If you upgrade your GitLab instance while the GitLab Runner is processing jobs, the trace updates will fail. Once GitLab is back online, then the trace updates should self-heal. However, depending on the error, the GitLab Runner will either retry or eventually terminate job handling.
If you upgrade your GitLab instance while the GitLab Runner is processing jobs, the trace updates fail. When GitLab is back online, the trace updates should self-heal. However, depending on the error, the GitLab Runner either retries or eventually terminates job handling.
As for the artifacts, the GitLab Runner will attempt to upload them three times, after which the job will eventually fail.
As for the artifacts, the GitLab Runner attempts to upload them three times, after which the job eventually fails.
To address the above two scenario's, it is advised to do the following prior to upgrading:
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Upgrading the *major* version requires more attention.
Backward-incompatible changes and migrations are reserved for major versions.
Follow the directions carefully as we
cannot guarantee that upgrading between major versions will be seamless.
cannot guarantee that upgrading between major versions is seamless.
It is required to follow the following upgrade steps to ensure a successful *major* version upgrade:
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### 13.9.0
We've detected an issue [with a column rename](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/324160)
that will prevent upgrades to GitLab 13.9.0, 13.9.1, 13.9.2 and 13.9.3 when following the zero-downtime steps. It is necessary
that prevents upgrades to GitLab 13.9.0, 13.9.1, 13.9.2, and 13.9.3 when following the zero-downtime steps. It is necessary
to perform the following additional steps for the zero-downtime upgrade:
1. Before running the final `sudo gitlab-rake db:migrate` command on the deploy node,
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```
If you have already run the final `sudo gitlab-rake db:migrate` command on the deploy node and have
encountered the [column rename issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/324160), you will
encountered the [column rename issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/324160), you
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ All Geo sites have the following settings:
| Setting | Description |
| --------| ----------- |
| Primary | This marks a Geo site as **primary** site. There can be only one **primary** site. |
| Name | The unique identifier for the Geo site. It's highly recommended to use a physical location as a name. Good examples are "London Office" or "us-east-1". Avoid words like "primary", "secondary", "Geo", or "DR". This makes the failover process easier because the physical location does not change, but the Geo site role can. All nodes in a single Geo site use the same site name. Nodes use the `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` setting in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` to lookup their Geo site record in the PostgreSQL database. If `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` is not set, then the node's `external_url` with trailing slash is used as fallback. The value of `Name` is case-sensitive, and most characters are allowed. |
| Name | The unique identifier for the Geo site. It's highly recommended to use a physical location as a name. Good examples are "London Office" or "us-east-1". Avoid words like "primary", "secondary", "Geo", or "DR". This makes the failover process easier because the physical location does not change, but the Geo site role can. All nodes in a single Geo site use the same site name. Nodes use the `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` setting in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` to lookup their Geo site record in the PostgreSQL database. If `gitlab_rails['geo_node_name']` is not set, the node's `external_url` with trailing slash is used as fallback. The value of `Name` is case-sensitive, and most characters are allowed. |
| URL | The instance's user-facing URL. |
The site you're currently browsing is indicated with a blue `Current` label, and
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| Setting | Description |
|---------------------------|-------------|
| Selective synchronization | Enable Geo [selective sync](../../administration/geo/replication/configuration.md#selective-synchronization) for this **secondary** site. |
| Repository sync capacity | Number of concurrent requests this **secondary** site will make to the **primary** site when backfilling repositories. |
| File sync capacity | Number of concurrent requests this **secondary** site will make to the **primary** site when backfilling files. |
| Repository sync capacity | Number of concurrent requests this **secondary** site makes to the **primary** site when backfilling repositories. |
| File sync capacity | Number of concurrent requests this **secondary** site makes to the **primary** site when backfilling files. |
## Geo backfill
**Secondary** sites are notified of changes to repositories and files by the **primary** site,
and will always attempt to synchronize those changes as quickly as possible.
and always attempt to synchronize those changes as quickly as possible.
Backfill is the act of populating the **secondary** site with repositories and files that
existed *before* the **secondary** site was added to the database. Since there may be
extremely large numbers of repositories and files, it's infeasible to attempt to
download them all at once, so GitLab places an upper limit on the concurrency of
existed *before* the **secondary** site was added to the database. Because there may be
extremely large numbers of repositories and files, it's not feasible to attempt to
download them all at once; so, GitLab places an upper limit on the concurrency of
these operations.
How long the backfill takes is a function of the maximum concurrency, but higher
How long the backfill takes is dependent on the maximum concurrency, but higher
values place more strain on the **primary** site. From [GitLab 10.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/3107),
the limits are configurable. If your **primary** site has lots of surplus capacity,
you can increase the values to complete backfill in a shorter time. If it's
under heavy load and backfill is reducing its availability for normal requests,
under heavy load and backfill reduces its availability for normal requests,
you can decrease them.
## Using a different URL for synchronization
The **primary** site's Internal URL is used by **secondary** sites to contact it
(to sync repositories, for example). The name Internal URL distinguishes it from