diff --git a/doc/development/architecture.md b/doc/development/architecture.md index 12e33406cb6..33fd50f4c11 100644 --- a/doc/development/architecture.md +++ b/doc/development/architecture.md @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ To serve repositories over SSH there's an add-on application called gitlab-shell ### Components -![GitLab Diagram Overview](gitlab_diagram_overview.png) +![GitLab Diagram Overview](gitlab_architecture_diagram.png) + +_[edit diagram (for GitLab team members only)](https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1fBzAyklyveF-i-2q-OHUIqDkYfjjxC4mq5shwKSZHLs/edit)_ A typical install of GitLab will be on GNU/Linux. It uses Nginx or Apache as a web front end to proxypass the Unicorn web server. By default, communication between Unicorn and the front end is via a Unix domain socket but forwarding requests via TCP is also supported. The web front end accesses `/home/git/gitlab/public` bypassing the Unicorn server to serve static pages, uploads (e.g. avatar images or attachments), and precompiled assets. GitLab serves web pages and a [GitLab API](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/doc/api) using the Unicorn web server. It uses Sidekiq as a job queue which, in turn, uses redis as a non-persistent database backend for job information, meta data, and incoming jobs. diff --git a/doc/development/gitlab_architecture_diagram.png b/doc/development/gitlab_architecture_diagram.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9ab7ffd3c7b Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/development/gitlab_architecture_diagram.png differ diff --git a/doc/development/gitlab_diagram_overview.png b/doc/development/gitlab_diagram_overview.png deleted file mode 100644 index d9b9eed3d8f..00000000000 Binary files a/doc/development/gitlab_diagram_overview.png and /dev/null differ