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4.0-to-4.1.md 1.24 KB

From 4.0 to 4.1

Make sure you view this upgrade guide from the master branch for the most up to date instructions.

Important changes

  • Resque replaced with Sidekiq
  • New options for configuration file added
  • Init.d script should be updated
  • requires ruby1.9.3-p327

1. Stop GitLab & Resque

sudo service gitlab stop

2. Update GitLab

# Set the working directory
cd /home/gitlab/gitlab/

# Get latest code
sudo -u gitlab -H git fetch
sudo -u gitlab -H git checkout 4-1-stable

# Install gems for MySQL
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle install --without development test postgres

# Migrate db
sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

3. Replace init.d script with a new one

# backup old one
sudo mv /etc/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab.old

# get new one using sidekiq
sudo curl -L --output /etc/init.d/gitlab https://raw.github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/4-1-stable/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab

4. Check GitLab's status

sudo -u gitlab -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production

5. Start GitLab & Sidekiq

sudo service gitlab start

6. Remove old init.d script

sudo rm /etc/init.d/gitlab.old