Commit fc3461b8 authored by Fabian Zimmer's avatar Fabian Zimmer

Added maintenance mode to planned failover

parent c95102ff
......@@ -144,41 +144,10 @@ will take to finish syncing. An example message would be:
## Prevent updates to the **primary** node
Until a [read-only mode](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/14609) is implemented, updates must be prevented
from happening manually. Note that your **secondary** node still needs read-only
access to the **primary** node during the maintenance window.
To ensure that all data is replicated to a secondary site, updates (write requests) need to
be disabled on the primary site.
1. At the scheduled time, using your cloud provider or your node's firewall, block
all HTTP, HTTPS and SSH traffic to/from the **primary** node, **except** for your IP and
the **secondary** node's IP.
For instance, you might run the following commands on the server(s) making up your **primary** node:
```shell
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <secondary_node_ip> --destination-port 22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <your_ip> --destination-port 22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT --destination-port 22 -j REJECT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <secondary_node_ip> --destination-port 80 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <your_ip> --destination-port 80 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT --tcp-dport 80 -j REJECT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <secondary_node_ip> --destination-port 443 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <your_ip> --destination-port 443 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT --tcp-dport 443 -j REJECT
```
From this point, users will be unable to view their data or make changes on the
**primary** node. They will also be unable to log in to the **secondary** node.
However, existing sessions will work for the remainder of the maintenance period, and
public data will be accessible throughout.
1. Verify the **primary** node is blocked to HTTP traffic by visiting it in browser via
another IP. The server should refuse connection.
1. Verify the **primary** node is blocked to Git over SSH traffic by attempting to pull an
existing Git repository with an SSH remote URL. The server should refuse
connection.
1. Enable[maintenance mode](../../maintenance_mode/index.md)
1. Disable non-Geo periodic background jobs on the **primary** node by navigating
to **Admin Area > Monitoring > Background Jobs > Cron**, pressing `Disable All`,
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