diff --git a/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md b/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md index b561c2f82aa..7d245b3effd 100644 --- a/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md +++ b/doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ sudo gitlab-ctl status Notice that all services say `ok: run`. -Sometimes, components time out during the restart and sometimes they get stuck. +Sometimes, components time out (look for `timeout` in the logs) during the +restart and sometimes they get stuck. In that case, you can use `gitlab-ctl kill ` to send the `SIGKILL` signal to the service, for example `sidekiq`. After that, a restart should perform fine.