Commit f121e345 authored by Zeger-Jan van de Weg's avatar Zeger-Jan van de Weg

Add Praefect as a component to the documentation

Praefect is not enabled by default, though is a component nonetheless,
and now listed as such on the developer documentation.

Closes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/35281
parent c6631e6b
......@@ -52,17 +52,18 @@ graph TB
Geo[GitLab Geo Node] -- TCP 22, 80, 443 --> NGINX
GitLabShell --TCP 8080 -->Unicorn["Unicorn (GitLab Rails)"]
GitLabShell --> Gitaly
GitLabShell --> Praefect
GitLabShell --> Redis
Unicorn --> PgBouncer[PgBouncer]
Unicorn --> Redis
Unicorn --> Gitaly
Unicorn --> Praefect
Sidekiq --> Redis
Sidekiq --> PgBouncer
Sidekiq --> Gitaly
Sidekiq --> Praefect
GitLabWorkhorse[GitLab Workhorse] --> Unicorn
GitLabWorkhorse --> Redis
GitLabWorkhorse --> Gitaly
GitLabWorkhorse --> Praefect
Praefect --> Gitaly
NGINX --> GitLabWorkhorse
NGINX -- TCP 8090 --> GitLabPages[GitLab Pages]
NGINX --> Grafana[Grafana]
......@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ Component statuses are linked to configuration documentation for each component.
| [Unicorn (GitLab Rails)](#unicorn) | Handles requests for the web interface and API | [][unicorn-omnibus] | [][unicorn-charts] | [][unicorn-charts] | [](../user/gitlab_com/index.md#unicorn) | [][unicorn-source] | [][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [Sidekiq](#sidekiq) | Background jobs processor | [][sidekiq-omnibus] | [][sidekiq-charts] | [](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html) | [](../user/gitlab_com/index.md#sidekiq) | [][gitlab-yml] | [][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [Gitaly](#gitaly) | Git RPC service for handling all Git calls made by GitLab | [][gitaly-omnibus] | [][gitaly-charts] | [][gitaly-charts] | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [][gitaly-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [Praefect](#praefect) | A transparant proxy between any Git client and Gitaly storage nodes. | [][gitaly-omnibus] | [][gitaly-charts] | [][gitaly-charts] | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [][praefect-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Workhorse](#gitlab-workhorse) | Smart reverse proxy, handles large HTTP requests | [][workhorse-omnibus] | [][workhorse-charts] | [][workhorse-charts] | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [][workhorse-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Shell](#gitlab-shell) | Handles `git` over SSH sessions | [][shell-omnibus] | [][shell-charts] | [][shell-charts] | [](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [][shell-source] | [][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Pages](#gitlab-pages) | Hosts static websites | [][pages-omnibus] | [][pages-charts] | [][pages-charts] | [](../user/gitlab_com/index.md#gitlab-pages) | [][pages-source] | [][pages-gdk] | CE & EE |
......@@ -220,6 +222,16 @@ Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud.
Gitaly is a service designed by GitLab to remove our need for NFS for Git storage in distributed deployments of GitLab (think GitLab.com or High Availability Deployments). As of 11.3.0, this service handles all Git level access in GitLab. You can read more about the project [in the project's readme](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly).
#### Praefect
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitaly-omnibus], [Source][praefect-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
- Process: `praefect`
Praefect is a transparent proxy between each Git client and the Gitaly coordinating the replication of
repository updates to secondairy nodes.
#### GitLab Geo
- Configuration: [Omnibus][geo-omnibus], [Charts][geo-charts], [GDK][geo-gdk]
......@@ -641,6 +653,7 @@ We've also detailed [our architecture of GitLab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/ha
[gitaly-omnibus]: ../administration/gitaly/index.md
[gitaly-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitaly/
[gitaly-source]: ../install/installation.md#install-gitaly
[praefect-source]: ../install/installation.md#install-gitaly
[workhorse-omnibus]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
[workhorse-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/
[workhorse-source]: ../install/installation.md#install-gitlab-workhorse
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