Commit 515a9f7b authored by Nick Nguyen's avatar Nick Nguyen Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Add seed project issue to Geo troubleshooting docs

parent 2aac325b
......@@ -386,6 +386,15 @@ This happens when you have added IP addresses without a subnet mask in `postgres
To fix this, add the subnet mask in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` under `postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses']`
to respect the CIDR format (i.e. `1.2.3.4/32`).
### Message: `Found data in the gitlabhq_production database!` when running `gitlab-ctl replicate-geo-database`
This happens if data is detected in the `projects` table. When one or more projects are detected, the operation
is aborted to prevent accidental data loss. To bypass this message, pass the `--force` option to the command.
In GitLab 13.4, a seed project is added when GitLab is first installed. This makes it necessary to pass `--force` even
on a new Geo secondary node. There is an [issue to account for seed projects](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5618)
when checking the database.
### Very large repositories never successfully synchronize on the **secondary** node
GitLab places a timeout on all repository clones, including project imports
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......@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ data before running `pg_basebackup`.
NOTE: **Note:**
Replication slot names must only contain lowercase letters, numbers, and the underscore character.
NOTE: **Note:**
In GitLab 13.4, a seed project is added when GitLab is first installed. This makes it necessary to pass `--force` even
on a new Geo secondary node. There is an [issue to account for seed projects](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/issues/5618)
when checking the database.
When prompted, enter the _plaintext_ password you set up for the `gitlab_replicator`
user in the first step.
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