6.1-to-6.2.md 3.07 KB

From 6.1 to 6.2

You should update to 6.1 before installing 6.2 so all the necessary conversions are run.

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. Get latest code

cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout 6-2-stable

3. Install additional packages

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

4. Install libs, migrations, etc.

cd /home/git/gitlab

# MySQL
sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test postgres --deployment

#PostgreSQL
sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test mysql --deployment


sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake cache:clear RAILS_ENV=production

5. Update config files

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

git diff 6-1-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example 6-2-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example

sudo -u git -H cp config/initializers/rack_attack.rb.example config/initializers/rack_attack.rb
  • Uncomment config.middleware.use Rack::Attack in /home/git/gitlab/config/application.rb
  • Set up logrotate
sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab

6. Update Init script

sudo rm /etc/init.d/gitlab
sudo curl --output /etc/init.d/gitlab https://raw.github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq/6-2-stable/lib/support/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab

7. Start application

sudo service gitlab start
sudo service nginx restart

8. Check application status

Check if GitLab and its environment are configured correctly:

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!

Things went south? Revert to previous version (6.1)

1. Revert the code to the previous version

Follow the <code>upgrade guide from 6.0 to 6.1</code>, 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