Commit f0ff33d8 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'jl-architecture-mermaid-docs' into 'master'

Update component diagram, switch to mermaid

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!27780
parents 22f49d16 6056cb41
...@@ -210,12 +210,156 @@ To serve repositories over SSH there's an add-on application called gitlab-shell ...@@ -210,12 +210,156 @@ To serve repositories over SSH there's an add-on application called gitlab-shell
### Components ### Components
<img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1fBzAyklyveF-i-2q-OHUIqDkYfjjxC4mq5shwKSZHLs/pub?w=987&amp;h=797"> ```mermaid
graph TB
HTTP[HTTP/HTTPS] -- TCP 80, 443 --> NGINX(NGINX)
SSH --TCP 22 --> GitLabShell(GitLab Shell)
SMTP(SMTP Gateway)
Geo(GitLab Geo Node) -- TCP 22, 80, 443 --> NGINX
subgraph GitLab
GitLabShell --TCP 8080 -->Unicorn["Unicorn (GitLab Rails)"]
GitLabShell --> Gitaly
GitLabShell --> Redis
Unicorn --> PgBouncer(PgBouncer)
Unicorn --> Redis
Unicorn --> Gitaly
Redis --> Sidekiq
Sidekiq("Sidekiq (GitLab Rails, ES Indexer)") --> PgBouncer
GitLabWorkhorse(GitLab Workhorse) --> Unicorn
GitLabWorkhorse --> Redis
GitLabWorkhorse --> Gitaly
Gitaly --> Redis
NGINX --> GitLabWorkhorse
NGINX -- TCP 8090 --> GitLabPages(GitLab Pages)
NGINX --> Grafana(Grafana)
Grafana -- TCP 9090 --> Prometheus(Prometheus)
Prometheus -- TCP 80, 443 --> Unicorn
RedisExporter(Redis Exporter) --> Redis
Prometheus -- TCP 9121 --> RedisExporter
PostgreSQLExporter(PostgreSQL Exporter) --> PostgreSQL
PgBouncerExporter(PgBouncer Exporter) --> PgBouncer
Prometheus -- TCP 9187 --> PostgreSQLExporter
Prometheus -- TCP 9100 --> NodeExporter(Node Exporter)
Prometheus -- TCP 9168 --> GitLabMonitor(GitLab Monitor)
Prometheus -- TCP 9127 --> PgBouncerExporter
GitLabMonitor --> PostgreSQL
GitLabMonitor --> GitLabShell
GitLabMonitor --> Sidekiq
PgBouncer --> Consul(Consul)
PostgreSQL --> Consul
PgBouncer --> PostgreSQL
NGINX --> Registry(Registry)
Unicorn --> Registry
NGINX --> Mattermost(Mattermost)
Mattermost --- Unicorn
Prometheus --> Alertmanager
Migrations --> PostgreSQL
Runner(Runner) --> NGINX
Unicorn -- TCP 9200 --> ElasticSearch
Sidekiq -- TCP 9200 --> ElasticSearch
Sidekiq -- TCP 80, 443 --> Sentry
Unicorn -- TCP 80, 443 --> Sentry
Sidekiq -- UDP 6831 --> Jaeger
Unicorn -- UDP 6831 --> Jaeger
Gitaly -- UDP 6831 --> Jaeger
GitLabShell -- UDP 6831 --> Jaeger
GitLabWorkhorse -- UDP 6831 --> Jaeger
Alertmanager -- TCP 25 --> SMTP
Sidekiq -- TCP 25 --> SMTP
Unicorn -- TCP 25 --> SMTP
Unicorn -- TCP 369 --> LDAP
Sidekiq -- TCP 369 --> LDAP
Unicorn -- TCP 443 --> ObjectStorage("Object Storage")
Sidekiq -- TCP 443 --> ObjectStorage
GitLabWorkhorse -- TCP 443 --> ObjectStorage
Registry -- TCP 443 --> ObjectStorage
Geo -- TCP 5432 --> PostgreSQL
end
HTTPK8s(HTTP/HTTPS) -- TCP 80, 443 --> LoadBalancerK8s(Load Balancer)
LoadBalancerK8s -- TCP 80, 443 --> nginx-ingressK8s
subgraph Kubernetes
PrometheusK8s(Prometheus)
TillerK8s(Tiller)
nginx-ingressK8s(NGINX Ingress)
Cert-ManagerK8s(Cert-Manager)
GitLabRunnerK8s(GitLab Runner)
GitLabRunnerK8s --> NGINX
JupyterHubK8s(JupyterHub)
nginx-ingressK8s --> JupyterHubK8s
KnativeK8s(Knative)
end
classDef defaultoff stroke-dasharray: 5, 5
class ElasticSearch defaultoff
class Grafana defaultoff
class PrometheusK8s defaultoff
class TillerK8s defaultoff
class nginx-ingressK8s defaultoff
class Cert-ManagerK8s defaultoff
class GitLabRunnerK8s defaultoff
class JupyterHubK8s defaultoff
class KnativeK8s defaultoff
class HTTPK8s defaultoff
class LoadBalancerK8s defaultoff
class Sentry defaultoff
class Jaeger defaultoff
class Alertmanager defaultoff
class SMTP defaultoff
class ObjectStorage defaultoff
class Geo defaultoff
```
_[edit diagram (for GitLab team members only)](https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1fBzAyklyveF-i-2q-OHUIqDkYfjjxC4mq5shwKSZHLs/edit)_ **Legend**:
* ✅ - Automatically configured
* ⚙ - Requires additional configuration
* ⤓ - Additional software/service required
* ❌ - Not available
| Component | Description | [Omnibus GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/README.html) | [GitLab chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/) | [Minikube Minimal](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/minikube/#deploying-gitlab-with-minimal-settings) | [GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com) | CE/EE |
| --------- | ----------- |:--------------------:|:------------------:|:-----:|:--------:|:--------:|
| NGINX | Routes requests to appropriate components, terminates SSL | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/nginx/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/nginx/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) |CE & EE |
| Unicorn (GitLab Rails) | Handles requests for the web interface and API | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/unicorn.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#unicorn) | CE & EE |
| Sidekiq | Background jobs processor | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#sidekiq) | CE & EE |
| Gitaly | Git RPC service for handling all git calls made by GitLab | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitaly/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitaly/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| GitLab Workhorse | Smart reverse proxy, handles large HTTP requests | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| GitLab Shell | Handles `git` over SSH sessions | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitlab-shell/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitlab-shell/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| GitLab Pages | Hosts static websites | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/pages/) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/37) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/37) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#gitlab-pages) | CE & EE |
| Registry | Container registry, allows pushing and pulling of images | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/container_registry.html#container-registry-domain-configuration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/registry/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/registry/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/container_registry.html#build-and-push-images) | CE & EE |
| Redis | Caching service | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/redis.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| PostgreSQL | Database | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/postgresql) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/postgresql) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#postgresql) | CE & EE |
| PgBouncer | Database connection pooling, failover | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/high_availability/pgbouncer.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#database-architecture) | EE Only |
| Consul | Database node discovery, failover | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/high_availability/consul.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#consul) | EE Only |
| Prometheus | Time-series database, metrics collection, and query service | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#prometheus) | CE & EE |
| Prometheus Alertmanager | Deduplicates, groups, and routes alerts from Prometheus | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| Grafana | Metrics dashboard | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/performance/grafana_configuration.html) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/grafana) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/grafana) | [](https://dashboards.gitlab.com/d/RZmbBr7mk/gitlab-triage?refresh=30s) | CE & EE |
| Redis Exporter | Prometheus endpoint with Redis metrics | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/redis_exporter.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| PostgreSQL Exporter | Prometheus endpoint with PostgreSQL metrics | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/postgres_exporter.html) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/postgresql) | [](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/postgresql) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| PgBouncer Exporter | Prometheus endpoint with PgBouncer metrics | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/pgbouncer_exporter.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| GitLab Monitor | Tracks a variety of GitLab metrics | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_monitor_exporter.html) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/319) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/319) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| Mattermost | Open-source Slack alternative | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/gitlab-mattermost/) | [](https://docs.mattermost.com/install/install-mmte-helm-gitlab-helm.html) | [](https://docs.mattermost.com/install/install-mmte-helm-gitlab-helm.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost_slash_commands.html#manual-configuration), [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost.html) | CE & EE |
| Minio | Object storage service | [](https://min.io/download) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/minio/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/minio/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#storage-architecture) | CE & EE |
| Runner | Executes GitLab CI jobs | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#shared-runners) | CE & EE |
| Migrations | Database migrations | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html#disabling-automatic-database-migration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/migrations/index.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/migrations/index.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#database-architecture) | CE & EE |
| Certificate Management | TLS Settings, Let's Encrypt | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/ssl.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tls.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tls.html) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#secrets-management) | CE & EE |
| GitLab Geo Node | Geographically distributed GitLab nodes | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/geo/replication/index.html#setup-instructions) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/8) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/8) | ✅ | EE Only |
| LDAP Authentication | Authenticate users against centralized LDAP directory | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/auth/ldap.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/globals.html#ldap) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/globals.html#ldap) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#gitlab-com) | CE & EE |
| Outbound email (SMTP) | Send email messages to users | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#outgoing-email-configuration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#outgoing-email-configuration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | CE & EE |
| Inbound email (SMTP) | Receive messages to update issues | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/incoming_email.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#incoming-email-configuration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#incoming-email-configuration) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | CE & EE |
| ElasticSearch | Improved search within GitLab | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html) | [](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/153) | EE Only |
| Sentry: GitLab instance | Tracking errors generated by the GitLab instance | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/configuration.html#error-reporting-and-logging-with-sentry) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1319) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1319) | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/support/workflows/services/gitlab_com/500_errors.html#searching-sentry) | CE & EE |
| Jaeger: GitLab instance | View traces generated by the GitLab instance | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4104) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1320) | [](https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1320) | [](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4104) | CE & EE |
| Sentry: deployed apps | Error tracking for deployed apps | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/error_tracking.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/error_tracking.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/error_tracking.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/error_tracking.html) | CE & EE |
| Jaeger: deployed apps | Distributed tracing for deployed apps | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/tracing.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/tracing.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/tracing.html) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/tracing.html) | EE Only |
| Kubernetes cluster apps | Deploy [Helm](https://docs.helm.sh/), [Ingress](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/), [Cert-Manager](https://docs.cert-manager.io/en/latest/), [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/), a [Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/), [JupyterHub](http://jupyter.org/), [Knative](https://cloud.google.com/knative) to a cluster | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications) | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications) | CE & EE |
A typical install of GitLab will be on GNU/Linux. It uses Nginx or Apache as a web front end to proxypass the Unicorn web server. By default, communication between Unicorn and the front end is via a Unix domain socket but forwarding requests via TCP is also supported. The web front end accesses `/home/git/gitlab/public` bypassing the Unicorn server to serve static pages, uploads (e.g. avatar images or attachments), and precompiled assets. GitLab serves web pages and a [GitLab API](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/doc/api) using the Unicorn web server. It uses Sidekiq as a job queue which, in turn, uses redis as a non-persistent database backend for job information, meta data, and incoming jobs. A typical install of GitLab will be on GNU/Linux. It uses Nginx or Apache as a web front end to proxypass the Unicorn web server. By default, communication between Unicorn and the front end is via a Unix domain socket but forwarding requests via TCP is also supported. The web front end accesses `/home/git/gitlab/public` bypassing the Unicorn server to serve static pages, uploads (e.g. avatar images or attachments), and precompiled assets. GitLab serves web pages and a [GitLab API](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/doc/api) using the Unicorn web server. It uses Sidekiq as a job queue which, in turn, uses redis as a non-persistent database backend for job information, meta data, and incoming jobs.
We also support deploying GitLab on Kubernetes using our [gitlab Helm chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/).
The GitLab web app uses MySQL or PostgreSQL for persistent database information (e.g. users, permissions, issues, other meta data). GitLab stores the bare git repositories it serves in `/home/git/repositories` by default. It also keeps default branch and hook information with the bare repository. The GitLab web app uses MySQL or PostgreSQL for persistent database information (e.g. users, permissions, issues, other meta data). GitLab stores the bare git repositories it serves in `/home/git/repositories` by default. It also keeps default branch and hook information with the bare repository.
When serving repositories over HTTP/HTTPS GitLab utilizes the GitLab API to resolve authorization and access as well as serving git objects. When serving repositories over HTTP/HTTPS GitLab utilizes the GitLab API to resolve authorization and access as well as serving git objects.
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