Commit 444364ed authored by Marcel Amirault's avatar Marcel Amirault

Merge branch 'docs-geo-troubleshoot-readwrite-secondary-db' into 'master'

Update troubleshoot read-write geo secondary database

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!73357
parents 5e9ee4d1 5cdc5366
......@@ -934,16 +934,24 @@ This error refers to a problem with the database replica on a **secondary** node
which Geo expects to have access to. It usually means, either:
- An unsupported replication method was used (for example, logical replication).
- The instructions to setup a [Geo database replication](../setup/database.md) were not followed correctly.
- The instructions to set up a [Geo database replication](../setup/database.md) were not followed correctly.
- Your database connection details are incorrect, that is you have specified the wrong
user in your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file.
A common source of confusion with **secondary** nodes is that it requires two separate
PostgreSQL instances:
Geo **secondary** sites require two separate PostgreSQL instances:
- A read-only replica of the **primary** node.
- A regular, writable instance that holds replication metadata. That is, the Geo tracking database.
This error indicates that the replica database in the **secondary** site is misconfigured and replication has stopped.
To restore the database and resume replication, you can do one of the following:
- [Reset the Geo secondary site replication](#resetting-geo-secondary-node-replication).
- [Set up a new secondary Geo Omnibus instance](../setup/index.md#using-omnibus-gitlab).
If you set up a new secondary from scratch, you must also [remove the old site from the Geo cluster](remove_geo_site.md#removing-secondary-geo-sites).
### Geo node does not appear to be replicating the database from the primary node
The most common problems that prevent the database from replicating correctly are:
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