@@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ Note that the **secondary** node needs two different PostgreSQL databases:
In the secondary nodes, there is an additional daemon: [Geo Log Cursor](#geo-log-cursor).
## Geo Recommendations
## Requirements for running Geo
We highly recommend that you install Geo on an operating system that supports OpenSSH 6.9 or higher. The following operating systems are known to ship with a current version of OpenSSH:
The following are required to run Geo:
-[CentOS](https://www.centos.org) 7.4
-[Ubuntu](https://www.ubuntu.com) 16.04
NOTE: **Note:**
CentOS 6 and 7.0 ship with an old version of OpenSSH that does not support [fast lookup of authorized SSH keys in the database](../../operations/fast_ssh_key_lookup.md), which Geo requires.
- An operating system that supports OpenSSH 6.9+ (needed for
[fast lookup of authorized SSH keys in the database](../../operations/fast_ssh_key_lookup.md))
The following operating systems are known to ship with a current version of OpenSSH:
-[CentOS](https://www.centos.org) 7.4+
-[Ubuntu](https://www.ubuntu.com) 16.04+
- PostgreSQL 9.6+ with [FDW](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/postgres-fdw.html) support and [Streaming Replication](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Streaming_Replication)
- Git 2.9+
### Firewall rules
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@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ The tracking database instance is used as metadata to control what needs to be u
- Fetch changes from a repository that has recently been updated.
Because the replicated database instance is read-only, we need this additional database instance for each **secondary** node.
The tracking database requires the `postgres_fdw` extension.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ over the public Internet in a typical deployment, but this is not a requirement.
- Geo imposes no additional restrictions on operating system (see the
[GitLab installation](https://about.gitlab.com/installation/) page for more
details), however we recommend using the operating systems listed in the [Geo documentation](http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-geo/#geo-recommendations).
details), however we recommend using the operating systems listed in the [Geo documentation](index.md#requirements-for-running-geo).
### What details regarding required OS components and lock‐down needs have been defined?