Commit 86a9f7c6 authored by Grant Young's avatar Grant Young Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Clarify separate Object Storage buckets in docs

Updates the note on separate Object Storage buckets
to call out that the same one can now be used generally
unless using Helm.
parent 386ebe4a
......@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ types. If you want to use local storage for specific object types, you can
Most types of objects, such as CI artifacts, LFS files, upload
attachments, and so on can be saved in object storage by specifying a single
credential for object storage with multiple buckets. A [different bucket
for each type must be used](#use-separate-buckets).
credential for object storage with multiple buckets.
When the consolidated form is:
......@@ -571,22 +570,13 @@ See the following additional guides:
## Warnings, limitations, and known issues
### Use separate buckets
### Separate buckets required when using Helm
Using separate buckets for each data type is the recommended approach for GitLab.
Generally, using the same bucket for your Object Storage is fine to do
for convenience.
A limitation of our configuration is that each use of object storage is separately configured.
[We have an issue for improving this](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23345)
and easily using one bucket with separate folders is one improvement that this might bring.
There is at least one specific issue with using the same bucket:
when GitLab is deployed with the Helm chart restore from backup
[will not properly function](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/advanced/external-object-storage/#lfs-artifacts-uploads-packages-external-diffs-pseudonymizer)
unless separate buckets are used.
One risk of using a single bucket would be that if your organisation decided to
migrate GitLab to the Helm deployment in the future. GitLab would run, but the situation with
backups might not be realised until the organisation had a critical requirement for the backups to work.
However, if you're using or planning to use Helm, separate buckets will
be required as there is a [known limitation with restorations of Helm chart backups](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/advanced/external-object-storage/#lfs-artifacts-uploads-packages-external-diffs-pseudonymizer).
### S3 API compatibility issues
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