From 3a83668703076d87a03dcd60166796406ed7ea6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Bodenmiller Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:44:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] use timeout as it appears in logs --- doc/administration/restart_gitlab.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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.