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type: reference
---
# Configure Gitaly
The Gitaly service itself is configured by using a [TOML configuration file](reference.md).
To change Gitaly settings:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add or change the
[Gitaly settings](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/1dd07197c7e5ae23626aad5a4a070a800b670380/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template#L1622-1676).
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add or change the [Gitaly settings](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/config.toml.example).
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
The following configuration options are also available:
- Enabling [TLS support](#enable-tls-support).
- Configuring the [number of `gitaly-ruby` workers](#configure-number-of-gitaly-ruby-workers).
- Limiting [RPC concurrency](#limit-rpc-concurrency).
## Run Gitaly on its own server
By default, Gitaly is run on the same server as Gitaly clients and is
[configured as above](#configure-gitaly). Single-server installations are best served by
this default configuration used by:
- [Omnibus GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/).
- The GitLab [source installation guide](../../install/installation.md).
However, Gitaly can be deployed to its own server, which can benefit GitLab installations that span
multiple machines.
NOTE:
When configured to run on their own servers, Gitaly servers
[must be upgraded](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/#upgrading-gitaly-servers) before Gitaly
clients in your cluster.
The process for setting up Gitaly on its own server is:
1. [Install Gitaly](#install-gitaly).
1. [Configure authentication](#configure-authentication).
1. [Configure Gitaly servers](#configure-gitaly-servers).
1. [Configure Gitaly clients](#configure-gitaly-clients).
1. [Disable Gitaly where not required](#disable-gitaly-where-not-required-optional) (optional).
When running Gitaly on its own server, note the following regarding GitLab versions:
- From GitLab 11.4, Gitaly was able to serve all Git requests without requiring a shared NFS mount
for Git repository data, except for the
[Elasticsearch indexer](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer).
- From GitLab 11.8, the Elasticsearch indexer also uses Gitaly for data access. NFS can still be
leveraged for redundancy on block-level Git data, but should be mounted only on the Gitaly
servers.
- From GitLab 11.8 to 12.2, it is possible to use Elasticsearch in a Gitaly setup that doesn't use
NFS. To use Elasticsearch in these versions, the
[repository indexer](../../integration/elasticsearch.md#elasticsearch-repository-indexer)
must be enabled in your GitLab configuration.
- [In GitLab 12.3 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6481), the new indexer is
the default and no configuration is required.
### Network architecture
The following list depicts the network architecture of Gitaly:
- GitLab Rails shards repositories into [repository storages](../repository_storage_paths.md).
- `/config/gitlab.yml` contains a map from storage names to `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` pairs.
- The `storage name` -\> `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` map in `/config/gitlab.yml` is the single
source of truth for the Gitaly network topology.
- A `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` corresponds to a Gitaly server.
- A Gitaly server hosts one or more storages.
- A Gitaly client can use one or more Gitaly servers.
- Gitaly addresses must be specified in such a way that they resolve correctly for **all** Gitaly
clients.
- Gitaly clients are:
- Puma or Unicorn.
- Sidekiq.
- GitLab Workhorse.
- GitLab Shell.
- Elasticsearch indexer.
- Gitaly itself.
- A Gitaly server must be able to make RPC calls **to itself** by using its own
`(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` pair as specified in `/config/gitlab.yml`.
- Authentication is done through a static token which is shared among the Gitaly and GitLab Rails
nodes.
The following digraph illustrates communication between Gitaly servers and GitLab Rails showing
the default ports for HTTP and HTTPs communication.
![Gitaly network architecture diagram](img/gitaly_network_13_9.png)
WARNING:
Gitaly servers must not be exposed to the public internet as Gitaly's network traffic is unencrypted
by default. The use of firewall is highly recommended to restrict access to the Gitaly server.
Another option is to [use TLS](#enable-tls-support).
In the following sections, we describe how to configure two Gitaly servers with secret token
`abc123secret`:
- `gitaly1.internal`.
- `gitaly2.internal`.
We assume your GitLab installation has three repository storages:
- `default`.
- `storage1`.
- `storage2`.
You can use as few as one server with one repository storage if desired.
NOTE:
The token referred to throughout the Gitaly documentation is just an arbitrary password selected by
the administrator. It is unrelated to tokens created for the GitLab API or other similar web API
tokens.
### Install Gitaly
Install Gitaly on each Gitaly server using either Omnibus GitLab or install it from source:
- For Omnibus GitLab, [download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want but **do not** provide the `EXTERNAL_URL=` value.
- To install from source, follow the steps at
[Install Gitaly](../../install/installation.md#install-gitaly).
### Configure authentication
Gitaly and GitLab use two shared secrets for authentication:
- One to authenticate gRPC requests to Gitaly.
- A second for authentication callbacks from GitLab Shell to the GitLab internal API.
**For Omnibus GitLab**
To configure the Gitaly token:
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly server, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'abc123secret'
```
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
There are two ways to configure the GitLab Shell token.
Method 1:
1. Copy `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` from the Gitaly client to same path on the Gitaly servers
(and any other Gitaly clients).
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) on Gitaly servers.
Method 2:
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly servers, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
```
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Copy `/home/git/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret` from the Gitaly client to the same path on the
Gitaly servers (and any other Gitaly clients).
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab:
gitaly:
token: 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. On the Gitaly servers, edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
[auth]
token = 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
### Configure Gitaly servers
On the Gitaly servers, you must configure storage paths and enable the network listener.
The Gitaly server must be able to read, write, and set permissions on the configured path.
If you want to reduce the risk of downtime when you enable authentication, you can temporarily
disable enforcement. For more information, see the documentation on configuring
[Gitaly authentication](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/doc/configuration/README.md#authentication).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
```ruby
# Avoid running unnecessary services on the Gitaly server
postgresql['enable'] = false
redis['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
puma['enable'] = false
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
grafana['enable'] = false
gitlab_exporter['enable'] = false
# If you run a separate monitoring node you can disable these services
alertmanager['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
# If you don't run a separate monitoring node you can
# enable Prometheus access & disable these extra services.
# This makes Prometheus listen on all interfaces. You must use firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
# prometheus['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9090'
# prometheus['monitor_kubernetes'] = false
# If you don't want to run monitoring services uncomment the following (not recommended)
# node_exporter['enable'] = false
# Prevent database connections during 'gitlab-ctl reconfigure'
gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the gitlab-shell API callback URL. Without this, `git push` will
# fail. This can be your 'front door' GitLab URL or an internal load
# balancer.
# Don't forget to copy `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` from Gitaly client to Gitaly server.
gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'https://gitlab.example.com'
# Authentication token to ensure only authorized servers can communicate with
# Gitaly server
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'AUTH_TOKEN'
# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces. You must use
# firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
# Comment out following line if you only want to support TLS connections
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
```
1. Append the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` for each respective Gitaly server:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
On `gitaly1.internal`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => {
'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data'
},
'storage1' => {
'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data'
},
})
```
On `gitaly2.internal`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'storage2' => {
'path' => '/srv/gitlab/git-data'
},
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Run `sudo /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-hooks check /var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/config.toml`
to confirm that Gitaly can perform callbacks to the GitLab internal API.
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
listen_addr = '0.0.0.0:8075'
internal_socket_dir = '/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly'
[logging]
format = 'json'
level = 'info'
dir = '/var/log/gitaly'
```
1. Append the following to `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` for each respective Gitaly server:
On `gitaly1.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'default'
path = '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
[[storage]]
name = 'storage1'
path = '/mnt/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
```
On `gitaly2.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'storage2'
path = '/srv/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
```
1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab-shell/config.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab_url: https://gitlab.example.com
```
1. Save the files and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Run `sudo -u git /home/git/gitaly/gitaly-hooks check /home/git/gitaly/config.toml`
to confirm that Gitaly can perform callbacks to the GitLab internal API.
### Configure Gitaly clients
As the final step, you must update Gitaly clients to switch from using local Gitaly service to use
the Gitaly servers you just configured.
This can be risky because anything that prevents your Gitaly clients from reaching the Gitaly
servers causes all Gitaly requests to fail. For example, any sort of network, firewall, or name
resolution problems.
Additionally, you must [disable Rugged](../nfs.md#improving-nfs-performance-with-gitlab)
if previously enabled manually.
Gitaly makes the following assumptions:
- Your `gitaly1.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at `gitaly1.internal:8075` from your Gitaly
clients, and that Gitaly server can read, write, and set permissions on `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` and
`/mnt/gitlab/git-data`.
- Your `gitaly2.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at `gitaly2.internal:8075` from your Gitaly
clients, and that Gitaly server can read, write, and set permissions on `/srv/gitlab/git-data`.
- Your `gitaly1.internal` and `gitaly2.internal` Gitaly servers can reach each other.
You can't define Gitaly servers with some as a local Gitaly server
(without `gitaly_address`) and some as remote
server (with `gitaly_address`) unless you use
[mixed configuration](#mixed-configuration).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` on the Gitaly client (for example, the
Rails application) to confirm it can connect to Gitaly servers.
1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
```shell
sudo gitlab-ctl tail gitaly
```
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab:
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
storage1:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
storage2:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
```
NOTE:
`/some/local/path` should be set to a local folder that exists, however no data is stored in
this folder. This requirement is scheduled to be removed when
[this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1282) is resolved.
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Run `sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:gitaly:check RAILS_ENV=production` to confirm the
Gitaly client can connect to Gitaly servers.
1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
```shell
tail -f /home/git/gitlab/log/gitaly.log
```
When you tail the Gitaly logs on your Gitaly server, you should see requests coming in. One sure way
to trigger a Gitaly request is to clone a repository from GitLab over HTTP or HTTPS.
WARNING:
If you have [server hooks](../server_hooks.md) configured, either per repository or globally, you
must move these to the Gitaly servers. If you have multiple Gitaly servers, copy your server hooks
to all Gitaly servers.
#### Mixed configuration
GitLab can reside on the same server as one of many Gitaly servers, but doesn't support
configuration that mixes local and remote configuration. The following setup is incorrect, because:
- All addresses must be reachable from the other Gitaly servers.
- `storage1` is assigned a Unix socket for `gitaly_address` which is
invalid for some of the Gitaly servers.
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
```
To combine local and remote Gitaly servers, use an external address for the local Gitaly server. For
example:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
# Address of the GitLab server that has Gitaly running on it
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitlab.internal:8075', 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
# Or for TLS
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem"
```
`path` can be included only for storage shards on the local Gitaly server.
If it's excluded, default Git storage directory is used for that storage shard.
### Disable Gitaly where not required (optional)
If you run Gitaly [as a remote service](#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server), consider
disabling the local Gitaly service that runs on your GitLab server by default, and run it
only where required.
Disabling Gitaly on the GitLab instance makes sense only when you run GitLab in a custom cluster configuration, where
Gitaly runs on a separate machine from the GitLab instance. Disabling Gitaly on all machines in the cluster is not
a valid configuration (some machines much act as Gitaly servers).
To disable Gitaly on a GitLab server:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitaly['enable'] = false
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/etc/default/gitlab`:
```shell
gitaly_enabled=false
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
## Enable TLS support
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/22602) in GitLab 11.8.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/3160) in GitLab 13.6, outgoing TLS connections to GitLab provide client certificates if configured.
Gitaly supports TLS encryption. To communicate with a Gitaly instance that listens for secure
connections, use the `tls://` URL scheme in the `gitaly_address` of the corresponding
storage entry in the GitLab configuration.
Gitaly provides the same server certificates as client certificates in TLS
connections to GitLab. This can be used as part of a mutual TLS authentication strategy
when combined with reverse proxies (for example, NGINX) that validate client certificate
to grant access to GitLab.
You must supply your own certificates as this isn't provided automatically. The certificate
corresponding to each Gitaly server must be installed on that Gitaly server.
Additionally, the certificate (or its certificate authority) must be installed on all:
- Gitaly servers.
- Gitaly clients that communicate with it.
Note the following:
- The certificate must specify the address you use to access the Gitaly server. You must add the hostname or IP address as a Subject Alternative Name to the certificate.
- You can configure Gitaly servers with both an unencrypted listening address `listen_addr` and an
encrypted listening address `tls_listen_addr` at the same time. This allows you to gradually
transition from unencrypted to encrypted traffic if necessary.
To configure Gitaly with TLS:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Create certificates for Gitaly servers.
1. On the Gitaly clients, copy the certificates (or their certificate authority) into
`/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs`:
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
```
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `git_data_dirs` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` as follows:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly2.internal:9999' },
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly servers, create the `/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate
there:
```shell
sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo chmod 755 /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo cp key.pem cert.pem /etc/gitlab/ssl/
sudo chmod 644 key.pem cert.pem
```
1. Copy all Gitaly server certificates (or their certificate authority) to
`/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs` on all Gitaly servers and clients
so that Gitaly servers and clients trust the certificate when calling into themselves
or other Gitaly servers:
```shell
sudo cp cert1.pem cert2.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
```
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
```ruby
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem"
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Verify Gitaly traffic is being served over TLS by
[observing the types of Gitaly connections](#observe-type-of-gitaly-connections).
1. (Optional) Improve security by:
1. Disabling non-TLS connections by commenting out or deleting `gitaly['listen_addr']` in
`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
1. Saving the file.
1. [Reconfiguring GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Create certificates for Gitaly servers.
1. On the Gitaly clients, copy the certificates into the system trusted certificates:
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/gitaly.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates
```
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `storages` in `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` as follows:
```yaml
gitlab:
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
storage1:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
storage2:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly2.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
```
NOTE:
`/some/local/path` should be set to a local folder that exists, however no data is stored
in this folder. This requirement is scheduled to be removed when
[Gitaly issue #1282](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1282) is resolved.
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. On the Gitaly servers, create or edit `/etc/default/gitlab` and add:
```shell
export SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/gitlab/ssl
```
1. On the Gitaly servers, create the `/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate there:
```shell
sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo chmod 755 /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo cp key.pem cert.pem /etc/gitlab/ssl/
sudo chmod 644 key.pem cert.pem
```
1. Copy all Gitaly server certificates (or their certificate authority) to the system trusted
certificates folder so Gitaly server trusts the certificate when calling into itself or other Gitaly
servers.
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/gitaly.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates
```
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add:
```toml
tls_listen_addr = '0.0.0.0:9999'
[tls]
certificate_path = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem'
key_path = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Verify Gitaly traffic is being served over TLS by
[observing the types of Gitaly connections](#observe-type-of-gitaly-connections).
1. (Optional) Improve security by:
1. Disabling non-TLS connections by commenting out or deleting `listen_addr` in
`/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`.
1. Saving the file.
1. [Restarting GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
### Observe type of Gitaly connections
[Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) can be used observe what type of connections Gitaly
is serving a production environment. Use the following Prometheus query:
```prometheus
sum(rate(gitaly_connections_total[5m])) by (type)
```
## `gitaly-ruby`
Gitaly was developed to replace the Ruby application code in GitLab.
To save time and avoid the risk of rewriting existing application logic, we chose to copy some
application code from GitLab into Gitaly.
To be able to run that code, `gitaly-ruby` was created, which is a "sidecar" process for the main
Gitaly Go process. Some examples of things that are implemented in `gitaly-ruby` are:
- RPCs that deal with wikis.
- RPCs that create commits on behalf of a user, such as merge commits.
We recommend:
- At least 300 MB memory per worker.
- No more than one worker per core.
NOTE:
`gitaly-ruby` is planned to be eventually removed. To track progress, see the
[Remove the Gitaly-Ruby sidecar](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2862) epic.
### Configure number of `gitaly-ruby` workers
`gitaly-ruby` has much less capacity than Gitaly implemented in Go. If your Gitaly server has to handle lots of
requests, the default setting of having just one active `gitaly-ruby` sidecar might not be enough.
If you see `ResourceExhausted` errors from Gitaly, it's very likely that you have not enough
`gitaly-ruby` capacity.
You can increase the number of `gitaly-ruby` processes on your Gitaly server with the following
settings:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Default is 2 workers. The minimum is 2; 1 worker is always reserved as
# a passive stand-by.
gitaly['ruby_num_workers'] = 4
```
1. Save the file, and then [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
[gitaly-ruby]
num_workers = 4
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
## Limit RPC concurrency
Clone traffic can put a large strain on your Gitaly service. The bulk of the work gets done in the
either of the following RPCs:
- `SSHUploadPack` (for Git SSH).
- `PostUploadPack` (for Git HTTP).
To prevent such workloads from overwhelming your Gitaly server, you can set concurrency limits in
Gitaly's configuration file. For example:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['concurrency'] = [
{
'rpc' => "/gitaly.SmartHTTPService/PostUploadPack",
'max_per_repo' => 20
},
{
'rpc' => "/gitaly.SSHService/SSHUploadPack",
'max_per_repo' => 20
}
]
```
This limits the number of in-flight RPC calls for the given RPCs. The limit is applied per
repository. In the example above:
- Each repository served by the Gitaly server can have at most 20 simultaneous `PostUploadPack` RPC
calls in flight, and the same for `SSHUploadPack`.
- If another request comes in for a repository that has used up its 20 slots, that request gets
queued.
You can observe the behavior of this queue using the Gitaly logs and Prometheus:
- In the Gitaly logs, look for the string (or structured log field) `acquire_ms`. Messages that have
this field are reporting about the concurrency limiter.
- In Prometheus, look for the following metrics:
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_in_progress`.
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_queued`.
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_seconds`.
NOTE:
Although the name of the Prometheus metric contains `rate_limiting`, it's a concurrency limiter, not
a rate limiter. If a Gitaly client makes 1,000 requests in a row very quickly, concurrency doesn't
exceed 1, and the concurrency limiter has no effect.
## Background Repository Optimization
Empty directories and unneeded configuration settings may accumulate in a repository and
slow down Git operations. Gitaly can schedule a daily background task with a maximum duration
to clean up these items and improve performance.
WARNING:
This is an experimental feature and may place significant load on the host while running.
Make sure to schedule this during off-peak hours and keep the duration short (for example, 30-60 minutes).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add:
```ruby
gitaly['daily_maintenance_start_hour'] = 4
gitaly['daily_maintenance_start_minute'] = 30
gitaly['daily_maintenance_duration'] = '30m'
gitaly['daily_maintenance_storages'] = ["default"]
```
**For installations from source**
Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add:
```toml
[daily_maintenance]
start_hour = 4
start_minute = 30
duration = '30m'
storages = ["default"]
```
## Rotate Gitaly authentication token
Rotating credentials in a production environment often requires downtime, causes outages, or both.
However, you can rotate Gitaly credentials without a service interruption. Rotating a Gitaly
authentication token involves:
- [Verifying authentication monitoring](#verify-authentication-monitoring).
- [Enabling "auth transitioning" mode](#enable-auth-transitioning-mode).
- [Updating Gitaly authentication tokens](#update-gitaly-authentication-token).
- [Ensuring there are no authentication failures](#ensure-there-are-no-authentication-failures).
- [Disabling "auth transitioning" mode](#disable-auth-transitioning-mode).
- [Verifying authentication is enforced](#verify-authentication-is-enforced).
This procedure also works if you are running GitLab on a single server. In that case, "Gitaly
server" and "Gitaly client" refers to the same machine.
### Verify authentication monitoring
Before rotating a Gitaly authentication token, verify that you can monitor the authentication
behavior of your GitLab installation using Prometheus. Use the following Prometheus query:
```prometheus
sum(rate(gitaly_authentications_total[5m])) by (enforced, status)
```
In a system where authentication is configured correctly and where you have live traffic, you
see something like this:
```prometheus
{enforced="true",status="ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
There may also be other numbers with rate 0. We care only about the non-zero numbers.
The only non-zero number should have `enforced="true",status="ok"`. If you have other non-zero
numbers, something is wrong in your configuration.
The `status="ok"` number reflects your current request rate. In the example above, Gitaly is
handling about 4000 requests per second.
Now that you have established that you can monitor the Gitaly authentication behavior of your GitLab
installation, you can begin the rest of the procedure.
### Enable "auth transitioning" mode
Temporarily disable Gitaly authentication on the Gitaly servers by putting them into "auth
transitioning" mode as follows:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_transitioning'] = true
```
After you have made this change, your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring)
should return something like:
```prometheus
{enforced="false",status="would be ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
Because `enforced="false"`, it is safe to start rolling out the new token.
### Update Gitaly authentication token
To update to a new Gitaly authentication token, on each Gitaly client **and** Gitaly server:
1. Update the configuration:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_token'] = '<new secret token>'
```
1. Restart Gitaly:
```shell
gitlab-ctl restart gitaly
```
If you run your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring) while this change is
being rolled out, you see non-zero values for the `enforced="false",status="denied"` counter.
### Ensure there are no authentication failures
After the new token is set, and all services involved have been restarted, you will
[temporarily see](#verify-authentication-monitoring) a mix of:
- `status="would be ok"`.
- `status="denied"`.
After the new token is picked up by all Gitaly clients and Gitaly servers, the
**only non-zero rate** should be `enforced="false",status="would be ok"`.
### Disable "auth transitioning" mode
To re-enable Gitaly authentication, disable "auth transitioning" mode. Update the configuration on
your Gitaly servers as follows:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_transitioning'] = false
```
WARNING:
Without completing this step, you have **no Gitaly authentication**.
### Verify authentication is enforced
Refresh your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring). You should now see a similar
result as you did at the start. For example:
```prometheus
{enforced="true",status="ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
Note that `enforced="true"` means that authentication is being enforced.
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## Configure Gitaly
The Gitaly service itself is configured by using a [TOML configuration file](reference.md).
To change Gitaly settings:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add or change the
[Gitaly settings](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/1dd07197c7e5ae23626aad5a4a070a800b670380/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template#L1622-1676).
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add or change the [Gitaly settings](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/config.toml.example).
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
The following configuration options are also available:
- Enabling [TLS support](#enable-tls-support).
- Configuring the [number of `gitaly-ruby` workers](#configure-number-of-gitaly-ruby-workers).
- Limiting [RPC concurrency](#limit-rpc-concurrency).
## Run Gitaly on its own server
By default, Gitaly is run on the same server as Gitaly clients and is
[configured as above](#configure-gitaly). Single-server installations are best served by
this default configuration used by:
- [Omnibus GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/).
- The GitLab [source installation guide](../../install/installation.md).
However, Gitaly can be deployed to its own server, which can benefit GitLab installations that span
multiple machines.
NOTE:
When configured to run on their own servers, Gitaly servers
[must be upgraded](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/update/#upgrading-gitaly-servers) before Gitaly
clients in your cluster.
The process for setting up Gitaly on its own server is:
1. [Install Gitaly](#install-gitaly).
1. [Configure authentication](#configure-authentication).
1. [Configure Gitaly servers](#configure-gitaly-servers).
1. [Configure Gitaly clients](#configure-gitaly-clients).
1. [Disable Gitaly where not required](#disable-gitaly-where-not-required-optional) (optional).
When running Gitaly on its own server, note the following regarding GitLab versions:
- From GitLab 11.4, Gitaly was able to serve all Git requests without requiring a shared NFS mount
for Git repository data, except for the
[Elasticsearch indexer](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-elasticsearch-indexer).
- From GitLab 11.8, the Elasticsearch indexer also uses Gitaly for data access. NFS can still be
leveraged for redundancy on block-level Git data, but should be mounted only on the Gitaly
servers.
- From GitLab 11.8 to 12.2, it is possible to use Elasticsearch in a Gitaly setup that doesn't use
NFS. To use Elasticsearch in these versions, the
[repository indexer](../../integration/elasticsearch.md#elasticsearch-repository-indexer)
must be enabled in your GitLab configuration.
- [In GitLab 12.3 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6481), the new indexer is
the default and no configuration is required.
### Network architecture
The following list depicts the network architecture of Gitaly:
- GitLab Rails shards repositories into [repository storages](../repository_storage_paths.md).
- `/config/gitlab.yml` contains a map from storage names to `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` pairs.
- The `storage name` -\> `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` map in `/config/gitlab.yml` is the single
source of truth for the Gitaly network topology.
- A `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` corresponds to a Gitaly server.
- A Gitaly server hosts one or more storages.
- A Gitaly client can use one or more Gitaly servers.
- Gitaly addresses must be specified in such a way that they resolve correctly for **all** Gitaly
clients.
- Gitaly clients are:
- Puma or Unicorn.
- Sidekiq.
- GitLab Workhorse.
- GitLab Shell.
- Elasticsearch indexer.
- Gitaly itself.
- A Gitaly server must be able to make RPC calls **to itself** by using its own
`(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` pair as specified in `/config/gitlab.yml`.
- Authentication is done through a static token which is shared among the Gitaly and GitLab Rails
nodes.
The following digraph illustrates communication between Gitaly servers and GitLab Rails showing
the default ports for HTTP and HTTPs communication.
![Gitaly network architecture diagram](img/gitaly_network_13_9.png)
WARNING:
Gitaly servers must not be exposed to the public internet as Gitaly's network traffic is unencrypted
by default. The use of firewall is highly recommended to restrict access to the Gitaly server.
Another option is to [use TLS](#enable-tls-support).
In the following sections, we describe how to configure two Gitaly servers with secret token
`abc123secret`:
- `gitaly1.internal`.
- `gitaly2.internal`.
We assume your GitLab installation has three repository storages:
- `default`.
- `storage1`.
- `storage2`.
You can use as few as one server with one repository storage if desired.
NOTE:
The token referred to throughout the Gitaly documentation is just an arbitrary password selected by
the administrator. It is unrelated to tokens created for the GitLab API or other similar web API
tokens.
### Install Gitaly
Install Gitaly on each Gitaly server using either Omnibus GitLab or install it from source:
- For Omnibus GitLab, [download and install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want but **do not** provide the `EXTERNAL_URL=` value.
- To install from source, follow the steps at
[Install Gitaly](../../install/installation.md#install-gitaly).
### Configure authentication
Gitaly and GitLab use two shared secrets for authentication:
- One to authenticate gRPC requests to Gitaly.
- A second for authentication callbacks from GitLab Shell to the GitLab internal API.
**For Omnibus GitLab**
To configure the Gitaly token:
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly server, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'abc123secret'
```
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
There are two ways to configure the GitLab Shell token.
Method 1:
1. Copy `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` from the Gitaly client to same path on the Gitaly servers
(and any other Gitaly clients).
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) on Gitaly servers.
Method 2:
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly servers, edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitlab_shell['secret_token'] = 'shellsecret'
```
1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Copy `/home/git/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret` from the Gitaly client to the same path on the
Gitaly servers (and any other Gitaly clients).
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab:
gitaly:
token: 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. On the Gitaly servers, edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
[auth]
token = 'abc123secret'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
### Configure Gitaly servers
On the Gitaly servers, you must configure storage paths and enable the network listener.
The Gitaly server must be able to read, write, and set permissions on the configured path.
If you want to reduce the risk of downtime when you enable authentication, you can temporarily
disable enforcement. For more information, see the documentation on configuring
[Gitaly authentication](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/doc/configuration/README.md#authentication).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
```ruby
# Avoid running unnecessary services on the Gitaly server
postgresql['enable'] = false
redis['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
puma['enable'] = false
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
grafana['enable'] = false
gitlab_exporter['enable'] = false
# If you run a separate monitoring node you can disable these services
alertmanager['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
# If you don't run a separate monitoring node you can
# enable Prometheus access & disable these extra services.
# This makes Prometheus listen on all interfaces. You must use firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
# prometheus['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0:9090'
# prometheus['monitor_kubernetes'] = false
# If you don't want to run monitoring services uncomment the following (not recommended)
# node_exporter['enable'] = false
# Prevent database connections during 'gitlab-ctl reconfigure'
gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
# Configure the gitlab-shell API callback URL. Without this, `git push` will
# fail. This can be your 'front door' GitLab URL or an internal load
# balancer.
# Don't forget to copy `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json` from Gitaly client to Gitaly server.
gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'https://gitlab.example.com'
# Authentication token to ensure only authorized servers can communicate with
# Gitaly server
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'AUTH_TOKEN'
# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces. You must use
# firewalls to restrict access to this address/port.
# Comment out following line if you only want to support TLS connections
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
```
1. Append the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` for each respective Gitaly server:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
On `gitaly1.internal`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => {
'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data'
},
'storage1' => {
'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data'
},
})
```
On `gitaly2.internal`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'storage2' => {
'path' => '/srv/gitlab/git-data'
},
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Run `sudo /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/gitaly-hooks check /var/opt/gitlab/gitaly/config.toml`
to confirm that Gitaly can perform callbacks to the GitLab internal API.
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
listen_addr = '0.0.0.0:8075'
internal_socket_dir = '/var/opt/gitlab/gitaly'
[logging]
format = 'json'
level = 'info'
dir = '/var/log/gitaly'
```
1. Append the following to `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` for each respective Gitaly server:
On `gitaly1.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'default'
path = '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
[[storage]]
name = 'storage1'
path = '/mnt/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
```
On `gitaly2.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'storage2'
path = '/srv/gitlab/git-data/repositories'
```
1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab-shell/config.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab_url: https://gitlab.example.com
```
1. Save the files and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Run `sudo -u git /home/git/gitaly/gitaly-hooks check /home/git/gitaly/config.toml`
to confirm that Gitaly can perform callbacks to the GitLab internal API.
### Configure Gitaly clients
As the final step, you must update Gitaly clients to switch from using local Gitaly service to use
the Gitaly servers you just configured.
This can be risky because anything that prevents your Gitaly clients from reaching the Gitaly
servers causes all Gitaly requests to fail. For example, any sort of network, firewall, or name
resolution problems.
Additionally, you must [disable Rugged](../nfs.md#improving-nfs-performance-with-gitlab)
if previously enabled manually.
Gitaly makes the following assumptions:
- Your `gitaly1.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at `gitaly1.internal:8075` from your Gitaly
clients, and that Gitaly server can read, write, and set permissions on `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data` and
`/mnt/gitlab/git-data`.
- Your `gitaly2.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at `gitaly2.internal:8075` from your Gitaly
clients, and that Gitaly server can read, write, and set permissions on `/srv/gitlab/git-data`.
- Your `gitaly1.internal` and `gitaly2.internal` Gitaly servers can reach each other.
You can't define Gitaly servers with some as a local Gitaly server
(without `gitaly_address`) and some as remote
server (with `gitaly_address`) unless you use
[mixed configuration](#mixed-configuration).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` on the Gitaly client (for example, the
Rails application) to confirm it can connect to Gitaly servers.
1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
```shell
sudo gitlab-ctl tail gitaly
```
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml`:
```yaml
gitlab:
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
storage1:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
storage2:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075
path: /some/local/path
```
NOTE:
`/some/local/path` should be set to a local folder that exists, however no data is stored in
this folder. This requirement is scheduled to be removed when
[this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1282) is resolved.
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Run `sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:gitaly:check RAILS_ENV=production` to confirm the
Gitaly client can connect to Gitaly servers.
1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
```shell
tail -f /home/git/gitlab/log/gitaly.log
```
When you tail the Gitaly logs on your Gitaly server, you should see requests coming in. One sure way
to trigger a Gitaly request is to clone a repository from GitLab over HTTP or HTTPS.
WARNING:
If you have [server hooks](../server_hooks.md) configured, either per repository or globally, you
must move these to the Gitaly servers. If you have multiple Gitaly servers, copy your server hooks
to all Gitaly servers.
#### Mixed configuration
GitLab can reside on the same server as one of many Gitaly servers, but doesn't support
configuration that mixes local and remote configuration. The following setup is incorrect, because:
- All addresses must be reachable from the other Gitaly servers.
- `storage1` is assigned a Unix socket for `gitaly_address` which is
invalid for some of the Gitaly servers.
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
```
To combine local and remote Gitaly servers, use an external address for the local Gitaly server. For
example:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
# Address of the GitLab server that has Gitaly running on it
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitlab.internal:8075', 'path' => '/mnt/gitlab/git-data' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
# Make Gitaly accept connections on all network interfaces
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
# Or for TLS
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem"
```
`path` can be included only for storage shards on the local Gitaly server.
If it's excluded, default Git storage directory is used for that storage shard.
### Disable Gitaly where not required (optional)
If you run Gitaly [as a remote service](#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server), consider
disabling the local Gitaly service that runs on your GitLab server by default, and run it
only where required.
Disabling Gitaly on the GitLab instance makes sense only when you run GitLab in a custom cluster configuration, where
Gitaly runs on a separate machine from the GitLab instance. Disabling Gitaly on all machines in the cluster is not
a valid configuration (some machines much act as Gitaly servers).
To disable Gitaly on a GitLab server:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
gitaly['enable'] = false
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/etc/default/gitlab`:
```shell
gitaly_enabled=false
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
## Enable TLS support
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/22602) in GitLab 11.8.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/3160) in GitLab 13.6, outgoing TLS connections to GitLab provide client certificates if configured.
Gitaly supports TLS encryption. To communicate with a Gitaly instance that listens for secure
connections, use the `tls://` URL scheme in the `gitaly_address` of the corresponding
storage entry in the GitLab configuration.
Gitaly provides the same server certificates as client certificates in TLS
connections to GitLab. This can be used as part of a mutual TLS authentication strategy
when combined with reverse proxies (for example, NGINX) that validate client certificate
to grant access to GitLab.
You must supply your own certificates as this isn't provided automatically. The certificate
corresponding to each Gitaly server must be installed on that Gitaly server.
Additionally, the certificate (or its certificate authority) must be installed on all:
- Gitaly servers.
- Gitaly clients that communicate with it.
Note the following:
- The certificate must specify the address you use to access the Gitaly server. You must add the hostname or IP address as a Subject Alternative Name to the certificate.
- You can configure Gitaly servers with both an unencrypted listening address `listen_addr` and an
encrypted listening address `tls_listen_addr` at the same time. This allows you to gradually
transition from unencrypted to encrypted traffic if necessary.
To configure Gitaly with TLS:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Create certificates for Gitaly servers.
1. On the Gitaly clients, copy the certificates (or their certificate authority) into
`/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs`:
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
```
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `git_data_dirs` in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` as follows:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly2.internal:9999' },
})
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. On the Gitaly servers, create the `/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate
there:
```shell
sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo chmod 755 /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo cp key.pem cert.pem /etc/gitlab/ssl/
sudo chmod 644 key.pem cert.pem
```
1. Copy all Gitaly server certificates (or their certificate authority) to
`/etc/gitlab/trusted-certs` on all Gitaly servers and clients
so that Gitaly servers and clients trust the certificate when calling into themselves
or other Gitaly servers:
```shell
sudo cp cert1.pem cert2.pem /etc/gitlab/trusted-certs/
```
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add:
<!--
updates to following example must also be made at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/blob/master/doc/advanced/external-gitaly/external-omnibus-gitaly.md#configure-omnibus-gitlab
-->
```ruby
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem"
```
1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
1. Verify Gitaly traffic is being served over TLS by
[observing the types of Gitaly connections](#observe-type-of-gitaly-connections).
1. (Optional) Improve security by:
1. Disabling non-TLS connections by commenting out or deleting `gitaly['listen_addr']` in
`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
1. Saving the file.
1. [Reconfiguring GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Create certificates for Gitaly servers.
1. On the Gitaly clients, copy the certificates into the system trusted certificates:
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/gitaly.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates
```
1. On the Gitaly clients, edit `storages` in `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` as follows:
```yaml
gitlab:
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
storage1:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
storage2:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly2.internal:9999
path: /some/local/path
```
NOTE:
`/some/local/path` should be set to a local folder that exists, however no data is stored
in this folder. This requirement is scheduled to be removed when
[Gitaly issue #1282](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/1282) is resolved.
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. On the Gitaly servers, create or edit `/etc/default/gitlab` and add:
```shell
export SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/gitlab/ssl
```
1. On the Gitaly servers, create the `/etc/gitlab/ssl` directory and copy your key and certificate there:
```shell
sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo chmod 755 /etc/gitlab/ssl
sudo cp key.pem cert.pem /etc/gitlab/ssl/
sudo chmod 644 key.pem cert.pem
```
1. Copy all Gitaly server certificates (or their certificate authority) to the system trusted
certificates folder so Gitaly server trusts the certificate when calling into itself or other Gitaly
servers.
```shell
sudo cp cert.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/gitaly.crt
sudo update-ca-certificates
```
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add:
```toml
tls_listen_addr = '0.0.0.0:9999'
[tls]
certificate_path = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/cert.pem'
key_path = '/etc/gitlab/ssl/key.pem'
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
1. Verify Gitaly traffic is being served over TLS by
[observing the types of Gitaly connections](#observe-type-of-gitaly-connections).
1. (Optional) Improve security by:
1. Disabling non-TLS connections by commenting out or deleting `listen_addr` in
`/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`.
1. Saving the file.
1. [Restarting GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
### Observe type of Gitaly connections
[Prometheus](../monitoring/prometheus/index.md) can be used observe what type of connections Gitaly
is serving a production environment. Use the following Prometheus query:
```prometheus
sum(rate(gitaly_connections_total[5m])) by (type)
```
## `gitaly-ruby`
Gitaly was developed to replace the Ruby application code in GitLab.
To save time and avoid the risk of rewriting existing application logic, we chose to copy some
application code from GitLab into Gitaly.
To be able to run that code, `gitaly-ruby` was created, which is a "sidecar" process for the main
Gitaly Go process. Some examples of things that are implemented in `gitaly-ruby` are:
- RPCs that deal with wikis.
- RPCs that create commits on behalf of a user, such as merge commits.
We recommend:
- At least 300 MB memory per worker.
- No more than one worker per core.
NOTE:
`gitaly-ruby` is planned to be eventually removed. To track progress, see the
[Remove the Gitaly-Ruby sidecar](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2862) epic.
### Configure number of `gitaly-ruby` workers
`gitaly-ruby` has much less capacity than Gitaly implemented in Go. If your Gitaly server has to handle lots of
requests, the default setting of having just one active `gitaly-ruby` sidecar might not be enough.
If you see `ResourceExhausted` errors from Gitaly, it's very likely that you have not enough
`gitaly-ruby` capacity.
You can increase the number of `gitaly-ruby` processes on your Gitaly server with the following
settings:
**For Omnibus GitLab**
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
```ruby
# Default is 2 workers. The minimum is 2; 1 worker is always reserved as
# a passive stand-by.
gitaly['ruby_num_workers'] = 4
```
1. Save the file, and then [reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
**For installations from source**
1. Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml`:
```toml
[gitaly-ruby]
num_workers = 4
```
1. Save the file and [restart GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source).
## Limit RPC concurrency
Clone traffic can put a large strain on your Gitaly service. The bulk of the work gets done in the
either of the following RPCs:
- `SSHUploadPack` (for Git SSH).
- `PostUploadPack` (for Git HTTP).
To prevent such workloads from overwhelming your Gitaly server, you can set concurrency limits in
Gitaly's configuration file. For example:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['concurrency'] = [
{
'rpc' => "/gitaly.SmartHTTPService/PostUploadPack",
'max_per_repo' => 20
},
{
'rpc' => "/gitaly.SSHService/SSHUploadPack",
'max_per_repo' => 20
}
]
```
This limits the number of in-flight RPC calls for the given RPCs. The limit is applied per
repository. In the example above:
- Each repository served by the Gitaly server can have at most 20 simultaneous `PostUploadPack` RPC
calls in flight, and the same for `SSHUploadPack`.
- If another request comes in for a repository that has used up its 20 slots, that request gets
queued.
You can observe the behavior of this queue using the Gitaly logs and Prometheus:
- In the Gitaly logs, look for the string (or structured log field) `acquire_ms`. Messages that have
this field are reporting about the concurrency limiter.
- In Prometheus, look for the following metrics:
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_in_progress`.
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_queued`.
- `gitaly_rate_limiting_seconds`.
NOTE:
Although the name of the Prometheus metric contains `rate_limiting`, it's a concurrency limiter, not
a rate limiter. If a Gitaly client makes 1,000 requests in a row very quickly, concurrency doesn't
exceed 1, and the concurrency limiter has no effect.
## Background Repository Optimization
Empty directories and unneeded configuration settings may accumulate in a repository and
slow down Git operations. Gitaly can schedule a daily background task with a maximum duration
to clean up these items and improve performance.
WARNING:
This is an experimental feature and may place significant load on the host while running.
Make sure to schedule this during off-peak hours and keep the duration short (for example, 30-60 minutes).
**For Omnibus GitLab**
Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add:
```ruby
gitaly['daily_maintenance_start_hour'] = 4
gitaly['daily_maintenance_start_minute'] = 30
gitaly['daily_maintenance_duration'] = '30m'
gitaly['daily_maintenance_storages'] = ["default"]
```
**For installations from source**
Edit `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` and add:
```toml
[daily_maintenance]
start_hour = 4
start_minute = 30
duration = '30m'
storages = ["default"]
```
## Rotate Gitaly authentication token
Rotating credentials in a production environment often requires downtime, causes outages, or both.
However, you can rotate Gitaly credentials without a service interruption. Rotating a Gitaly
authentication token involves:
- [Verifying authentication monitoring](#verify-authentication-monitoring).
- [Enabling "auth transitioning" mode](#enable-auth-transitioning-mode).
- [Updating Gitaly authentication tokens](#update-gitaly-authentication-token).
- [Ensuring there are no authentication failures](#ensure-there-are-no-authentication-failures).
- [Disabling "auth transitioning" mode](#disable-auth-transitioning-mode).
- [Verifying authentication is enforced](#verify-authentication-is-enforced).
This procedure also works if you are running GitLab on a single server. In that case, "Gitaly
server" and "Gitaly client" refers to the same machine.
### Verify authentication monitoring
Before rotating a Gitaly authentication token, verify that you can monitor the authentication
behavior of your GitLab installation using Prometheus. Use the following Prometheus query:
```prometheus
sum(rate(gitaly_authentications_total[5m])) by (enforced, status)
```
In a system where authentication is configured correctly and where you have live traffic, you
see something like this:
```prometheus
{enforced="true",status="ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
There may also be other numbers with rate 0. We care only about the non-zero numbers.
The only non-zero number should have `enforced="true",status="ok"`. If you have other non-zero
numbers, something is wrong in your configuration.
The `status="ok"` number reflects your current request rate. In the example above, Gitaly is
handling about 4000 requests per second.
Now that you have established that you can monitor the Gitaly authentication behavior of your GitLab
installation, you can begin the rest of the procedure.
### Enable "auth transitioning" mode
Temporarily disable Gitaly authentication on the Gitaly servers by putting them into "auth
transitioning" mode as follows:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_transitioning'] = true
```
After you have made this change, your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring)
should return something like:
```prometheus
{enforced="false",status="would be ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
Because `enforced="false"`, it is safe to start rolling out the new token.
### Update Gitaly authentication token
To update to a new Gitaly authentication token, on each Gitaly client **and** Gitaly server:
1. Update the configuration:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_token'] = '<new secret token>'
```
1. Restart Gitaly:
```shell
gitlab-ctl restart gitaly
```
If you run your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring) while this change is
being rolled out, you see non-zero values for the `enforced="false",status="denied"` counter.
### Ensure there are no authentication failures
After the new token is set, and all services involved have been restarted, you will
[temporarily see](#verify-authentication-monitoring) a mix of:
- `status="would be ok"`.
- `status="denied"`.
After the new token is picked up by all Gitaly clients and Gitaly servers, the
**only non-zero rate** should be `enforced="false",status="would be ok"`.
### Disable "auth transitioning" mode
To re-enable Gitaly authentication, disable "auth transitioning" mode. Update the configuration on
your Gitaly servers as follows:
```ruby
# in /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
gitaly['auth_transitioning'] = false
```
WARNING:
Without completing this step, you have **no Gitaly authentication**.
### Verify authentication is enforced
Refresh your [Prometheus query](#verify-authentication-monitoring). You should now see a similar
result as you did at the start. For example:
```prometheus
{enforced="true",status="ok"} 4424.985419441742
```
Note that `enforced="true"` means that authentication is being enforced.
Gitaly comes pre-configured with Omnibus GitLab. For more information on customizing your
Gitaly installation, see [Configure Gitaly](configure_gitaly.md).
## Direct Git access bypassing Gitaly
......@@ -1159,7 +227,7 @@ internally pools and re-uses those across RPCs.
### Observing `gitaly-ruby` traffic
[`gitaly-ruby`](#gitaly-ruby) is an internal implementation detail of Gitaly,
[`gitaly-ruby`](configure_gitaly.md#gitaly-ruby) is an internal implementation detail of Gitaly,
so, there's not that much visibility into what goes on inside
`gitaly-ruby` processes.
......@@ -1187,7 +255,7 @@ If you run Gitaly on its own server and notice these conditions:
make changes to them in the web UI.
Gitaly may be failing to authenticate with the Gitaly client because it has the
[wrong secrets file](#configure-gitaly-servers).
[wrong secrets file](configure_gitaly.md#configure-gitaly-servers).
Confirm the following are all true:
......@@ -1268,7 +336,7 @@ Confirm the following are all true:
[IP] - - [18/Jul/2019:00:30:14 +0000] "POST /api/v4/internal/allowed HTTP/1.1" 401 30 "" "Ruby"
```
To fix this problem, confirm that your [`gitlab-secrets.json` file](#configure-gitaly-servers)
To fix this problem, confirm that your [`gitlab-secrets.json` file](configure_gitaly.md#configure-gitaly-servers)
on the Gitaly server matches the one on Gitaly client. If it doesn't match,
update the secrets file on the Gitaly server to match the Gitaly client, then
[reconfigure](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure).
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`gitaly-2`, and `gitaly-3` as Gitaly storage names.
For more information on Gitaly server configuration, see our [Gitaly
documentation](index.md#configure-gitaly-servers).
documentation](configure_gitaly.md#configure-gitaly-servers).
1. SSH into the **Gitaly** node and login as root:
......@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ scope of the GitLab documentation.
NOTE:
The load balancer must be configured to accept traffic from the Gitaly nodes in
addition to the GitLab nodes. Some requests handled by
[`gitaly-ruby`](index.md#gitaly-ruby) sidecar processes call into the main Gitaly
[`gitaly-ruby`](configure_gitaly.md#gitaly-ruby) sidecar processes call into the main Gitaly
process. `gitaly-ruby` uses the Gitaly address set in the GitLab server's
`git_data_dirs` setting to make this connection.
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key_path = '/home/git/key.pem'
```
[Read more](index.md#enable-tls-support) about TLS in Gitaly.
[Read more](configure_gitaly.md#enable-tls-support) about TLS in Gitaly.
### Storage
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Clone traffic can put a large strain on your Gitaly service. To prevent such workloads from overwhelming your Gitaly server, you can set concurrency limits in Gitaly’s configuration file.
Read more on [Gitaly concurrency limits](gitaly/index.md#limit-rpc-concurrency).
Read more on [Gitaly concurrency limits](gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#limit-rpc-concurrency).
- **Default rate limit** - Disabled
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......@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The GitLab API is the recommended way to move Git repositories:
For more information, see:
- [Configuring additional storage for Gitaly](../gitaly/index.md#network-architecture). This
- [Configuring additional storage for Gitaly](../gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#network-architecture). This
example configures additional storage called `storage1` and `storage2`.
- [The API documentation](../../api/project_repository_storage_moves.md) details the endpoints for
querying and scheduling project repository moves.
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......@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ The `gitlab:check` Rake task runs the following Rake tasks:
It checks that each component was set up according to the installation guide and suggest fixes
for issues found. This command must be run from your application server and doesn't work correctly on
component servers like [Gitaly](../gitaly/index.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server).
component servers like [Gitaly](../gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server).
You may also have a look at our troubleshooting guides for:
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### Observing `gitaly-ruby` traffic
[`gitaly-ruby`](../gitaly/index.md#gitaly-ruby) is an internal implementation detail of Gitaly,
[`gitaly-ruby`](../gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#gitaly-ruby) is an internal implementation detail of Gitaly,
so, there's not that much visibility into what goes on inside
`gitaly-ruby` processes.
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......@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type: reference, howto
GitLab can be configured to use one or multiple repository storages. These storages can be:
- Accessed via [Gitaly](gitaly/index.md), optionally on
[its own server](gitaly/index.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server).
[its own server](gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server).
- Mounted to the local disk. This [method](repository_storage_paths.md#configure-repository-storage-paths)
is deprecated and [scheduled to be removed](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2320) in
GitLab 14.0.
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NOTE:
Instead of storing configuration _and_ repository data on the root volume, you can also choose to add an additional EBS volume for repository storage. Follow the same guidance as above. See the [Amazon EBS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/pricing/). We do not recommend using EFS as it may negatively impact the performance of GitLab. You can review the [relevant documentation](../../administration/nfs.md#avoid-using-cloud-based-file-systems) for more details.
Now that we have our EC2 instance ready, follow the [documentation to install GitLab and set up Gitaly on its own server](../../administration/gitaly/index.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server). Perform the client setup steps from that document on the [GitLab instance we created](#install-gitlab) above.
Now that we have our EC2 instance ready, follow the [documentation to install GitLab and set up Gitaly on its own server](../../administration/gitaly/configure_gitaly.md#run-gitaly-on-its-own-server). Perform the client setup steps from that document on the [GitLab instance we created](#install-gitlab) above.
#### Add Support for Proxied SSL
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