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Commit 6838581ad096cbe1bacd24efa93ed350660ed741

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Exists in master and in 9 other branches 7-0-stable, 7-0-stable-ee, 7-0-stable-spb, 7-1-stable, 7-1-stable-ee, 7-2-stable, 7-2-stable-ee, branch_test, nginx_ssl_tweaks

Split database configuration to make EE only aspect more obvious based on customer feedback.

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@@ -450,11 +450,9 @@ sudo /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rails console @@ -450,11 +450,9 @@ sudo /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rails console
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451 This will only work after you have run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` at least once. 451 This will only work after you have run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` at least once.
452 452
453 -## Using a non-packaged database management server 453 +## Using a MySQL database management server (Enterprise Edition only)
454 454
455 -If you do not want to use the built-in Postgres  
456 -server of omnibus-gitlab or if you want to use MySQL (GitLab Enterprise Edition  
457 -only) you can do so as follows. 455 +If you want to use MySQL and are using the **GitLab Enterprise Edition packages** please do the following:
458 456
459 Important note: if you are connecting omnibus-gitlab to an existing GitLab 457 Important note: if you are connecting omnibus-gitlab to an existing GitLab
460 database you should create a backup before attempting this procedure. 458 database you should create a backup before attempting this procedure.
@@ -482,13 +480,17 @@ gitlab_rails['db_username'] = 'git' @@ -482,13 +480,17 @@ gitlab_rails['db_username'] = 'git'
482 gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'password' 480 gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'password'
483 ``` 481 ```
484 482
485 -Parameters such as `db_adapter` correspond to `adapter` in `database.yml`; see  
486 -the upstream GitLab examples for [Postgres][database.yml.postgresql] and  
487 -[MySQL][database.yml.mysql]. We remind you that `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` should  
488 -have file permissions `0600` because it contains plaintext passwords. 483 +Parameters such as `db_adapter` correspond to `adapter` in `database.yml`; see the upstream GitLab for a [MySQL configuration example][database.yml.mysql].
  484 +We remind you that `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` should have file permissions `0600` because it contains plaintext passwords.
489 485
490 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect. 486 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
491 487
  488 +## Using a non-packaged PostgreSQL database management server
  489 +
  490 +If you do do not want to use the packaged Postgres server you can configure an external one similar to configuring a MySQL server (shown above).
  491 +Configuring a PostgreSQL server is possible both with GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition packages.
  492 +Please see the upstream GitLab for a [PostgreSQL configuration example][database.yml.postgresql].
  493 +
492 ### Seed the database (fresh installs only) 494 ### Seed the database (fresh installs only)
493 495
494 Omnibus-gitlab will not automatically seed your external database. Run the 496 Omnibus-gitlab will not automatically seed your external database. Run the