Commit a96eedec authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'docs-aws-update-redis-section' into 'master'

Update Redis plus security group and reorganize

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!28577
parents aa5831c2 32621f4e
......@@ -189,29 +189,47 @@ We also need to create two private route tables so that instances in each privat
1. Associate `gitlab-private-10.0.1.0` with `gitlab-public-a`.
1. Associate `gitlab-private-10.0.3.0` with `gitlab-public-b`.
---
Now that we're done with the network, let's create a security group.
## Load Balancer
## Creating a security group
On the EC2 dashboard, look for Load Balancer in the left navigation bar:
The security group is basically the firewall:
1. Click the **Create Load Balancer** button.
1. Choose the **Classic Load Balancer**.
1. Give it a name (we'll use `gitlab-loadbalancer`) and for the **Create LB Inside** option, select `gitlab-vpc` from the dropdown menu.
1. In the **Listeners** section, set HTTP port 80, HTTPS port 443, and TCP port 22 for both load balancer and instance protocols and ports.
1. In the **Select Subnets** section, select both public subnets from the list.
1. Click **Assign Security Groups** and select **Create a new security group**, give it a name
(we'll use `gitlab-loadbalancer-sec-group`) and description, and allow both HTTP and HTTPS traffic
from anywhere (`0.0.0.0/0, ::/0`).
1. Click **Configure Security Settings** and select an SSL/TLS certificate from ACM or upload a certificate to IAM.
1. Click **Configure Health Check** and set up a health check for your EC2 instances.
1. For **Ping Protocol**, select HTTP.
1. For **Ping Port**, enter 80.
1. For **Ping Path**, enter `/explore`. (We use `/explore` as it's a public endpoint that does
not require authorization.)
1. Keep the default **Advanced Details** or adjust them according to your needs.
1. Click **Add EC2 Instances** but, as we don't have any instances to add yet, come back
to your load balancer after creating your GitLab instances and add them.
1. Click **Add Tags** and add any tags you need.
1. Click **Review and Create**, review all your settings, and click **Create** if you're happy.
1. Select **Security Groups** from the left menu.
1. Click **Create Security Group** and fill in the details. Give it a name,
add a description, and choose the VPC we created previously
1. Select the security group from the list and at the bottom select the
Inbound Rules tab. You will need to open the SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS ports. Set
the source to `0.0.0.0/0`.
After the Load Balancer is up and running, you can revisit your Security
Groups to refine the access only through the ELB and any other requirements
you might have.
![Create security group](img/create_security_group.png)
### Configure DNS for Load Balancer
TIP: **Tip:**
Based on best practices, you should allow SSH traffic from only a known
host or CIDR block. In that case, change the SSH source to be custom and give
it the IP you want to SSH from.
On the Route 53 dashboard, click **Hosted zones** in the left navigation bar:
1. When done, click **Save**.
1. Select an existing hosted zone or, if you do not already have one for your domain, click **Create Hosted Zone**, enter your domain name, and click **Create**.
1. Click **Create Record Set** and provide the following values:
1. **Name:** Use the domain name (the default value) or enter a subdomain.
1. **Type:** Select **A - IPv4 address**.
1. **Alias Target:** Find the **ELB Classic Load Balancers** section and select the classic load balancer we created earlier.
1. **Routing Policy:** We'll use **Simple** but you can choose a different policy based on your use case.
1. **Evaluate Target Health:** We'll set this to **No** but you can choose to have the load balancer route traffic based on target health.
1. Click **Create**.
1. Update your DNS records with your domain registrar. The steps for doing this vary depending on which registrar you use and is beyond the scope of this guide.
## PostgreSQL with RDS
......@@ -265,7 +283,7 @@ Now that the database is created, let's move on to setting up Redis with ElastiC
ElastiCache is an in-memory hosted caching solution. Redis maintains its own
persistence and is used for certain types of the GitLab application.
To set up Redis:
### Redis Subnet Group
1. Navigate to the ElastiCache dashboard from your AWS console.
1. Go to **Subnet Groups** in the left menu, and create a new subnet group.
......@@ -274,6 +292,18 @@ To set up Redis:
![ElastiCache subnet](img/ec_subnet.png)
### Create a Redis Security Group
1. Navigate to the EC2 dashboard.
1. Select **Security Groups** from the left menu.
1. Click **Create security group** and fill in the details. Give it a name (we'll use `gitlab-redis-sec-group`),
add a description, and choose the VPC we created previously
1. In the **Inbound rules** section, click **Add rule** and add a **Custom TCP** rule, set port `6379`, and set the "Custom" source as the `gitlab-loadbalancer-sec-group` we created earlier.
1. When done, click **Create security group**.
### Create the Redis Cluster
1. Navigate back to the ElastiCache dashboard.
1. Select **Redis** on the left menu and click **Create** to create a new
Redis cluster. Depending on your load, you can choose whether to enable
cluster mode or not. Even without cluster mode on, you still get the
......@@ -281,8 +311,9 @@ To set up Redis:
not to enable it.
1. In the settings section:
1. Give the cluster a name (`gitlab-redis`) and a description.
1. For the version, select the latest of `3.2` series (e.g., `3.2.10`).
1. Select the node type and the number of replicas.
1. For the version, select the latest of `5.0` series (e.g., `5.0.6`).
1. Leave the port as `6379` since this is what we used in our Redis security group above.
1. Select the node type (at least `cache.t3.medium`, but adjust to your needs) and the number of replicas.
1. In the advanced settings section:
1. Select the multi-AZ auto-failover option.
1. Select the subnet group we created previously.
......@@ -292,7 +323,7 @@ To set up Redis:
![Redis availability zones](img/ec_az.png)
1. In the security settings, edit the security groups and choose the
`gitlab-security-group` we had previously created.
`gitlab-redis-sec-group` we had previously created.
1. Leave the rest of the settings to their default values or edit to your liking.
1. When done, click **Create**.
......@@ -307,48 +338,6 @@ source.
Similar to the above, jump to the `gitlab-security-group` group
and add a custom TCP rule for port `6379` accessible within itself.
## Load Balancer
On the EC2 dashboard, look for Load Balancer in the left navigation bar:
1. Click the **Create Load Balancer** button.
1. Choose the **Classic Load Balancer**.
1. Give it a name (we'll use `gitlab-loadbalancer`) and for the **Create LB Inside** option, select `gitlab-vpc` from the dropdown menu.
1. In the **Listeners** section, set HTTP port 80, HTTPS port 443, and TCP port 22 for both load balancer and instance protocols and ports.
1. In the **Select Subnets** section, select both public subnets from the list.
1. Click **Assign Security Groups** and select **Create a new security group**, give it a name
(we'll use `gitlab-loadbalancer-sec-group`) and description, and allow both HTTP and HTTPS traffic
from anywhere (`0.0.0.0/0, ::/0`).
1. Click **Configure Security Settings** and select an SSL/TLS certificate from ACM or upload a certificate to IAM.
1. Click **Configure Health Check** and set up a health check for your EC2 instances.
1. For **Ping Protocol**, select HTTP.
1. For **Ping Port**, enter 80.
1. For **Ping Path**, enter `/explore`. (We use `/explore` as it's a public endpoint that does
not require authorization.)
1. Keep the default **Advanced Details** or adjust them according to your needs.
1. Click **Add EC2 Instances** but, as we don't have any instances to add yet, come back
to your load balancer after creating your GitLab instances and add them.
1. Click **Add Tags** and add any tags you need.
1. Click **Review and Create**, review all your settings, and click **Create** if you're happy.
After the Load Balancer is up and running, you can revisit your Security
Groups to refine the access only through the ELB and any other requirements
you might have.
### Configure DNS for Load Balancer
On the Route 53 dashboard, click **Hosted zones** in the left navigation bar:
1. Select an existing hosted zone or, if you do not already have one for your domain, click **Create Hosted Zone**, enter your domain name, and click **Create**.
1. Click **Create Record Set** and provide the following values:
1. **Name:** Use the domain name (the default value) or enter a subdomain.
1. **Type:** Select **A - IPv4 address**.
1. **Alias Target:** Find the **ELB Classic Load Balancers** section and select the classic load balancer we created earlier.
1. **Routing Policy:** We'll use **Simple** but you can choose a different policy based on your use case.
1. **Evaluate Target Health:** We'll set this to **No** but you can choose to have the load balancer route traffic based on target health.
1. Click **Create**.
1. Update your DNS records with your domain registrar. The steps for doing this vary depending on which registrar you use and is beyond the scope of this guide.
## Setting up Bastion Hosts
Since our GitLab instances will be in private subnets, we need a way to connect to these instances via SSH to make configuration changes, perform upgrades, etc. One way of doing this is via a [bastion host](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_host), sometimes also referred to as a jump box.
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