From 6.7 to 6.8
0. Backup
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
1. Stop server
sudo service gitlab stop
2. Get latest code
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
For Gitlab Community Edition:
sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-8-stable
OR
For GitLab Enterprise Edition:
sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-8-stable-ee
3. Update gitlab-shell (and its config)
cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.9.3
4. Install libs, migrations, etc.
cd /home/git/gitlab
# MySQL installations (note: the line below states '--without ... postgres')
sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test postgres --deployment
# PostgreSQL installations (note: the line below states '--without ... mysql')
sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test mysql --deployment
# Run database migrations
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
# Clean up assets and cache
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS_ENV=production
# Update init.d script
sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
# Update the logrotate configuration (keep logs for 90 days instead of 52 weeks)
sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab
# Close access to gitlab-satellites for others
sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o-rwx /home/git/gitlab-satellites
5. Update config files
New configuration options for gitlab.yml
There are new configuration options available for gitlab.yml. View them with the command below and apply them to your current gitlab.yml if desired.
git diff 6-7-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example 6-8-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
MySQL? Remove reaping frequency
If you are using MySQL as a database, remove reaping_frequency
from you database.yml to prevent crashes. Relevant commit.
HTTPS? Disable gzip
If you are using HTTPS, disable gzip as in this commit to prevent BREACH attacks.
Turn on asset compression
To improve performance, enable gzip asset compression as seen in this commit.
6. Start application
sudo service gitlab start
sudo service nginx restart
7. Check application status
Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production
To make sure you didn't miss anything run a more thorough check with:
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production
If all items are green, then congratulations upgrade is complete!
Things went south? Revert to previous version (6.7)
1. Revert the code to the previous version
Follow the upgrade guide from 6.6 to 6.7
, except for the database migration
(The backup is already migrated to the previous version)
2. Restore from the backup:
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:restore RAILS_ENV=production
If you have more than one backup *.tar file(s) please add BACKUP=timestamp_of_backup
to the command above.