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Commit b4e68c7b19de0509f185b3b3eed327ca1098662d

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Committed by Jacob Vosmaer
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Exists in 6-9-stable-ee and in 1 other branch 6-9-stable

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

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README.md
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369 369 This will only work after you have run `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` at least once.
370 370  
371   -## Using a non-packaged database management server
  371 +## Using a MySQL database management server (Enterprise Edition only)
372 372  
373   -If you do not want to use the built-in Postgres
374   -server of omnibus-gitlab or if you want to use MySQL (GitLab Enterprise Edition
375   -only) you can do so as follows.
  373 +If you want to use MySQL and are using the **GitLab Enterprise Edition packages** please do the following:
376 374  
377 375 Important note: if you are connecting omnibus-gitlab to an existing GitLab
378 376 database you should create a backup before attempting this procedure.
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400 398 gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'password'
401 399 ```
402 400  
403   -Parameters such as `db_adapter` correspond to `adapter` in `database.yml`; see
404   -the upstream GitLab examples for [Postgres][database.yml.postgresql] and
405   -[MySQL][database.yml.mysql]. We remind you that `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` should
406   -have file permissions `0600` because it contains plaintext passwords.
  401 +Parameters such as `db_adapter` correspond to `adapter` in `database.yml`; see the upstream GitLab for a [MySQL configuration example][database.yml.mysql].
  402 +We remind you that `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` should have file permissions `0600` because it contains plaintext passwords.
407 403  
408 404 Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` for the change to take effect.
409 405  
  406 +## Using a non-packaged PostgreSQL database management server
  407 +
  408 +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).
  409 +Configuring a PostgreSQL server is possible both with GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition packages.
  410 +Please see the upstream GitLab for a [PostgreSQL configuration example][database.yml.postgresql].
  411 +
410 412 ### Seed the database (fresh installs only)
411 413  
412 414 Omnibus-gitlab will not automatically seed your external database. Run the
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