Change in minimum redis version not listed in upgrade docs/upgrade barometer

After upgrading via source code from 7.14 to 8.0.2, gitlab:check failed due to a requirement for redis version 2.4.0 or later. I had been running redis 2.2.0 (since 2.4.0 or later weren't released for my OS).

I checked the upgrade docs as well as the requirements doc and didn't see the change in redis version mentioned on either. Building redis from source for my OS and then installing/configuring it per the old changes for gitlab (when redis was converted to using sockets) solved the problem for me.

I would be helpful if the redis version requirement and (ideally) a link to the original configuration were included in the upgrade documentation for 8.0.

mentioned in merge request !1468 (merged)

Yes, good point. In fact, Redis 2.2 never really worked, as it would fail on Sidekiq jobs (see this issue). The omnibus version uses 2.6.

I've added !1468 (merged) for this.

Status changed to closed by commit e2108f16

mentioned in commit e2108f16

mentioned in commit fb7922a8