By default Praefect database tables are created automatically by `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` task.
However, if the `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` command isn't executed or there are errors during the
execution, the Praefect database tables are not created on initial reconfigure and can throw
errors that relations do not exist.
For example:
-`ERROR: relation "node_status" does not exist at character 13`
-`ERROR: relation "replication_queue_lock" does not exist at character 40`
- This error:
```json
{"level":"error","msg":"Error updating node: pq: relation \"node_status\" does not exist","pid":210882,"praefectName":"gitlab1x4m:0.0.0.0:2305","time":"2021-04-01T19:26:19.473Z","virtual_storage":"praefect-cluster-1"}
```
To solve this, the database schema migration can be done using `sql-migrate` subcommand of
By default Praefect database tables are created automatically by `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` task.
However, if the `gitlab-ctl reconfigure` command isn't executed or there are errors during the
execution, the Praefect database tables are not created on initial reconfigure and can throw
errors that relations do not exist.
For example:
-`ERROR: relation "node_status" does not exist at character 13`
-`ERROR: relation "replication_queue_lock" does not exist at character 40`
- This error:
```json
{"level":"error","msg":"Error updating node: pq: relation \"node_status\" does not exist","pid":210882,"praefectName":"gitlab1x4m:0.0.0.0:2305","time":"2021-04-01T19:26:19.473Z","virtual_storage":"praefect-cluster-1"}
```
To solve this, the database schema migration can be done using `sql-migrate` subcommand of
-`praefect['auth_token']` and `gitlab_rails['gitaly_token']` do not match on the GitLab server.
-**Unable to save project. Error: 7:permission denied**
- Secret token in `praefect['storage_nodes']` on GitLab server does not match the
value in `gitaly['auth_token']` on one or more Gitaly servers.
- 503 response code
-**GRPC::Unavailable (14:failed to connect to all addresses)**
- GitLab was unable to reach Praefect.
-**GRPC::Unavailable (14:all SubCons are in TransientFailure...)**
- Praefect cannot reach one or more of its child Gitaly nodes. Try running
the Praefect connection checker to diagnose.
### Determine primary Gitaly node
To determine the current primary Gitaly node for a specific Praefect node:
- Use the `Shard Primary Election`[Grafana chart](#grafana) on the [`Gitlab Omnibus - Praefect` dashboard](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/grafana-dashboards/-/blob/master/omnibus/praefect.json).
This is recommended.
- If you do not have Grafana set up, use the following command on each host of each