Commit fffba04a authored by Ben Bodenmiller's avatar Ben Bodenmiller Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Clarify how to setup and use multiple Gitaly servers

parent 96b03792
......@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ The following list depicts what the network architecture of Gitaly is:
topology.
- A `(Gitaly address, Gitaly token)` corresponds to a Gitaly server.
- A Gitaly server hosts one or more storages.
- A GitLab server 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: Unicorn, Sidekiq, gitlab-workhorse,
......@@ -77,14 +78,16 @@ The following list depicts what the network architecture of Gitaly is:
- Authentication is done through a static token which is shared among the Gitaly
and GitLab Rails nodes.
Below we describe how to configure a Gitaly server at address
`gitaly.internal:8075` with secret token `abc123secret`. We assume
your GitLab installation has two repository storages, `default` and
`storage1`.
Below we describe how to configure two Gitaly servers one at
`gitaly1.internal` and the other at `gitaly2.internal`
with secret token `abc123secret`. We assume
your GitLab installation has three repository storages: `default`,
`storage1` and `storage2`.
### 1. Installation
First install Gitaly using either Omnibus GitLab or install it from source:
First install Gitaly on each Gitaly server using either
Omnibus GitLab or install it from source:
- For Omnibus GitLab: [Download/install](https://about.gitlab.com/install/) the Omnibus GitLab
package you want using **steps 1 and 2** from the GitLab downloads page but
......@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ Configure a token on the instance that runs the GitLab Rails application.
### 3. Gitaly server configuration
Next, on the Gitaly server, you need to configure storage paths, enable
Next, on the Gitaly servers, you need to configure storage paths, enable
the network listener and configure the token.
NOTE: **Note:** if you want to reduce the risk of downtime when you enable
......@@ -175,15 +178,29 @@ Check the directory layout on your Gitaly server to be sure.
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:8075"
gitaly['auth_token'] = 'abc123secret'
# To use TLS for Gitaly you need to add
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "path/to/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "path/to/key.pem"
```
1. Append the following to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` for each respective server:
For `gitaly1.internal`:
```
gitaly['storage'] = [
{ 'name' => 'default' },
{ 'name' => 'storage1' },
]
```
For `gitaly2.internal`:
# To use TLS for Gitaly you need to add
gitaly['tls_listen_addr'] = "0.0.0.0:9999"
gitaly['certificate_path'] = "path/to/cert.pem"
gitaly['key_path'] = "path/to/key.pem"
```
gitaly['storage'] = [
{ 'name' => 'storage2' },
]
```
NOTE: **Note:**
......@@ -206,13 +223,26 @@ Check the directory layout on your Gitaly server to be sure.
[auth]
token = 'abc123secret'
```
1. Append the following to `/home/git/gitaly/config.toml` for each respective server:
For `gitaly1.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'default'
[[storage]]
name = 'storage1'
```
For `gitaly2.internal`:
```toml
[[storage]]
name = 'storage2'
```
NOTE: **Note:**
In some cases, you'll have to set `path` for each `[[storage]]` in the
......@@ -231,9 +261,13 @@ then all Gitaly requests will fail.
Additionally, you need to
[disable Rugged if previously manually enabled](../high_availability/nfs.md#improving-nfs-performance-with-gitlab).
We assume that your Gitaly server can be reached at
`gitaly.internal:8075` from your GitLab server, and that Gitaly can read and
write to `/mnt/gitlab/default` and `/mnt/gitlab/storage1` respectively.
We assume that your `gitaly1.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at
`gitaly1.internal:8075` from your GitLab server, and that Gitaly server
can read and write to `/mnt/gitlab/default` and `/mnt/gitlab/storage1`.
We assume also that your `gitaly2.internal` Gitaly server can be reached at
`gitaly2.internal:8075` from your GitLab server, and that Gitaly server
can read and write to `/mnt/gitlab/storage2`.
**For Omnibus GitLab**
......@@ -241,8 +275,9 @@ write to `/mnt/gitlab/default` and `/mnt/gitlab/storage1` respectively.
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly.internal:8075' },
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075' },
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = 'abc123secret'
......@@ -268,9 +303,11 @@ write to `/mnt/gitlab/default` and `/mnt/gitlab/storage1` respectively.
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly.internal:8075
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
storage1:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly.internal:8075
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly1.internal:8075
storage2:
gitaly_address: tcp://gitaly2.internal:8075
gitaly:
token: 'abc123secret'
......@@ -350,8 +387,9 @@ To configure Gitaly with TLS:
```ruby
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly.internal:9999' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly.internal:9999' },
'default' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage1' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly1.internal:9999' },
'storage2' => { 'gitaly_address' => 'tls://gitaly2.internal:9999' },
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = 'abc123secret'
......@@ -377,9 +415,11 @@ To configure Gitaly with TLS:
repositories:
storages:
default:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly.internal:9999
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
storage1:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly.internal:9999
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly1.internal:9999
storage2:
gitaly_address: tls://gitaly2.internal:9999
gitaly:
token: 'abc123secret'
......
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