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# PostgreSQL replication and failover with Omnibus GitLab **(PREMIUM ONLY)**
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This document will focus only on configuration supported with [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/), using the Omnibus GitLab package.
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If you are a Community Edition or Starter user, consider using a cloud hosted solution.
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This document will not cover installations from source.
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If a setup with replication and failover is not what you were looking for, see
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the [database configuration document](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html)
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for the Omnibus GitLab packages.
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It's recommended to read this document fully before attempting to configure PostgreSQL with
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replication and failover for GitLab.
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## Architecture
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The Omnibus GitLab recommended configuration for a PostgreSQL cluster with
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replication and failover requires:
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- A minimum of three database nodes.
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- A minimum of three `Consul` server nodes.
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- A minimum of one `pgbouncer` service node, but it's recommended to have one
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per database node.
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- An internal load balancer (TCP) is required when there is more than one
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`pgbouncer` service node.
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You also need to take into consideration the underlying network topology, making
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sure you have redundant connectivity between all Database and GitLab instances
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to avoid the network becoming a single point of failure.
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### Database node
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Each database node runs three services:
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`PostgreSQL` - The database itself.
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`repmgrd` - Communicates with other repmgrd services in the cluster and handles
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failover when issues with the master server occurs. The failover procedure
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consists of:
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- Selecting a new master for the cluster.
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- Promoting the new node to master.
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- Instructing remaining servers to follow the new master node.
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- The old master node is automatically evicted from the cluster and should be
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rejoined manually once recovered.
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`Consul` agent - Monitors the status of each node in the database cluster and
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tracks its health in a service definition on the Consul cluster.
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### Consul server node
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The Consul server node runs the Consul server service.
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### PgBouncer node
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Each PgBouncer node runs two services:
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`PgBouncer` - The database connection pooler itself.
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`Consul` agent - Watches the status of the PostgreSQL service definition on the
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Consul cluster. If that status changes, Consul runs a script which updates the
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PgBouncer configuration to point to the new PostgreSQL master node and reloads
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the PgBouncer service.
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### Connection flow
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Each service in the package comes with a set of [default ports](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#ports). You may need to make specific firewall rules for the connections listed below:
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- Application servers connect to either PgBouncer directly via its [default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#pgbouncer) or via a configured Internal Load Balancer (TCP) that serves multiple PgBouncers.
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- PgBouncer connects to the primary database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
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- Repmgr connects to the database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
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- PostgreSQL secondaries connect to the primary database servers [PostgreSQL default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#postgresql)
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- Consul servers and agents connect to each others [Consul default ports](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#consul)
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## Setting it up
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### Required information
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Before proceeding with configuration, you will need to collect all the necessary
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information.
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#### Network information
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PostgreSQL does not listen on any network interface by default. It needs to know
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which IP address to listen on in order to be accessible to other services.
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Similarly, PostgreSQL access is controlled based on the network source.
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This is why you will need:
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- IP address of each nodes network interface. This can be set to `0.0.0.0` to
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listen on all interfaces. It cannot be set to the loopback address `127.0.0.1`.
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- Network Address. This can be in subnet (i.e. `192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0`)
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or CIDR (i.e. `192.168.0.0/24`) form.
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#### Consul information
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When using default setup, minimum configuration requires:
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- `CONSUL_USERNAME`. Defaults to `gitlab-consul`
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- `CONSUL_DATABASE_PASSWORD`. Password for the database user.
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- `CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of Consul username/password pair.
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Can be generated with:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 CONSUL_USERNAME
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```
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- `CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`. The IP addresses or DNS records of the Consul server nodes.
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Few notes on the service itself:
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- The service runs under a system account, by default `gitlab-consul`.
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- If you are using a different username, you will have to specify it. We
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will refer to it with `CONSUL_USERNAME`,
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- There will be a database user created with read only access to the repmgr
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database
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- Passwords will be stored in the following locations:
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- `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: hashed
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- `/var/opt/gitlab/pgbouncer/pg_auth`: hashed
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- `/var/opt/gitlab/consul/.pgpass`: plaintext
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#### PostgreSQL information
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When configuring PostgreSQL, we will set `max_wal_senders` to one more than
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the number of database nodes in the cluster.
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This is used to prevent replication from using up all of the
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available database connections.
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In this document we are assuming 3 database nodes, which makes this configuration:
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```ruby
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postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
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```
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As previously mentioned, you'll have to prepare the network subnets that will
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be allowed to authenticate with the database.
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You'll also need to supply the IP addresses or DNS records of Consul
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server nodes.
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We will need the following password information for the application's database user:
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- `POSTGRESQL_USERNAME`. Defaults to `gitlab`
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- `POSTGRESQL_USER_PASSWORD`. The password for the database user
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- `POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of the username/password pair.
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Can be generated with:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
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```
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#### PgBouncer information
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When using default setup, minimum configuration requires:
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- `PGBOUNCER_USERNAME`. Defaults to `pgbouncer`
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- `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD`. This is a password for PgBouncer service.
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- `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`. This is a hash generated out of PgBouncer username/password pair.
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Can be generated with:
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```shell
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sudo gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 PGBOUNCER_USERNAME
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```
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- `PGBOUNCER_NODE`, is the IP address or a FQDN of the node running PgBouncer.
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Few notes on the service itself:
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- The service runs as the same system account as the database
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- In the package, this is by default `gitlab-psql`
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- If you use a non-default user account for PgBouncer service (by default `pgbouncer`), you will have to specify this username. We will refer to this requirement with `PGBOUNCER_USERNAME`.
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- The service will have a regular database user account generated for it
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- This defaults to `repmgr`
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- Passwords will be stored in the following locations:
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- `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`: hashed, and in plain text
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- `/var/opt/gitlab/pgbouncer/pg_auth`: hashed
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#### Repmgr information
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When using default setup, you will only have to prepare the network subnets that will
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be allowed to authenticate with the service.
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Few notes on the service itself:
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- The service runs under the same system account as the database
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- In the package, this is by default `gitlab-psql`
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- The service will have a superuser database user account generated for it
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- This defaults to `gitlab_repmgr`
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### Installing Omnibus GitLab
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First, make sure to [download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/)
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Omnibus GitLab **on each node**.
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Make sure you install the necessary dependencies from step 1,
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add GitLab package repository from step 2.
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When installing the GitLab package, do not supply `EXTERNAL_URL` value.
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### Configuring the Database nodes
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1. Make sure to [configure the Consul nodes](../high_availability/consul.md).
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1. Make sure you collect [`CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`](#consul-information), [`PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`](#pgbouncer-information), [`POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH`](#postgresql-information), the [number of db nodes](#postgresql-information), and the [network address](#network-information) before executing the next step.
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1. On the master database node, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` replacing values noted in the `# START user configuration` section:
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```ruby
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# Disable all components except PostgreSQL and Repmgr and Consul
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roles ['postgres_role']
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# PostgreSQL configuration
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postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
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postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
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postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
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postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
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# Disable automatic database migrations
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gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
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# Configure the Consul agent
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consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
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# START user configuration
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# Please set the real values as explained in Required Information section
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#
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# Replace PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
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postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = 'PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH'
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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 X with value of number of db nodes + 1
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postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = X
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postgresql['max_replication_slots'] = X
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# Replace XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY with Network Address
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postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY)
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repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(127.0.0.1/32 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY)
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# Replace placeholders:
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# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
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# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
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consul['configuration'] = {
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retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
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}
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#
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# END user configuration
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```
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> `postgres_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3
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1. On secondary nodes, add all the configuration specified above for primary node
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to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`. In addition, append the following configuration
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to inform `gitlab-ctl` that they are standby nodes initially and it need not
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attempt to register them as primary node
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```ruby
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# Specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
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repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
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```
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1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
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1. [Enable Monitoring](#enable-monitoring)
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> Please note:
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> - If you want your database to listen on a specific interface, change the configuration:
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> `postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'`.
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> - If your PgBouncer service runs under a different user account,
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> you also need to specify: `postgresql['pgbouncer_user'] = PGBOUNCER_USERNAME` in
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> your configuration.
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#### Enable Monitoring
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/3786) in GitLab 12.0.
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If you enable Monitoring, it must be enabled on **all** database servers.
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1. Create/edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following configuration:
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# Enable service discovery for Prometheus
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consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true
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# Set the network addresses that the exporters 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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```
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1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` to compile the configuration.
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#### Database nodes post-configuration
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##### Primary node
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Select one node as a primary node.
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1. Open a database prompt:
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```shell
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gitlab-psql -d gitlabhq_production
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```
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1. Enable the `pg_trgm` extension:
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```shell
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CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
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```
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1. Exit the database prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
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1. Verify the cluster is initialized with one node:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
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```
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The output should be similar to the following:
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```plaintext
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Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
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----------+----------|----------|----------------------------------------
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* master | HOSTNAME | | host=HOSTNAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
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```
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1. Note down the hostname or IP address in the connection string: `host=HOSTNAME`. We will
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refer to the hostname in the next section as `MASTER_NODE_NAME`. If the value
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is not an IP address, it will need to be a resolvable name (via DNS or
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`/etc/hosts`)
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##### Secondary nodes
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1. Set up the repmgr standby:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup MASTER_NODE_NAME
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```
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Do note that this will remove the existing data on the node. The command
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has a wait time.
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The output should be similar to the following:
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```console
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# gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup MASTER_NODE_NAME
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Doing this will delete the entire contents of /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/data
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If this is not what you want, hit Ctrl-C now to exit
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To skip waiting, rerun with the -w option
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Sleeping for 30 seconds
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Stopping the database
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Removing the data
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Cloning the data
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Starting the database
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Registering the node with the cluster
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ok: run: repmgrd: (pid 19068) 0s
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```
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1. Verify the node now appears in the cluster:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
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```
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The output should be similar to the following:
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```plaintext
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Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
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----------+---------|-----------|------------------------------------------------
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* master | MASTER | | host=MASTER_NODE_NAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
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standby | STANDBY | MASTER | host=STANDBY_HOSTNAME user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
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```
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Repeat the above steps on all secondary nodes.
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#### Database checkpoint
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Before moving on, make sure the databases are configured correctly. Run the
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following command on the **primary** node to verify that replication is working
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properly:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl repmgr cluster show
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```
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The output should be similar to:
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```plaintext
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Role | Name | Upstream | Connection String
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----------+--------------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------
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* master | MASTER | | host=MASTER port=5432 user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
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standby | STANDBY | MASTER | host=STANDBY port=5432 user=gitlab_repmgr dbname=gitlab_repmgr
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```
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If the 'Role' column for any node says "FAILED", check the
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[Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) before proceeding.
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Also, check that the check master command works successfully on each node:
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```shell
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su - gitlab-consul
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gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master || echo 'This node is a standby repmgr node'
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```
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This command relies on exit codes to tell Consul whether a particular node is a master
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or secondary. The most important thing here is that this command does not produce errors.
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If there are errors it's most likely due to incorrect `gitlab-consul` database user permissions.
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Check the [Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting) before proceeding.
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### Configuring the PgBouncer node
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1. Make sure you collect [`CONSUL_SERVER_NODES`](#consul-information), [`CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH`](#consul-information), and [`PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH`](#pgbouncer-information) before executing the next step.
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1. One each node, edit the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` config file and replace values noted in the `# START user configuration` section as below:
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```ruby
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# Disable all components except PgBouncer and Consul agent
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roles ['pgbouncer_role']
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# Configure PgBouncer
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pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
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# Configure Consul agent
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consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
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# START user configuration
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# Please set the real values as explained in Required Information section
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# Replace CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH with with a generated md5 value
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# Replace PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH with with a generated md5 value
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pgbouncer['users'] = {
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'gitlab-consul': {
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password: 'CONSUL_PASSWORD_HASH'
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},
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'pgbouncer': {
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password: 'PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH'
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}
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}
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# Replace placeholders:
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#
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# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
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# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
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consul['configuration'] = {
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retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
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}
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#
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# END user configuration
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```
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NOTE: **Note:**
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`pgbouncer_role` was introduced with GitLab 10.3.
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1. Run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
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1. Create a `.pgpass` file so Consul is able to
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reload PgBouncer. Enter the `PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD` twice when asked:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --host 127.0.0.1 --database pgbouncer --user pgbouncer --hostuser gitlab-consul
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```
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1. [Enable monitoring](../high_availability/pgbouncer.md#enable-monitoring)
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#### PgBouncer Checkpoint
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1. Ensure each node is talking to the current master:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl pgb-console # You will be prompted for PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD
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```
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If there is an error `psql: ERROR: Auth failed` after typing in the
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password, ensure you previously generated the MD5 password hashes with the correct
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format. The correct format is to concatenate the password and the username:
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`PASSWORDUSERNAME`. For example, `Sup3rS3cr3tpgbouncer` would be the text
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needed to generate an MD5 password hash for the `pgbouncer` user.
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1. Once the console prompt is available, run the following queries:
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```shell
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show databases ; show clients ;
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```
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The output should be similar to the following:
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```plaintext
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name | host | port | database | force_user | pool_size | reserve_pool | pool_mode | max_connections | current_connections
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|
---------------------+-------------+------+---------------------+------------+-----------+--------------+-----------+-----------------+---------------------
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|
gitlabhq_production | MASTER_HOST | 5432 | gitlabhq_production | | 20 | 0 | | 0 | 0
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|
pgbouncer | | 6432 | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | 2 | 0 | statement | 0 | 0
|
|
(2 rows)
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|
|
|
type | user | database | state | addr | port | local_addr | local_port | connect_time | request_time | ptr | link | remote_pid | tls
|
|
------+-----------+---------------------+---------+----------------+-------+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------+------+------------+-----
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|
C | pgbouncer | pgbouncer | active | 127.0.0.1 | 56846 | 127.0.0.1 | 6432 | 2017-08-21 18:09:59 | 2017-08-21 18:10:48 | 0x22b3880 | | 0 |
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|
(2 rows)
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|
```
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#### Configure the internal load balancer
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If you're running more than one PgBouncer node as recommended, then at this time you'll need to set up a TCP internal load balancer to serve each correctly. This can be done with any reputable TCP load balancer.
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|
|
|
As an example here's how you could do it with [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/):
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|
|
|
```plaintext
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|
global
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|
log /dev/log local0
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log localhost local1 notice
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log stdout format raw local0
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|
|
defaults
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|
log global
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|
default-server inter 10s fall 3 rise 2
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|
balance leastconn
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|
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|
frontend internal-pgbouncer-tcp-in
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|
bind *:6432
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|
mode tcp
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|
option tcplog
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|
|
|
default_backend pgbouncer
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|
|
|
backend pgbouncer
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|
mode tcp
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|
option tcp-check
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|
|
|
server pgbouncer1 <ip>:6432 check
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|
server pgbouncer2 <ip>:6432 check
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server pgbouncer3 <ip>:6432 check
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Refer to your preferred Load Balancer's documentation for further guidance.
|
|
|
|
### Configuring the Application nodes
|
|
|
|
These will be the nodes running the `gitlab-rails` service. You may have other
|
|
attributes set, but the following need to be set.
|
|
|
|
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
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|
|
|
```ruby
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|
# Disable PostgreSQL on the application node
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|
postgresql['enable'] = false
|
|
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = 'PGBOUNCER_NODE' or 'INTERNAL_LOAD_BALANCER'
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
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|
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_USER_PASSWORD'
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|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
#### Application node post-configuration
|
|
|
|
Ensure that all migrations ran:
|
|
|
|
```shell
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|
gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
> **Note**: If you encounter a `rake aborted!` error 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. See
|
|
[PgBouncer error `ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server`](#pgbouncer-error-error-pgbouncer-cannot-connect-to-server)
|
|
in the Troubleshooting section before proceeding.
|
|
|
|
### Ensure GitLab is running
|
|
|
|
At this point, your GitLab instance should be up and running. Verify you are
|
|
able to login, and create issues and merge requests. If you have troubles check
|
|
the [Troubleshooting section](#troubleshooting).
|
|
|
|
## Example configuration
|
|
|
|
Here we'll show you some fully expanded example configurations.
|
|
|
|
### Example recommended setup
|
|
|
|
This example uses 3 Consul servers, 3 PgBouncer servers (with associated internal load balancer),
|
|
3 PostgreSQL servers, and 1 application node.
|
|
|
|
We start with all servers on the same 10.6.0.0/16 private network range, they
|
|
can connect to each freely other on those addresses.
|
|
|
|
Here is a list and description of each machine and the assigned IP:
|
|
|
|
- `10.6.0.11`: Consul 1
|
|
- `10.6.0.12`: Consul 2
|
|
- `10.6.0.13`: Consul 3
|
|
- `10.6.0.20`: Internal Load Balancer
|
|
- `10.6.0.21`: PgBouncer 1
|
|
- `10.6.0.22`: PgBouncer 2
|
|
- `10.6.0.23`: PgBouncer 3
|
|
- `10.6.0.31`: PostgreSQL master
|
|
- `10.6.0.32`: PostgreSQL secondary
|
|
- `10.6.0.33`: PostgreSQL secondary
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|
- `10.6.0.41`: GitLab application
|
|
|
|
All passwords are set to `toomanysecrets`, please do not use this password or derived hashes and the `external_url` for GitLab is `http://gitlab.example.com`.
|
|
|
|
Please note that after the initial configuration, if a failover occurs, the PostgresSQL master will change to one of the available secondaries until it is failed back.
|
|
|
|
#### Example recommended setup for Consul servers
|
|
|
|
On each server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Disable all components except Consul
|
|
roles ['consul_role']
|
|
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
server: true,
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
|
|
}
|
|
consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
#### Example recommended setup for PgBouncer servers
|
|
|
|
On each server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Disable all components except Pgbouncer and Consul agent
|
|
roles ['pgbouncer_role']
|
|
|
|
# Configure PgBouncer
|
|
pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
|
|
|
|
pgbouncer['users'] = {
|
|
'gitlab-consul': {
|
|
password: '5e0e3263571e3704ad655076301d6ebe'
|
|
},
|
|
'pgbouncer': {
|
|
password: '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
consul['enable'] = true
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
|
|
}
|
|
consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
#### Internal load balancer setup
|
|
|
|
An internal load balancer (TCP) is then required to be setup to serve each PgBouncer node (in this example on the IP of `10.6.0.20`). An example of how to do this can be found in the [PgBouncer Configure Internal Load Balancer](#configure-the-internal-load-balancer) section.
|
|
|
|
#### Example recommended setup for PostgreSQL servers
|
|
|
|
##### Primary node
|
|
|
|
On primary node edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL and Repmgr and Consul
|
|
roles ['postgres_role']
|
|
|
|
# PostgreSQL configuration
|
|
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
|
|
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
|
|
postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
|
|
postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
|
|
|
|
# Disable automatic database migrations
|
|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
|
|
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
|
|
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = '450409b85a0223a214b5fb1484f34d0f'
|
|
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
|
|
|
|
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
|
|
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
|
|
|
|
# Configure the Consul agent
|
|
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
consul['enable'] = true
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
|
|
}
|
|
consul['monitoring_service_discovery'] = true
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
##### Secondary nodes
|
|
|
|
On secondary nodes, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add all the configuration
|
|
added to primary node, noted above. In addition, append the following
|
|
configuration:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
|
|
repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
###### Example recommended setup for application server
|
|
|
|
On the server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
|
|
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.6.0.20' # Internal Load Balancer for PgBouncer nodes
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'toomanysecrets'
|
|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
|
|
postgresql['enable'] = false
|
|
pgbouncer['enable'] = false
|
|
consul['enable'] = true
|
|
|
|
# Configure Consul agent
|
|
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
|
|
pgbouncer['users'] = {
|
|
'gitlab-consul': {
|
|
password: '5e0e3263571e3704ad655076301d6ebe'
|
|
},
|
|
'pgbouncer': {
|
|
password: '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.11 10.6.0.12 10.6.0.13)
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
#### Example recommended setup manual steps
|
|
|
|
After deploying the configuration follow these steps:
|
|
|
|
1. On `10.6.0.31`, our primary database
|
|
|
|
Enable the `pg_trgm` extension
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-psql -d gitlabhq_production
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm;
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. On `10.6.0.32`, our first standby database
|
|
|
|
Make this node a standby of the primary
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup 10.6.0.21
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. On `10.6.0.33`, our second standby database
|
|
|
|
Make this node a standby of the primary
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup 10.6.0.21
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. On `10.6.0.41`, our application server
|
|
|
|
Set `gitlab-consul` user's PgBouncer password to `toomanysecrets`
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --host 127.0.0.1 --database pgbouncer --user pgbouncer --hostuser gitlab-consul
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Run database migrations
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Example minimal setup
|
|
|
|
This example uses 3 PostgreSQL servers, and 1 application node (with PgBouncer setup alongside).
|
|
|
|
It differs from the [recommended setup](#example-recommended-setup) by moving the Consul servers into the same servers we use for PostgreSQL.
|
|
The trade-off is between reducing server counts, against the increased operational complexity of needing to deal with PostgreSQL [failover](#failover-procedure) and [restore](#restore-procedure) procedures in addition to [Consul outage recovery](../high_availability/consul.md#outage-recovery) on the same set of machines.
|
|
|
|
In this example we start with all servers on the same 10.6.0.0/16 private network range, they can connect to each freely other on those addresses.
|
|
|
|
Here is a list and description of each machine and the assigned IP:
|
|
|
|
- `10.6.0.21`: PostgreSQL master
|
|
- `10.6.0.22`: PostgreSQL secondary
|
|
- `10.6.0.23`: PostgreSQL secondary
|
|
- `10.6.0.31`: GitLab application
|
|
|
|
All passwords are set to `toomanysecrets`, please do not use this password or derived hashes.
|
|
|
|
The `external_url` for GitLab is `http://gitlab.example.com`
|
|
|
|
Please note that after the initial configuration, if a failover occurs, the PostgresSQL master will change to one of the available secondaries until it is failed back.
|
|
|
|
#### Example minimal configuration for database servers
|
|
|
|
##### Primary node
|
|
|
|
On primary database node edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL, Repmgr, and Consul
|
|
roles ['postgres_role']
|
|
|
|
# PostgreSQL configuration
|
|
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
|
|
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
|
|
postgresql['wal_level'] = 'replica'
|
|
postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'
|
|
|
|
# Disable automatic database migrations
|
|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
|
|
# Configure the Consul agent
|
|
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
|
|
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
|
|
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = '450409b85a0223a214b5fb1484f34d0f'
|
|
postgresql['max_wal_senders'] = 4
|
|
|
|
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
|
|
repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.6.0.0/16)
|
|
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
server: true,
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.21 10.6.0.22 10.6.0.23)
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
##### Secondary nodes
|
|
|
|
On secondary nodes, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add all the information added
|
|
to primary node, noted above. In addition, append the following configuration
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Specify if a node should attempt to be master on initialization
|
|
repmgr['master_on_initialization'] = false
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
#### Example minimal configuration for application server
|
|
|
|
On the server edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
|
|
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '127.0.0.1'
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_port'] = 6432
|
|
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'toomanysecrets'
|
|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
|
|
postgresql['enable'] = false
|
|
pgbouncer['enable'] = true
|
|
consul['enable'] = true
|
|
|
|
# Configure PgBouncer
|
|
pgbouncer['admin_users'] = %w(pgbouncer gitlab-consul)
|
|
|
|
# Configure Consul agent
|
|
consul['watchers'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
|
|
pgbouncer['users'] = {
|
|
'gitlab-consul': {
|
|
password: '5e0e3263571e3704ad655076301d6ebe'
|
|
},
|
|
'pgbouncer': {
|
|
password: '771a8625958a529132abe6f1a4acb19c'
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
retry_join: %w(10.6.0.21 10.6.0.22 10.6.0.23)
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
#### Example minimal setup manual steps
|
|
|
|
The manual steps for this configuration are the same as for the [example recommended setup](#example-recommended-setup-manual-steps).
|
|
|
|
### Failover procedure
|
|
|
|
By default, if the master database fails, `repmgrd` should promote one of the
|
|
standby nodes to master automatically, and Consul will update PgBouncer with
|
|
the new master.
|
|
|
|
If you need to failover manually, you have two options:
|
|
|
|
**Shutdown the current master database**
|
|
|
|
Run:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl stop postgresql
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The automated failover process will see this and failover to one of the
|
|
standby nodes.
|
|
|
|
**Or perform a manual failover**
|
|
|
|
1. Ensure the old master node is not still active.
|
|
1. Login to the server that should become the new master and run:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby promote
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. If there are any other standby servers in the cluster, have them follow
|
|
the new master server:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby follow NEW_MASTER
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Restore procedure
|
|
|
|
If a node fails, it can be removed from the cluster, or added back as a standby
|
|
after it has been restored to service.
|
|
|
|
#### Remove a standby from the cluster
|
|
|
|
From any other node in the cluster, run:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby unregister --node=X
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
where X is the value of node in `repmgr.conf` on the old server.
|
|
|
|
To find this, you can use:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
awk -F = '$1 == "node" { print $2 }' /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/repmgr.conf
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
It will output something like:
|
|
|
|
```plaintext
|
|
959789412
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Then you will use this ID to unregister the node:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby unregister --node=959789412
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
#### Add a node as a standby server
|
|
|
|
From the standby node, run:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby follow NEW_MASTER
|
|
gitlab-ctl restart repmgrd
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
CAUTION: **Warning:**
|
|
When the server is brought back online, and before
|
|
you switch it to a standby node, repmgr will report that there are two masters.
|
|
If there are any clients that are still attempting to write to the old master,
|
|
this will cause a split, and the old master will need to be resynced from
|
|
scratch by performing a `gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup NEW_MASTER`.
|
|
|
|
#### Add a failed master back into the cluster as a standby node
|
|
|
|
Once `repmgrd` and PostgreSQL are running, the node will need to follow the new
|
|
as a standby node.
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
gitlab-ctl repmgr standby follow NEW_MASTER
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
Once the node is following the new master as a standby, the node needs to be
|
|
[unregistered from the cluster on the new master node](#remove-a-standby-from-the-cluster).
|
|
|
|
Once the old master node has been unregistered from the cluster, it will need
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to be setup as a new standby:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl repmgr standby setup NEW_MASTER
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```
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Failure to unregister and read the old master node can lead to subsequent failovers
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not working.
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### Alternate configurations
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#### Database authorization
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By default, we give any host on the database network the permission to perform
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repmgr operations using PostgreSQL's `trust` method. If you do not want this
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level of trust, there are alternatives.
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You can trust only the specific nodes that will be database clusters, or you
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can require md5 authentication.
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#### Trust specific addresses
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If you know the IP address, or FQDN of all database and PgBouncer nodes in the
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cluster, you can trust only those nodes.
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In `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` on all of the database nodes, set
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`repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses']` to an array of strings containing all of
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the addresses.
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If setting to a node's FQDN, they must have a corresponding PTR record in DNS.
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If setting to a node's IP address, specify it as `XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/32`.
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For example:
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```ruby
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repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(192.168.1.44/32 db2.example.com)
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```
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#### MD5 Authentication
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If you are running on an untrusted network, repmgr can use md5 authentication
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with a [`.pgpass` file](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/libpq-pgpass.html)
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to authenticate.
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You can specify by IP address, FQDN, or by subnet, using the same format as in
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the previous section:
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1. On the current master node, create a password for the `gitlab` and
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`gitlab_repmgr` user:
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```shell
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gitlab-psql -d template1
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template1=# \password gitlab_repmgr
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Enter password: ****
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Confirm password: ****
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template1=# \password gitlab
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```
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1. On each database node:
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1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
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1. Ensure `repmgr['trust_auth_cidr_addresses']` is **not** set
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1. Set `postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses']` to the desired value
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1. Set `postgresql['sql_replication_user'] = 'gitlab_repmgr'`
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1. Reconfigure with `gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
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1. Restart PostgreSQL with `gitlab-ctl restart postgresql`
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1. Create a `.pgpass` file. Enter the `gitlab_repmgr` password twice to
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|
when asked:
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|
```shell
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gitlab-ctl write-pgpass --user gitlab_repmgr --hostuser gitlab-psql --database '*'
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```
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|
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1. On each PgBouncer node, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
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|
1. Ensure `gitlab_rails['db_password']` is set to the plaintext password for
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|
the `gitlab` database user
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|
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect
|
|
|
|
## Troubleshooting
|
|
|
|
### Consul and PostgreSQL changes not taking effect
|
|
|
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Due to the potential impacts, `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` only reloads Consul and PostgreSQL, it will not restart the services. However, not all changes can be activated by reloading.
|
|
|
|
To restart either service, run `gitlab-ctl restart SERVICE`
|
|
|
|
For PostgreSQL, it is usually safe to restart the master node by default. Automatic failover defaults to a 1 minute timeout. Provided the database returns before then, nothing else needs to be done. To be safe, you can stop `repmgrd` on the standby nodes first with `gitlab-ctl stop repmgrd`, then start afterwards with `gitlab-ctl start repmgrd`.
|
|
|
|
On the Consul server nodes, it is important to restart the Consul service in a controlled fashion. Read our [Consul documentation](../high_availability/consul.md#restarting-the-server-cluster) for instructions on how to restart the service.
|
|
|
|
### `gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master` command produces errors
|
|
|
|
If this command displays errors about database permissions it is likely that something failed during
|
|
install, resulting in the `gitlab-consul` database user getting incorrect permissions. Follow these
|
|
steps to fix the problem:
|
|
|
|
1. On the master database node, connect to the database prompt - `gitlab-psql -d template1`
|
|
1. Delete the `gitlab-consul` user - `DROP USER "gitlab-consul";`
|
|
1. Exit the database prompt - `\q`
|
|
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) and the user will be re-added with the proper permissions.
|
|
1. Change to the `gitlab-consul` user - `su - gitlab-consul`
|
|
1. Try the check command again - `gitlab-ctl repmgr-check-master`.
|
|
|
|
Now there should not be errors. If errors still occur then there is another problem.
|
|
|
|
### PgBouncer error `ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server`
|
|
|
|
You may get this error when running `gitlab-rake gitlab:db:configure` or you
|
|
may see the error in the PgBouncer log file.
|
|
|
|
```plaintext
|
|
PG::ConnectionBad: ERROR: pgbouncer cannot connect to server
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The problem may be that your PgBouncer node's IP address is not included in the
|
|
`trust_auth_cidr_addresses` setting in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` on the database nodes.
|
|
|
|
You can confirm that this is the issue by checking the PostgreSQL log on the master
|
|
database node. If you see the following error then `trust_auth_cidr_addresses`
|
|
is the problem.
|
|
|
|
```plaintext
|
|
2018-03-29_13:59:12.11776 FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "123.123.123.123", user "pgbouncer", database "gitlabhq_production", SSL off
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
To fix the problem, add the IP address to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(123.123.123.123/32 <other_cidrs>)
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
[Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
### Issues with other components
|
|
|
|
If you're running into an issue with a component not outlined here, be sure to check the troubleshooting section of their specific documentation page.
|
|
|
|
- [Consul](../high_availability/consul.md#troubleshooting)
|
|
- [PostgreSQL](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html#troubleshooting)
|
|
- [GitLab application](../high_availability/gitlab.md#troubleshooting)
|
|
|
|
## Patroni
|
|
|
|
NOTE: **Note:**
|
|
Starting from GitLab 13.1, Patroni is available for **experimental** use to replace repmgr. Due to its
|
|
experimental nature, Patroni support is **subject to change without notice.**
|
|
|
|
Patroni is an opinionated solution for PostgreSQL high-availability. It takes the control of PostgreSQL, overrides its
|
|
configuration and manages its lifecycle (start, stop, restart). This is a more active approach when compared to repmgr.
|
|
Both repmgr and Patroni are both supported and available. But Patroni will be the default (and perhaps the only) option
|
|
for PostgreSQL 12 clustering and cascading replication for Geo deployments.
|
|
|
|
The [architecture](#example-recommended-setup-manual-steps) (that was mentioned above) does not change for Patroni.
|
|
You do not need any special consideration for Patroni while provisioning your database nodes. Patroni heavily relies on
|
|
Consul to store the state of the cluster and elect a leader. Any failure in Consul cluster and its leader election will
|
|
propagate to Patroni cluster as well.
|
|
|
|
Similar to repmgr, Patroni monitors the cluster and handles failover. When the primary node fails it works with Consul
|
|
to notify PgBouncer. However, as opposed to repmgr, on failure, Patroni handles the transitioning of the old primary to
|
|
a replica and rejoins it to the cluster automatically. So you do not need any manual operation for recovering the
|
|
cluster as you do with repmgr.
|
|
|
|
With Patroni the connection flow is slightly different. Patroni on each node connects to Consul agent to join the
|
|
cluster. Only after this point it decides if the node is the primary or a replica. Based on this decision, it configures
|
|
and starts PostgreSQL which it communicates with directly over a Unix socket. This implies that if Consul cluster is not
|
|
functional or does not have a leader, Patroni and by extension PostgreSQL will not start. Patroni also exposes a REST
|
|
API which can be accessed via its [default port](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/package-information/defaults.html#patroni)
|
|
on each node.
|
|
|
|
### Configuring Patroni cluster
|
|
|
|
You must enable Patroni explicitly to be able to use it (with `patroni['enable'] = true`). When Patroni is enabled
|
|
repmgr will be disabled automatically.
|
|
|
|
Any PostgreSQL configuration item that controls replication, for example `wal_level`, `max_wal_senders`, etc, are strictly
|
|
controlled by Patroni and will override the original settings that you make with the `postgresql[...]` configuration key.
|
|
Hence, they are all separated and placed under `patroni['postgresql'][...]`. This behavior is limited to replication.
|
|
Patroni honours any other PostgreSQL configuration that was made with the `postgresql[...]` configuration key. For example,
|
|
`max_wal_senders` by default is set to `5`. If you wish to change this you must set it with the `patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders']`
|
|
configuration key.
|
|
|
|
The configuration of Patroni node is very similar to a repmgr but shorter. When Patroni is enabled, first you can ignore
|
|
any replication setting of PostgreSQL (it will be overwritten anyway). Then you can remove any `repmgr[...]` or
|
|
repmgr-specific configuration as well. Especially, make sure that you remove `postgresql['shared_preload_libraries'] = 'repmgr_funcs'`.
|
|
|
|
Here is an example similar to [the one that was done with repmgr](#configuring-the-database-nodes):
|
|
|
|
```ruby
|
|
# Disable all components except PostgreSQL and Repmgr and Consul
|
|
roles['postgres_role']
|
|
|
|
# Enable Patroni
|
|
patroni['enable'] = true
|
|
|
|
# PostgreSQL configuration
|
|
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
|
|
|
|
# Disable automatic database migrations
|
|
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
|
|
|
|
# Configure the Consul agent
|
|
consul['services'] = %w(postgresql)
|
|
|
|
# START user configuration
|
|
# Please set the real values as explained in Required Information section
|
|
#
|
|
# Replace PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
|
|
postgresql['pgbouncer_user_password'] = 'PGBOUNCER_PASSWORD_HASH'
|
|
# Replace POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH with a generated md5 value
|
|
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = 'POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD_HASH'
|
|
|
|
# Replace X with value of number of db nodes + 1 (OPTIONAL the default value is 5)
|
|
patroni['postgresql']['max_wal_senders'] = X
|
|
patroni['postgresql']['max_replication_slots'] = X
|
|
|
|
# Replace XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY with Network Address
|
|
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/YY)
|
|
|
|
# Replace placeholders:
|
|
#
|
|
# Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z
|
|
# with the addresses gathered for CONSUL_SERVER_NODES
|
|
consul['configuration'] = {
|
|
retry_join: %w(Y.Y.Y.Y consul1.gitlab.example.com Z.Z.Z.Z)
|
|
}
|
|
#
|
|
# END user configuration
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
You do not need an additional or different configuration for replica nodes. As a matter of fact, you don't have to have
|
|
a predetermined primary node. Therefore all database nodes use the same configuration.
|
|
|
|
Once the configuration of a node is done, you must [reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure)
|
|
on each node for the changes to take effect.
|
|
|
|
Generally, when Consul cluster is ready, the first node that [reconfigures](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure)
|
|
becomes the leader. You do not need to sequence the nodes reconfiguration. You can run them in parallel or in any order.
|
|
If you choose an arbitrary order you do not have any predetermined master.
|
|
|
|
As opposed to repmgr, once the nodes are reconfigured you do not need any further action or additional command to join
|
|
the replicas.
|
|
|
|
#### Database authorization for Patroni
|
|
|
|
Patroni uses Unix socket to manage PostgreSQL instance. Therefore, the connection from the `local` socket must be trusted.
|
|
|
|
Also, replicas use the replication user (`gitlab_replicator` by default) to communicate with the leader. For this user,
|
|
you can choose between `trust` and `md5` authentication. If you set `postgresql['sql_replication_password']`,
|
|
Patroni will use `md5` authentication, otherwise it falls back to `trust`. You must to specify the cluster CIDR in
|
|
`postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses']` or `postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses']` respectively.
|
|
|
|
### Interacting with Patroni cluster
|
|
|
|
You can use `gitlab-ctl patroni members` to check the status of the cluster members. To check the status of each node
|
|
`gitlab-ctl patroni` provides two additional sub-commands, `check-leader` and `check-replica` which indicate if a node
|
|
is the primary or a replica.
|
|
|
|
When Patroni is enabled, you don't have direct control over `postgresql` service. Patroni will signal PostgreSQL's startup,
|
|
shutdown, and restart. For example, for shutting down PostgreSQL on a node, you must shutdown Patroni on the same node
|
|
with:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl stop patroni
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Manual failover procedure for Patroni
|
|
|
|
While Patroni supports automatic failover, you also have the ability to perform
|
|
a manual one, where you have two slightly different options:
|
|
|
|
- **Failover**: allows you to perform a manual failover when there are no healthy nodes.
|
|
You can perform this action in any PostgreSQL node:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl patroni failover
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
- **Switchover**: only works when the cluster is healthy and allows you to schedule a switchover (it can happen immediately).
|
|
You can perform this action in any PostgreSQL node:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl patroni switchover
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
For further details on this subject, see the
|
|
[Patroni documentation](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rest_api.html#switchover-and-failover-endpoints).
|
|
|
|
### Recovering the Patroni cluster
|
|
|
|
To recover the old primary and rejoin it to the cluster as a replica, you can simply start Patroni with:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl start patroni
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
No further configuration or intervention is needed.
|
|
|
|
### Maintenance procedure for Patroni
|
|
|
|
With Patroni enabled, you can run a planned maintenance. If you want to do some maintenance work on one node and you
|
|
don't want Patroni to manage it, you can use put it into maintenance mode:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl patroni pause
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
When Patroni runs in a paused mode, it does not change the state of PostgreSQL. Once you are done you can resume Patroni:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl patroni resume
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
For further details, see [Patroni documentation on this subject](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pause.html).
|
|
|
|
### Switching from repmgr to Patroni
|
|
|
|
CAUTION: **Warning:**
|
|
Although switching from repmgr to Patroni is fairly straightforward the other way around is not. Rolling back from
|
|
Patroni to repmgr can be complicated and may involve deletion of data directory. If you need to do that, please contact
|
|
GitLab support.
|
|
|
|
You can switch an exiting database cluster to use Patroni instead of repmgr with the following steps:
|
|
|
|
1. Stop repmgr on all replica nodes and lastly with the primary node:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl stop repmgrd
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. Stop PostgreSQL on all replica nodes:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl stop postgresql
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
NOTE: **Note:**
|
|
Ensure that there is no `walsender` process running on the primary node.
|
|
`ps aux | grep walsender` must not show any running process.
|
|
|
|
1. On the primary node, [configure Patroni](#configuring-patroni-cluster). Remove `repmgr` and any other
|
|
repmgr-specific configuration. Also remove any configuration that is related to PostgreSQL replication.
|
|
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) on the primary node. It will become
|
|
the leader. You can check this with:
|
|
|
|
```shell
|
|
sudo gitlab-ctl tail patroni
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
1. Repeat the last two steps for all replica nodes. `gitlab.rb` should look the same on all nodes.
|
|
1. Optional: You can remove `gitlab_repmgr` database and role on the primary.
|