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## Migrate GitLab CI to GitLab CE or EE
# Migrate GitLab CI to GitLab CE or EE
Beginning with version 8.0 of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise
Edition (EE), GitLab CI is no longer its own application, but is instead built
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We recommend that you read through the entire migration process in this
document before beginning.
### Overview
## Overview
In this document we assume you have a GitLab server and a GitLab CI server. It
does not matter if these are the same machine.
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during the upgrade to 8.0. Your CI service will be offline from the moment you
upgrade to 8.0 until you finish the migration procedure.
### Before upgrading
## Before upgrading
If you have GitLab CI installed using omnibus-gitlab packages but **you don't want to migrate your existing data**:
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If you want to migrate your existing data, continue reading.
#### 0. Updating Omnibus from versions prior to 7.13
### 0. Updating Omnibus from versions prior to 7.13
If you are updating from older versions you should first update to 7.14 and then to 8.0.
Otherwise it's pretty likely that you will encounter problems described in the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting).
#### 1. Verify that backups work
### 1. Verify that backups work
Make sure that the backup script on both servers can connect to the database.
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If this fails you need to fix it before upgrading to 8.0. Also see
https://about.gitlab.com/getting-help/
#### 2. Check source and target database types
### 2. Check source and target database types
Check what databases you use on your GitLab server and your CI server.
Look for the 'adapter:' line. If your CI server and your GitLab server use
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sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:env:info RAILS_ENV=production
```
#### 3. Storage planning
### 3. Storage planning
Decide where to store CI build traces on GitLab server. GitLab CI uses
files on disk to store CI build traces. The default path for these build
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a special location, or if you are using NFS, you should make sure that you
store build traces on the same storage as your Git repositories.
### I. Upgrading
## I. Upgrading
From this point on, GitLab CI will be unavailable for your end users.
#### 1. Upgrade GitLab to 8.0
### 1. Upgrade GitLab to 8.0
First upgrade your GitLab server to version 8.0:
https://about.gitlab.com/update/
#### 2. Disable CI on the GitLab server during the migration
### 2. Disable CI on the GitLab server during the migration
After you update, go to the admin panel and temporarily disable CI. As
an administrator, go to **Admin Area** -> **Settings**, and under
**Continuous Integration** uncheck **Disable to prevent CI usage until rake
ci:migrate is run (8.0 only)**.
#### 3. CI settings are now in GitLab
### 3. CI settings are now in GitLab
If you want to use custom CI settings (e.g. change where builds are
stored), please update `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` (Omnibus) or
`/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` (Source).
#### 4. Upgrade GitLab CI to 8.0
### 4. Upgrade GitLab CI to 8.0
Now upgrade GitLab CI to version 8.0. If you are using Omnibus packages,
this may have already happened when you upgraded GitLab to 8.0.
#### 5. Disable GitLab CI on the CI server
### 5. Disable GitLab CI on the CI server
Disable GitLab CI after upgrading to 8.0.
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sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab RAILS_ENV=production
```
### II. Moving data
## II. Moving data
#### 1. Database encryption key
### 1. Database encryption key
Move the database encryption key from your CI server to your GitLab
server. The command below will show you what you need to copy-paste to your
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sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec rake backup:show_secrets RAILS_ENV=production
```
#### 2. SQL data and build traces
### 2. SQL data and build traces
Create your final CI data export. If you are converting from MySQL to
PostgreSQL, add ` MYSQL_TO_POSTGRESQL=1` to the end of the rake command. When
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sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec rake backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
```
#### 3. Copy data to the GitLab server
### 3. Copy data to the GitLab server
If you were running GitLab and GitLab CI on the same server you can skip this
step.
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scp /path/to/12345_gitlab_ci_backup.tar gitlab_admin@gitlab_server.example:~
```
#### 4. Move data to the GitLab backups folder
### 4. Move data to the GitLab backups folder
Make the CI data archive discoverable for GitLab. We assume below that you
store backups in the default path, adjust the command if necessary.
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sudo mv /path/to/12345_gitlab_ci_backup.tar /home/git/gitlab/tmp/backups/
```
#### 5. Import the CI data into GitLab.
### 5. Import the CI data into GitLab.
This step will delete any existing CI data on your GitLab server. There should
be no CI data yet because you turned CI on the GitLab server off earlier.
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sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake ci:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
```
#### 6. Restart GitLab
### 6. Restart GitLab
```
# On your GitLab server:
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sudo service gitlab reload
```
### III. Redirecting traffic
## III. Redirecting traffic
If you were running GitLab CI with Omnibus packages and you were using the
internal NGINX configuration your CI service should now be available both at
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NGINX so that existing CI runners can keep using the old CI server address, and
so that existing links to your CI server keep working.
#### 1. Update Nginx configuration
### 1. Update Nginx configuration
To ensure that your existing CI runners are able to communicate with the
migrated installation, and that existing build triggers still work, you'll need
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1. `curl https://YOUR_GITLAB_SERVER_FQDN/` from your previous GitLab CI server.
1. `curl https://YOUR_CI_SERVER_FQDN/` from your GitLab CE (or EE) server.
#### 2. Check Nginx configuration
### 2. Check Nginx configuration
sudo nginx -t
#### 3. Restart Nginx
### 3. Restart Nginx
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
#### Restore from backup
### Restore from backup
If something went wrong and you need to restore a backup, consult the [Backup
restoration](../raketasks/backup_restore.md) guide.
### Troubleshooting
## Troubleshooting
#### show:secrets problem (Omnibus-only)
### show:secrets problem (Omnibus-only)
If you see errors like this:
```
Missing `secret_key_base` or `db_key_base` for 'production' environment. The secrets will be generated and stored in `config/secrets.yml`
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This can happen if you are updating from versions prior to 7.13 straight to 8.0.
The fix for this is to update to Omnibus 7.14 first and then update it to 8.0.
#### Permission denied when accessing /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds
### Permission denied when accessing /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds
To fix that issue you have to change builds/ folder permission before doing final backup:
```
sudo chown -R gitlab-ci:gitlab-ci /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds
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sudo chown git:git /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-ci/builds
```
#### Problems when importing CI database to GitLab
### Problems when importing CI database to GitLab
If you were migrating CI database from MySQL to PostgreSQL manually you can see errors during import about missing sequences:
```
ALTER SEQUENCE
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- [Start using Git on the command line](../../gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md)
- [Command Line basic commands](../../gitlab-basics/command-line-commands.md)
- [GitLab Git Cheat Sheet (download)](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/raw/master/design/print/git-cheatsheet/print-pdf/git-cheatsheet.pdf)
- Commits
- [Revert a commit](../../user/project/merge_requests/revert_changes.md#reverting-a-commit)
- [Cherry-picking a commit](../../user/project/merge_requests/cherry_pick_changes.md#cherry-picking-a-commit)
- [Squashing commits](../../workflow/gitlab_flow.md#squashing-commits-with-rebase)
- **Articles:**
- [Git Tips & Tricks](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/08/git-tips-and-tricks/)
- [Eight Tips to help you work better with Git](https://about.gitlab.com/2015/02/19/8-tips-to-help-you-work-better-with-git/)
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## Git LFS
- [Git LFS](../../workflow/lfs/manage_large_binaries_with_git_lfs.md)
- [Git-Annex to Git-LFS migration guide](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/lfs/migrate_from_git_annex_to_git_lfs.html)
- [Git-Annex to Git-LFS migration guide](../../workflow/lfs/migrate_from_git_annex_to_git_lfs.md)
- **Articles:**
- [Getting Started with Git LFS](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/01/30/getting-started-with-git-lfs-tutorial/)
- [Towards a production quality open source Git LFS server](https://about.gitlab.com/2015/08/13/towards-a-production-quality-open-source-git-lfs-server/)
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