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From 7.1 to 7.2
Make sure you view this upgrade guide from the master
branch for the most up to date instructions.
Editable labels
In GitLab 7.2 we replace Issue and Merge Request tags with labels, making it
possible to edit the label text and color. The characters ?
, &
and ,
are
no longer allowed however so those will be removed from your tags during the
database migrations for GitLab 7.2.
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 7-2-stable
OR
For GitLab Enterprise Edition:
sudo -u git -H git checkout 7-2-stable-ee
3. Update gitlab-shell
cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.9.8
4. Install new system dependencies
The latest version of the 'rugged' gem requires pkg-config
and cmake
to
build its native extensions.
sudo apt-get install pkg-config cmake
5. 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
6. Update config files
gitlab.yml
New configuration options for There are new configuration options available for gitlab.yml
. View them with the command below and apply them to your current gitlab.yml
.
git diff 7-1-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example 7-2-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
- HTTP setups: Make
/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx
the same as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/7-0-stable/lib/support/nginx/gitlab but with your settings. - HTTPS setups: Make
/etc/nginx/sites-available/nginx-ssl
the same as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/7-0-stable/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl but with your setting
Update rack attack middleware config
sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
7. Start application
sudo service gitlab start
sudo service nginx restart
8. 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!
9. Update OmniAuth configuration
When using Google omniauth login, changes of the Google account required.
Ensure that Contacts API
and the Google+ API
are enabled in the Google Developers Console.
More details can be found at the integration documentation.
Things went south? Revert to previous version (7.1)
1. Revert the code to the previous version
Follow the upgrade guide from 7.0 to 7.1, 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.