Commit eb5fd3f8 authored by Robert Speicher's avatar Robert Speicher

Merge branch 'rs-ci-migration-guide' into 'master'

Reformat and copy edit the CI-to-CE migration guide

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## Migrate GitLab CI to GitLab CE/EE
## Migrate GitLab CI to GitLab CE or EE
## Notice
Beginning with version 8.0 of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise
Edition (EE), GitLab CI is no longer its own application, but is instead built
into the CE and EE applications.
**You need to have working GitLab CI 7.14 to perform migration.
The older versions are not supported and will most likely break migration procedure.**
This guide will detail the process of migrating your CI installation and data
into your GitLab CE or EE installation.
This migration can't be done online and takes significant amount of time.
Make sure to plan it ahead.
### Before we begin
If you are running older version please follow the upgrade guide first:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/blob/master/doc/update/7.13-to-7.14.md
**You need to have a working installation of GitLab CI version 8.0 to perform
this migration. The older versions are not supported and will most likely break
this migration procedure.**
The migration is divided into a two parts:
1. **[CI]** You will be making a changes to GitLab CI instance.
1. **[CE]** You will be making a changes to GitLab CE/EE instance.
This migration cannot be performed online and takes a significant amount of
time. Make sure to plan ahead.
### 1. Stop CI server [CI]
If you are running a version of GitLab CI prior to 8.0 please follow the
appropriate [update guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/tree/master/doc/update/)
before proceeding.
sudo service gitlab_ci stop
### 2. Backup [CI]
The migration is divided into four parts and covers both manual and Omnibus
installations:
**The migration procedure is database breaking.
You need to create backup if you still want to access GitLab CI in case of failure.**
1. [GitLab CI](#part-i-gitlab-ci)
1. [Gitlab CE (or EE)](#part-ii-gitlab-ce-or-ee)
1. [Nginx configuration](#part-iii-nginx-configuration)
1. [Finishing Up](#part-iv-finishing-up)
```bash
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
```
### Part I: GitLab CI
### 3. Prepare GitLab CI database to migration [CI]
Copy and paste the command in terminal to rename all tables.
This also breaks your database structure disallowing you to use it anymore.
cat <<EOF | bundle exec rails dbconsole production
ALTER TABLE application_settings RENAME TO ci_application_settings;
ALTER TABLE builds RENAME TO ci_builds;
ALTER TABLE commits RENAME TO ci_commits;
ALTER TABLE events RENAME TO ci_events;
ALTER TABLE jobs RENAME TO ci_jobs;
ALTER TABLE projects RENAME TO ci_projects;
ALTER TABLE runner_projects RENAME TO ci_runner_projects;
ALTER TABLE runners RENAME TO ci_runners;
ALTER TABLE services RENAME TO ci_services;
ALTER TABLE tags RENAME TO ci_tags;
ALTER TABLE taggings RENAME TO ci_taggings;
ALTER TABLE trigger_requests RENAME TO ci_trigger_requests;
ALTER TABLE triggers RENAME TO ci_triggers;
ALTER TABLE variables RENAME TO ci_variables;
ALTER TABLE web_hooks RENAME TO ci_web_hooks;
EOF
### 4. Remove CI cronjob
#### 1. Stop GitLab CI
```
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab
```
# Manual installation
sudo service gitlab_ci stop
### 5. Dump GitLab CI database [CI]
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-ctl stop ci-unicorn ci-sidekiq
First check used database and credentials on GitLab CI and GitLab CE/EE:
#### 2. Create a backup
1. To check it on GitLab CI:
The migration procedure modifies the structure of the CI database. If something
goes wrong, you will not be able to revert to a previous version without a
backup.
cat /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/config/database.yml
1. To check it on GitLab CE/EE:
If your GitLab CI installation uses **MySQL** and your GitLab CE (or EE)
installation uses **PostgreSQL** you'll need to convert the CI database by
setting a `MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL` flag.
If you use the Omnibus package you most likely use **PostgreSQL** on both GitLab
CE (or EE) and CI.
You can check which database each install is using by viewing their
database configuration files:
cat /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/config/database.yml
cat /home/git/gitlab/config/database.yml
Please first check the database engine used for GitLab CI and GitLab CE/EE.
1. If your GitLab CI uses **mysql2** and GitLab CE/EE uses it too.
Please follow **Dump MySQL** guide.
1. If your GitLab CI uses **postgres** and GitLab CE/EE uses **postgres**.
Please follow **Dump PostgreSQL** guide.
1. If your GitLab CI uses **mysql2** and GitLab CE/EE uses **postgres**.
Please follow **Dump MySQL and migrate to PostgreSQL** guide.
**Remember credentials stored for accessing GitLab CI.
You will need to put these credentials into commands executed below.**
$ cat config/database.yml [10:06:55]
#
# PRODUCTION
#
production:
adapter: postgresql or mysql2
encoding: utf8
reconnect: false
database: GITLAB_CI_DATABASE
pool: 5
username: DB_USERNAME
password: DB_PASSWORD
host: DB_HOSTNAME
port: DB_PORT
# socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
#### a. Dump MySQL
mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8 --complete-insert --no-create-info \
--host=DB_USERNAME --port=DB_PORT --user=DB_HOSTNAME -p
GITLAB_CI_DATABASE \
ci_application_settings ci_builds ci_commits ci_events ci_jobs ci_projects \
ci_runner_projects ci_runners ci_services ci_tags ci_taggings ci_trigger_requests \
ci_triggers ci_variables ci_web_hooks > gitlab_ci.sql
#### b. Dump PostgreSQL
pg_dump -h DB_HOSTNAME -U DB_USERNAME -p DB_PORT --data-only GITLAB_CI_DATABASE -t "ci_*" > gitlab_ci.sql
#### c. Dump MySQL and migrate to PostgreSQL
# Dump existing MySQL database first
mysqldump --default-character-set=utf8 --compatible=postgresql --complete-insert \
--host=DB_USERNAME --port=DB_PORT --user=DB_HOSTNAME -p
GITLAB_CI_DATABASE \
ci_application_settings ci_builds ci_commits ci_events ci_jobs ci_projects \
ci_runner_projects ci_runners ci_services ci_tags ci_taggings ci_trigger_requests \
ci_triggers ci_variables ci_web_hooks > gitlab_ci.sql.tmp
# Convert database to be compatible with PostgreSQL
git clone https://github.com/gitlabhq/mysql-postgresql-converter.git -b gitlab
python mysql-postgresql-converter/db_converter.py gitlab_ci.sql.tmp gitlab_ci.sql.tmp2
ed -s gitlab_ci.sql.tmp2 < mysql-postgresql-converter/move_drop_indexes.ed
# Filter to only include INSERT statements
grep "^\(START\|SET\|INSERT\|COMMIT\)" gitlab_ci.sql.tmp2 > gitlab_ci.sql
### 6. Make sure that your GitLab CE/EE is 8.0 [CE]
Please verify that you use GitLab CE/EE 8.0.
If not, please follow the update guide: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/7.14-to-8.0.md
### 7. Stop GitLab CE/EE [CE]
Before you can migrate data you need to stop GitLab CE/EE first.
- If both applications use the same database `adapter`, create the backup with
this command:
# Manual installation
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-ci-rake backup:create
- If CI uses MySQL, and CE (or EE) uses PostgreSQL, create the backup with this
command (note the `MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL` flag):
# Manual installation
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec backup:create RAILS_ENV=production MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL=1
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-ci-rake backup:create MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL=1
#### 3. Remove cronjob
**Note:** This step is only required for **manual installations**. Omnibus users
can [skip to the next step](#part-ii-gitlab-ce-or-ee).
# Manual installation
cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab
### Part II: GitLab CE (or EE)
#### 1. Ensure GitLab is updated
Your GitLab CE or EE installation **must be version 8.0**. If it's not, follow
the [update guide](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/update/7.14-to-8.0.md)
before proceeding.
If you use the Omnibus packages simply run `apt-get upgrade` to install the
latest version.
#### 2. Prevent CI usage during the migration process
As an administrator, go to **Admin Area** -> **Settings**, and under **Continuous
Integration** uncheck **Disable to prevent CI usage until rake ci:migrate is run
(8.0 only)**.
This will disable the CI integration and prevent users from creating CI projects
until the migration process is completed.
#### 3. Stop GitLab
Before you can migrate data you need to stop the GitLab service first:
# Manual installation
sudo service gitlab stop
### 8. Backup GitLab CE/EE [CE]
This migration poses a **significant risk** of breaking your GitLab CE/EE.
**You should create the GitLab CI/EE backup before doing it.**
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn sidekiq
#### 4. Create a backup
This migration poses a **significant risk** of breaking your GitLab
installation. Create a backup before proceeding:
# Manual installation
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
### 9. Copy secret tokens [CE]
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
It's possible to speed up backup creation by skipping repositories and uploads:
# Manual installation
cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production SKIP=repositories,uploads
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create SKIP=repositories,uploads
#### 5. Copy secret tokens from CI
The `secrets.yml` file stores encryption keys for secure variables.
You need to copy the content of `config/secrets.yml` to the same file in GitLab CE.
- **Manual installations** need to copy the contents of GitLab CI's
`config/secrets.yml` file to the same file in GitLab CE:
```bash
# Manual installation
sudo cp /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/config/secrets.yml /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
sudo chown git:git /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
sudo chown 0600 /home/git/gitlab/config/secrets.yml
### 10. New configuration options for `gitlab.yml` [CE]
```
- **Omnibus installations** where GitLab CI and CE (or EE) are on the same
server don't need to do anything further, because the secrets are stored in
`/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json`.
There are new configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`](config/gitlab.yml.example).
View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
- **Omnibus installations** where GitLab CI is on a different server than CE (or
EE) will need to:
1. On the CI server, copy the `db_key_base` value from
`/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json`
1. On the CE (or EE) server, add `gitlab_ci['db_key_base'] =
"VALUE_FROM_ABOVE"` to the `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file and run `sudo
gitlab-ctl reconfigure`
```sh
git diff origin/7-14-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example origin/8-0-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
#### 6. New configuration options for `gitlab.yml`
**Note:** This step is only required for **manual installations**. Omnibus users
can [skip to the next step](#7-copy-backup-from-gitlab-ci).
There are new configuration options available for `gitlab.yml`. View them with
the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
git diff origin/7-14-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example origin/8-0-stable:config/gitlab.yml.example
The new options include configuration settings for GitLab CI.
#### 7. Copy backup from GitLab CI
```bash
# Manual installation
sudo cp -v /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/tmp/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar /home/git/gitlab/tmp/backups
sudo chown git:git /home/git/gitlab/tmp/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar
# Omnibus installation
sudo cp -v /var/opt/gitlab/ci-backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
sudo chown git:git /var/opt/gitlab/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar
```
The new options include configuration of GitLab CI that are now being part of GitLab CE and EE.
If moving across the servers you can use `scp`.
However, this requires you to provide an authorized key or password to login to
the GitLab CE (or EE) server from the CI server. You can try to use ssh-agent
from your local machine to have that: login to your GitLab CI server using
`ssh -A`.
### 11. Copy build logs [CE]
```bash
# Manual installation
scp /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/tmp/backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar root@gitlab.example.com:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/backup
You need to copy the contents of `builds/` to the same directory in GitLab CE/EE.
# Omnibus installation
scp /var/opt/gitlab/ci-backups/*_gitlab_ci_backup.tar root@gitlab.example.com:/var/opt/gitlab/backups/
```
sudo rsync -av /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/builds /home/git/gitlab/builds
sudo chown -R git:git /home/git/gitlab/builds
#### 8. Import GitLab CI backup
The build traces are usually quite big so it will take a significant amount of time.
Now you'll import the GitLab CI database dump that you created earlier into the
GitLab CE or EE database:
### 12. Import GitLab CI database [CE]
# Manual installation
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake ci:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
The one of the last steps is to import existing GitLab CI database.
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-rake ci:migrate
sudo mv /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci/gitlab_ci.sql /home/git/gitlab/gitlab_ci.sql
sudo chown git:git /home/git/gitlab/gitlab_ci.sql
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake ci:migrate CI_DUMP=/home/git/gitlab/gitlab_ci.sql RAILS_ENV=production
This task will take some time.
The task does:
1. Delete data from all existing CI tables
1. Import database data
1. Fix database auto increments
1. Fix tags assigned to Builds and Runners
1. Fix services used by CI
This migration task automatically re-enables the CI setting that you
[disabled earlier](#2-prevent-ci-usage-during-the-migration-process).
### 13. Start GitLab [CE]
#### 9. Start GitLab
You can start GitLab CI/EE now and see if everything is working.
You can start GitLab CE (or EE) now and see if everything is working:
# Manual installation
sudo service gitlab start
### 14. Update nginx [CI]
Now get back to GitLab CI and update **Nginx** configuration in order to:
1. Have all existing runners able to communicate with a migrated GitLab CI.
1. Have GitLab able send build triggers to CI address specified in Project's settings -> Services -> GitLab CI.
You need to edit `/etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab_ci` and paste:
# GITLAB CI
server {
listen 80 default_server; # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80;
server_name YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN; # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_error.log;
# expose API to fix runners
location /api {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# expose build endpoint to allow trigger builds
location ~ ^/projects/\d+/build$ {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# redirect all other CI requests
location / {
return 301 $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# adjust this to match the largest build log your runners might submit,
# set to 0 to disable limit
client_max_body_size 10m;
}
Make sure to fill the blanks to match your setup:
1. **YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN**: The existing public facing address of GitLab CI, eg. ci.gitlab.com.
1. **YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN**: The public facing address of GitLab CE/EE, eg. gitlab.com.
**Make sure to not remove the `/ci$request_uri`. This is required to properly forward the requests.**
You should also make sure that you can do:
# Omnibus installation
sudo gitlab-ctl restart unicorn sidekiq
### Part III: Nginx configuration
This section is only required for **manual installations**. Omnibus users can
[skip to the final step](#part-iv-finishing-up).
#### 1. Update Nginx configuration
To ensure that your existing CI runners are able to communicate with the
migrated installation, and that existing build triggers still work, you'll need
to update your Nginx configuration to redirect requests for the old locations to
the new ones.
Edit `/etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab_ci` and paste:
```nginx
# GITLAB CI
server {
listen 80 default_server; # e.g., listen 192.168.1.1:80;
server_name YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN; # e.g., server_name source.example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/gitlab_ci_error.log;
# expose API to fix runners
location /api {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# expose build endpoint to allow trigger builds
location ~ ^/projects/\d+/build$ {
proxy_read_timeout 300;
proxy_connect_timeout 300;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
# You need to specify your DNS servers that are able to resolve YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN
resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4;
proxy_pass $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# redirect all other CI requests
location / {
return 301 $scheme://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/ci$request_uri;
}
# adjust this to match the largest build log your runners might submit,
# set to 0 to disable limit
client_max_body_size 10m;
}
```
Make sure you substitute these placeholder values with your real ones:
1. `YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN`: The existing public-facing address of your GitLab CI
install (e.g., `ci.gitlab.com`).
1. `YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN`: The current public-facing address of your GitLab
CE (or EE) install (e.g., `gitlab.com`).
**Make sure not to remove the `/ci$request_uri` part. This is required to
properly forward the requests.**
You should also make sure that you can:
1. `curl https://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/` from your previous GitLab CI server.
1. `curl https://YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN/` from your GitLab CE/EE server.
1. `curl https://YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN/` from your GitLab CE (or EE) server.
## Check your configuration
#### 2. Check Nginx configuration
sudo nginx -t
## Restart nginx
#### 3. Restart Nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
### 15. Done!
If everything went OK you should be able to access all your GitLab CI data by pointing your browser to:
https://gitlab.example.com/ci/.
### Part IV: Finishing Up
The GitLab CI should also work when using the previous address, redirecting you to the GitLab CE/EE.
If everything went well you should be able to access your migrated CI install by
visiting `https://gitlab.example.com/ci/`. If you visit the old GitLab CI
address, you should be redirected to the new one.
**Enjoy!**
### Troubleshooting
#### Restore from backup
If something went wrong and you need to restore a backup, consult the [Backup
restoration](../raketasks/backup_restore.md) guide.
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