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stage: Systems
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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/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# Upgrade GitLab by using the GitLab package **(FREE SELF)**
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You can upgrade GitLab to a new version by using the
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GitLab package.
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## Prerequisites
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- Decide when to upgrade by viewing the [supported upgrade paths](../index.md#upgrade-paths).
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You can't directly skip major versions (for example, go from 10.3 to 12.7 in one step).
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- If you are upgrading from a non-package installation to a GitLab package installation, see
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[Upgrading from a non-package installation to a GitLab package installation](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/convert_to_omnibus.html).
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- Ensure that any
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[background migrations](../background_migrations.md)
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are fully completed. Upgrading
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before background migrations have finished can lead to data corruption.
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We recommend performing upgrades between major and minor releases no more than once per
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week, to allow time for background migrations to finish.
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- Gitaly servers must be upgraded to the newer version prior to upgrading the application server.
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This prevents the gRPC client on the application server from sending RPCs that the old Gitaly version
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does not support.
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## Downtime
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- For single node installations, GitLab is not available to users while an
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upgrade is in progress. The user's web browser shows a `Deploy in progress` message or a `502` error.
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- For multi-node installations, see how to perform
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[zero downtime upgrades](../zero_downtime.md).
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- Upgrades to multi-node installations can also be performed
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[with downtime](../with_downtime.md).
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## Version-specific changes
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Upgrading versions might need some manual intervention. For more information,
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check the version your are upgrading to:
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- [GitLab 15](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/gitlab_15_changes.html)
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- [GitLab 14](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/gitlab_14_changes.html)
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- [GitLab 13](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/gitlab_13_changes.html)
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- [GitLab 12](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/gitlab_12_changes.html)
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- [GitLab 11](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/gitlab_11_changes.html)
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## Back up before upgrading
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The GitLab database is backed up before installing a newer GitLab version. You
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may skip this automatic database backup by creating an empty file
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at `/etc/gitlab/skip-auto-backup`:
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```shell
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sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-backup
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```
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Nevertheless, it is highly recommended to maintain a full up-to-date
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[backup](../../raketasks/backup_restore.md) on your own.
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## Upgrade using the official repositories
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All GitLab packages are posted to the GitLab [package server](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/).
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Five repositories are maintained:
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- [`gitlab/gitlab-ee`](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ee): The full
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GitLab package that contains all the Community Edition features plus the
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[Enterprise Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) ones.
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- [`gitlab/gitlab-ce`](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce): A stripped
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down package that contains only the Community Edition features.
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- [`gitlab/unstable`](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/unstable): Release candidates and other unstable versions.
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- [`gitlab/nightly-builds`](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/nightly-builds): Nightly builds.
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- [`gitlab/raspberry-pi2`](https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/raspberry-pi2): Official Community Edition releases built for [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org) packages.
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If you have installed GitLab [Community Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/install/?version=ce)
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or [Enterprise Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/install/), then the
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official GitLab repository should have already been set up for you.
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### Upgrade to the latest version using the official repositories
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If you upgrade GitLab regularly, for example once a month, you can upgrade to
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the latest version by using your package manager.
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To upgrade to the latest GitLab version:
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```shell
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# Ubuntu/Debian
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install gitlab-ee
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# RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7
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sudo yum install gitlab-ee
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# RHEL/CentOS 8
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sudo dnf install gitlab-ee
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# SUSE
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sudo zypper install gitlab-ee
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```
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NOTE:
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For the GitLab Community Edition, replace `gitlab-ee` with
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`gitlab-ce`.
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### Upgrade to a specific version using the official repositories
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Linux package managers default to installing the latest available version of a
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package for installation and upgrades. Upgrading directly to the latest major
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version can be problematic for older GitLab versions that require a multi-stage
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[upgrade path](../index.md#upgrade-paths). An upgrade path can span multiple
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versions, so you must specify the specific GitLab package with each upgrade.
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To specify the intended GitLab version number in your package manager's install
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or upgrade command:
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1. Identify the version number of the installed package:
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```shell
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# Ubuntu/Debian
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sudo apt-cache madison gitlab-ee
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# RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7
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yum --showduplicates list gitlab-ee
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# RHEL/CentOS 8
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dnf --showduplicates list gitlab-ee
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# SUSE
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zypper search -s gitlab-ee
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```
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1. Install the specific `gitlab-ee` package by using one of the following commands
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and replacing `<version>` with the next supported version you would like to install
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(make sure to review the [upgrade path](../index.md#upgrade-paths) to confirm the
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version you're installing is part of a supported path):
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```shell
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# Ubuntu/Debian
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sudo apt install gitlab-ee=<version>
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# RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7
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yum install gitlab-ee-<version>
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# RHEL/CentOS 8
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dnf install gitlab-ee-<version>
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# SUSE
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zypper install gitlab-ee=<version>
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```
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NOTE:
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For the GitLab Community Edition, replace `gitlab-ee` with
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`gitlab-ce`.
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## Upgrade using a manually-downloaded package
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NOTE:
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The [package repository](#upgrade-using-the-official-repositories) is recommended over
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a manual installation.
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If for some reason you don't use the official repositories, you can
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download the package and install it manually. This method can be used to either
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install GitLab for the first time or upgrade it.
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To download and install GitLab:
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1. Visit the [official repository](#upgrade-using-the-official-repositories) of your package.
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1. Filter the list by searching for the version you want to install (for example 14.1.8).
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Multiple packages may exist for a single version, one for each supported distribution
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and architecture. Next to the filename is a label indicating the distribution,
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as the filenames may be the same.
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1. Find the package version you wish to install, and select the filename from the list.
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1. In the upper-right corner, select **Download**.
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1. After the package is downloaded, install it by using one of the
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following commands and replacing `<package_name>` with the package name
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you downloaded:
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```shell
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# Debian/Ubuntu
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dpkg -i <package_name>
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# RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7
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rpm -Uvh <package_name>
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# RHEL/CentOS 8
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dnf install <package_name>
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# SUSE
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zypper install <package_name>
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```
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NOTE:
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For the GitLab Community Edition, replace `gitlab-ee` with
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`gitlab-ce`.
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## Upgrade the product documentation
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This is an optional step. If you [installed the product documentation](../../administration/docs_self_host.md),
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see how to [upgrade to a later version](../../administration/docs_self_host.md#upgrade-using-docker).
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## Troubleshooting
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### Get the status of a GitLab installation
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl status
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sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true
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```
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- Information on using `gitlab-ctl` to perform [maintenance tasks](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/maintenance/index.html).
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- Information on using `gitlab-rake` to [check the configuration](../../administration/raketasks/maintenance.md#check-gitlab-configuration).
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### RPM 'package is already installed' error
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If you are using RPM and you are upgrading from GitLab Community Edition to GitLab Enterprise Edition you may get an error like this:
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```shell
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package gitlab-7.5.2_omnibus.5.2.1.ci-1.el7.x86_64 (which is newer than gitlab-7.5.2_ee.omnibus.5.2.1.ci-1.el7.x86_64) is already installed
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```
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You can override this version check with the `--oldpackage` option:
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```shell
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sudo rpm -Uvh --oldpackage gitlab-7.5.2_ee.omnibus.5.2.1.ci-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
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```
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### Package obsoleted by installed package
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CE and EE packages are marked as obsoleting and replacing each other so that both aren't installed and running at the same time.
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If you are using local RPM files to switch from CE to EE or vice versa, use `rpm` for installing the package rather than `yum`. If you try to use yum, then you may get an error like this:
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```plaintext
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Cannot install package gitlab-ee-11.8.3-ee.0.el6.x86_64. It is obsoleted by installed package gitlab-ce-11.8.3-ce.0.el6.x86_64
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```
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To avoid this issue, either:
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- Use the same instructions provided in the
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[Upgrade using a manually-downloaded package](#upgrade-using-a-manually-downloaded-package) section.
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- Temporarily disable this checking in yum by adding `--setopt=obsoletes=0` to the options given to the command.
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### 500 error when accessing Project > Settings > Repository
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This error occurs when GitLab is converted from CE > EE > CE, and then back to EE.
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When viewing a project's repository settings, you can view this error in the logs:
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```shell
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Processing by Projects::Settings::RepositoryController#show as HTML
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Parameters: {"namespace_id"=>"<namespace_id>", "project_id"=>"<project_id>"}
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Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 62ms (ActiveRecord: 4.7ms | Elasticsearch: 0.0ms | Allocations: 14583)
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NoMethodError (undefined method `commit_message_negative_regex' for #<PushRule:0x00007fbddf4229b8>
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Did you mean? commit_message_regex_change):
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```
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This error is caused by an EE feature being added to a CE instance on the initial move to EE.
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After the instance is moved back to CE and then is upgraded to EE again, the
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`push_rules` table already exists in the database. Therefore, a migration is
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unable to add the `commit_message_regex_change` column.
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This results in the [backport migration of EE tables](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/cf00e431024018ddd82158f8a9210f113d0f4dbc/db/migrate/20190402150158_backport_enterprise_schema.rb#L1619) not working correctly.
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The backport migration assumes that certain tables in the database do not exist when running CE.
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To fix this issue:
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1. Start a database console:
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In GitLab 14.2 and later:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-rails dbconsole --database main
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```
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In GitLab 14.1 and earlier:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-rails dbconsole
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```
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1. Manually add the missing `commit_message_negative_regex` column:
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```sql
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ALTER TABLE push_rules ADD COLUMN commit_message_negative_regex VARCHAR;
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# Exit psql
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\q
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```
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1. Restart GitLab:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl restart
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```
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### Error `Failed to connect to the internal GitLab API` on a separate GitLab Pages server
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See [GitLab Pages administration troubleshooting](../../administration/pages/troubleshooting.md#failed-to-connect-to-the-internal-gitlab-api).
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### Error `An error occurred during the signature verification` when running `apt-get update`
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To update the GPG key of the GitLab packages server run:
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```shell
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curl --silent "https://packages.gitlab.com/gpg.key" | apt-key add -
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apt-get update
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```
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### `Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: rails_migration[gitlab-rails] [..] Command timed out after 3600s`
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If database schema and data changes (database migrations) must take more than one hour to run,
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upgrades fail with a `timed out` error:
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```plaintext
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FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: rails_migration[gitlab-rails] (gitlab::database_migrations line 51)
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had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: bash[migrate gitlab-rails database]
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(/opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/cookbooks/gitlab/resources/rails_migration.rb line 16)
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had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::CommandTimeout: Command timed out after 3600s:
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```
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To fix this error:
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1. Run the remaining database migrations:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-rake db:migrate
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```
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This command may take a very long time to complete. Use `screen` or some other mechanism to ensure
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the program is not interrupted if your SSH session drops.
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1. Complete the upgrade:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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```
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1. Hot reload `puma` and `sidekiq` services:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl hup puma
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sudo gitlab-ctl restart sidekiq
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```
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### Missing asset files
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Following an upgrade, GitLab might not be correctly serving up assets such as images, JavaScript, and style sheets.
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It might be generating 500 errors, or the web UI may be failing to render properly.
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In a scaled out GitLab environment, if one web server behind the load balancer is demonstrating
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this issue, the problem occurs intermittently.
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The [Rake task to recompile](../../administration/raketasks/maintenance.md#precompile-the-assets) the
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assets doesn't apply to an Omnibus installation which serves
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pre-compiled assets from `/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/public/assets`.
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Potential causes and fixes:
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- [Ensure no old processes are running](#old-processes).
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- [Remove duplicate sprockets files](#duplicate-sprockets-files)
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- [The installation is incomplete](#incomplete-installation)
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- [NGINX Gzip support is disabled](#nginx-gzip-support)
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#### Old processes
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The most likely cause is that an old Puma process is running, instructing clients
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to request asset files from a previous release of GitLab. As the files no longer exist,
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HTTP 404 errors are returned.
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A reboot is the best way to ensure these old Puma processes are no longer running.
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Alternatively:
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1. Stop Puma:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl stop puma
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```
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1. Check for any remaining Puma processes, and kill them:
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```shell
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ps -ef | egrep 'puma[: ]'
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kill <processid>
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```
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1. Verify with `ps` that the Puma processes have stopped running.
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1. Start Puma
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl start puma
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```
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#### Duplicate sprockets files
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The compiled asset files have unique file names in each release. The sprockets files
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provide a mapping from the filenames in the application code to the unique filenames.
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```plaintext
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/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/public/assets/.sprockets-manifest*.json
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```
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Make sure there's only one sprockets file. [Rails uses the first one](https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails/blob/118ce60b1ffeb7a85640661b014cd2ee3c4e3e56/lib/sprockets/railtie.rb#L201).
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A check for duplicate sprockets files runs during Omnibus GitLab upgrades:
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```plaintext
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GitLab discovered stale file(s) from the previous install that need to be cleaned up.
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The following files need to be removed:
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/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/public/assets/.sprockets-manifest-e16fdb7dd73cfdd64ed9c2cc0e35718a.json
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```
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Options for resolving this include:
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- If you have the output from the package upgrade, remove the specified files. Then restart Puma:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl restart puma
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```
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- If you don't have the message, perform a reinstall
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(see [incomplete installation](#incomplete-installation) below for more details)
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to generate it again.
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- Remove all the sprockets files and then follow the instructions for an [incomplete installation](#incomplete-installation).
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#### Incomplete installation
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An incomplete installation could be the cause of this issue.
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Verify the package to determine if this is the problem:
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- For Debian distributions:
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```shell
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apt-get install debsums
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debsums -c gitlab-ee
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```
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- For Red Hat/SUSE (RPM) distributions:
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```shell
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rpm -V gitlab-ee
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```
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To reinstall the package to fix an incomplete installation:
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1. Check the installed version
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- For Debian distributions:
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```shell
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apt --installed list gitlab-ee
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```
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- For Red Hat/SUSE (RPM) distributions:
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```shell
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rpm -qa gitlab-ee
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```
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1. Reinstall the package, specifying the installed version. For example 14.4.0 Enterprise Edition:
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- For Debian distributions:
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```shell
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apt-get install --reinstall gitlab-ee=14.4.0-ee.0
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```
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- For Red Hat/SUSE (RPM) distributions:
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```shell
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yum reinstall gitlab-ee-14.4.0
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```
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#### NGINX Gzip support
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Check whether `nginx['gzip_enabled']` has been disabled:
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```shell
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grep gzip /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
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```
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This might prevent some assets from being served.
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[Read more](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/6087#note_558194395) in one of the related issues.
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