From cc0d550f4792b355f3bf0abe5bea67a99b26f596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:15:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for upgrader script Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com> --- doc/update/upgrader.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/update/upgrader.md diff --git a/doc/update/upgrader.md b/doc/update/upgrader.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..27dedf7d045 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/update/upgrader.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# GitLab upgrader + +GitLab Upgrader - ruby script that allows you easily upgrade GitLab to latest minor version. +Ex. it can update your application from 6.4 to latest GitLab 6 version (like 6.5.1). +You still need to create backup and manually restart GitLab but all other operations can be done by upgrade tool. + +### 0. Backup + + cd /home/git/gitlab + sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production + +### 1. Stop server + + sudo service gitlab stop + +### 2. Run gitlab upgrade tool + + cd /home/git/gitlab + sudo -u git -H ruby script/upgrade.rb + + # it also supports -y option to avouid user input + # sudo -u git -H ruby script/upgrade.rb -y + + +### 3. Start application + + sudo service gitlab start + sudo service nginx restart -- GitLab