gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.3.md

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From 6.x or 7.x to 7.3

This allows you to upgrade any version of GitLab from 6.0 and up (including 7.0 and up) to 7.3.

Global issue numbers

As of 6.1 issue numbers are project specific. This means all issues are renumbered and get a new number in their URL. If you use an old issue number URL and the issue number does not exist yet you are redirected to the new one. This conversion does not trigger if the old number already exists for this project, this is unlikely but will happen with old issues and large projects.

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

It's useful to make a backup just in case things go south: (With MySQL, this may require granting "LOCK TABLES" privileges to the GitLab user on the database version)

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. Update Ruby

If you are still using Ruby 1.9.3 or below, you will need to update Ruby. You can check which version you are running with ruby -v.

If you are you running Ruby 2.0.x, you do not need to upgrade ruby, but can consider doing so for performance reasons.

If you are running Ruby 2.1.1 consider upgrading to 2.1.2, because of the high memory usage of Ruby 2.1.1.

Install, update dependencies:

sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev curl

Download and compile Ruby:

mkdir /tmp/ruby && cd /tmp/ruby
curl --progress ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.1/ruby-2.1.2.tar.gz | tar xz
cd ruby-2.1.2
./configure --disable-install-rdoc
make
sudo make install

Install Bundler:

sudo gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc

3. Get latest code

cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H git fetch --all
sudo -u git -H git checkout -- db/schema.rb # local changes will be restored automatically

For GitLab Community Edition:

sudo -u git -H git checkout 7-3-stable

OR

For GitLab Enterprise Edition:

sudo -u git -H git checkout 7-3-stable-ee

4. Install additional packages

# Add support for lograte for better log file handling
sudo apt-get install logrotate

# Install pkg-config and cmake, which is needed for the latest versions of rugged
sudo apt-get install pkg-config cmake

5. Configure Redis to use sockets

# Configure redis to use sockets
sudo cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig
# Disable Redis listening on TCP by setting 'port' to 0
sed 's/^port .*/port 0/' /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig | sudo tee /etc/redis/redis.conf
# Enable Redis socket for default Debian / Ubuntu path
echo 'unixsocket /var/run/redis/redis.sock' | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf
# Activate the changes to redis.conf
sudo service redis-server restart
# Add git to the redis group
sudo usermod -aG redis git

# Configure Redis connection settings
sudo -u git -H cp config/resque.yml.example config/resque.yml
# Change the Redis socket path if you are not using the default Debian / Ubuntu configuration
sudo -u git -H editor config/resque.yml

# Configure gitlab-shell to use Redis sockets
sudo -u git -H sed -i 's|^  # socket.*|  socket: /var/run/redis/redis.sock|' /home/git/gitlab-shell/config.yml

6. Update gitlab-shell

cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout v2.0.1

7. 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

# Enable internal issue IDs (introduced in GitLab 6.1)
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake migrate_iids RAILS_ENV=production

# Clean up assets and cache
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS_ENV=production

# Close access to gitlab-satellites for others
sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o-rwx /home/git/gitlab-satellites

# Update init.d script
sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab

8. Update config files

TIP: to see what changed in gitlab.yml.example in this release use next command:

git diff 6-0-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example 7-3-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
  • Set up logrotate
sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab

9. Start application

sudo service gitlab start
sudo service nginx restart

10. Check application status

Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:

cd /home/git/gitlab
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 complete!

11. 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 (6.0)

1. Revert the code to the previous version

Follow the upgrade guide from 5.4 to 6.0, 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

Login issues after upgrade?

If running in HTTPS mode, be sure to read Can't Verify CSRF token authenticity