Commit 30bcd4b4 authored by Patricio Cano's avatar Patricio Cano Committed by Gabriel Mazetto

Added documentation and CHANGELOG

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title: Added Backfill service for Geo
merge_request: 861
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git remote set-url --push origin git@primary.gitlab.example.com:user/repo.git
```
> **Important**: The initialization of a new Geo secondary node requires data
to be copied from the primary, as there is no backfill feature bundled with it.
>**Important**:
The initialization of a new Geo secondary node on versions older than 8.14
requires data to be copied from the primary, as there is no backfill
feature bundled with those versions.
See more details in the [Configure GitLab](configuration.md) step.
## Current limitations
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### Step 5. Replicating the repositories data
Getting a new secondary Geo node up and running, will also require the
repositories directory to be synced from the primary node. You can use `rsync`
for that.
repositories directory to be synced from the primary node.
With GitLab **8.14** you can start the syncing process by clicking the
"Backfill all repositories" button on `Admin > Geo Nodes` screen.
On previous versions, you can use `rsync` for that:
Make sure `rsync` is installed in both primary and secondary servers and root
SSH access with a password is enabled. Otherwise, you can set up an SSH key-based
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