]-> object_storage
|
|
sidekiq -[#ff8dd1]--> postgres
|
|
sidekiq -[#ff8dd1]--> redis
|
|
|
|
@enduml
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Resource usage settings
|
|
|
|
The following formulas help when calculating how many pods may be deployed within resource constraints.
|
|
The [2k reference architecture example values file](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/blob/master/examples/ref/2k.yaml)
|
|
documents how to apply the calculated configuration to the Helm Chart.
|
|
|
|
#### Webservice
|
|
|
|
Webservice pods typically need about 1 vCPU and 1.25 GB of memory _per worker_.
|
|
Each Webservice pod consumes roughly 2 vCPUs and 2.5 GB of memory using
|
|
the [recommended topology](#cluster-topology) because two worker processes
|
|
are created by default and each pod has other small processes running.
|
|
|
|
For 2,000 users we recommend a total Puma worker count of around 12.
|
|
With the [provided recommendations](#cluster-topology) this allows the deployment of up to 6
|
|
Webservice pods with 2 workers per pod and 2 pods per node. Expand available resources using
|
|
the ratio of 1 vCPU to 1.25 GB of memory _per each worker process_ for each additional
|
|
Webservice pod.
|
|
|
|
For further information on resource usage, see the [Webservice resources](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/webservice/#resources).
|
|
|
|
#### Sidekiq
|
|
|
|
Sidekiq pods should generally have 1 vCPU and 2 GB of memory.
|
|
|
|
[The provided starting point](#cluster-topology) allows the deployment of up to
|
|
2 Sidekiq pods. Expand available resources using the 1 vCPU to 2GB memory
|
|
ratio for each additional pod.
|
|
|
|
For further information on resource usage, see the [Sidekiq resources](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/#resources).
|
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