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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com>2019-08-20 20:22:43 +0200
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---
-last_updated: 2019-03-27
+last_updated: 2019-06-18
---
# Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ migrate it to a PostgreSQL database.
## Requirements
-[pgloader](http://pgloader.io) 3.4.1+ is required.
+NOTE: **Note:**
+Support for MySQL was removed in GitLab 12.1. This procedure should be performed
+**before** installing GitLab 12.1.
+
+[pgloader](https://pgloader.io/) 3.4.1+ is required.
You can install it directly from your distribution, for example in
Debian/Ubuntu:
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ pgloader within the container as it is not included in the container image.
```
1. Install pgloader:
-
+
``` bash
apt-get update
apt-get -y install pgloader
@@ -68,15 +72,15 @@ need to enable the bundled PostgreSQL:
1. Stop GitLab:
- ```bash
- sudo gitlab-ctl stop
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo gitlab-ctl stop
+ ```
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` to enable bundled PostgreSQL:
- ```
- postgresql['enable'] = true
- ```
+ ```
+ postgresql['enable'] = true
+ ```
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` to use the bundled PostgreSQL. Please check
all the settings beginning with `db_`, such as `gitlab_rails['db_adapter']`
@@ -87,22 +91,22 @@ need to enable the bundled PostgreSQL:
for the changes to take effect.
1. Start Unicorn and PostgreSQL so that we can prepare the schema:
- ```bash
- sudo gitlab-ctl start unicorn
- sudo gitlab-ctl start postgresql
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo gitlab-ctl start unicorn
+ sudo gitlab-ctl start postgresql
+ ```
1. Run the following commands to prepare the schema:
- ```bash
- sudo gitlab-rake db:create db:migrate
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo gitlab-rake db:create db:migrate
+ ```
1. Stop Unicorn to prevent other database access from interfering with the loading of data:
- ```bash
- sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn
+ ```
After these steps, you'll have a fresh PostgreSQL database with up-to-date schema.
@@ -112,57 +116,57 @@ new PostgreSQL one:
1. Save the following snippet in a `commands.load` file, and edit with your
MySQL database `username`, `password` and `host`:
- ```
- LOAD DATABASE
- FROM mysql://username:password@host/gitlabhq_production
- INTO postgresql://gitlab-psql@unix://var/opt/gitlab/postgresql:/gitlabhq_production
+ ```
+ LOAD DATABASE
+ FROM mysql://username:password@host/gitlabhq_production
+ INTO postgresql://gitlab-psql@unix://var/opt/gitlab/postgresql:/gitlabhq_production
- WITH include no drop, truncate, disable triggers, create no tables,
- create no indexes, preserve index names, no foreign keys,
- data only
+ WITH include no drop, truncate, disable triggers, create no tables,
+ create no indexes, preserve index names, no foreign keys,
+ data only
- ALTER SCHEMA 'gitlabhq_production' RENAME TO 'public'
+ ALTER SCHEMA 'gitlabhq_production' RENAME TO 'public'
- ;
- ```
+ ;
+ ```
1. Start the migration:
- ```bash
- sudo -u gitlab-psql pgloader commands.load
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo -u gitlab-psql pgloader commands.load
+ ```
1. Once the migration finishes, you should see a summary table that looks like
the following:
- ```
- table name read imported errors total time
- ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
- fetch meta data 119 119 0 0.388s
- Truncate 119 119 0 1.134s
- ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
- public.abuse_reports 0 0 0 0.490s
- public.appearances 0 0 0 0.488s
- .
- .
- .
- public.web_hook_logs 0 0 0 1.080s
- ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
- COPY Threads Completion 4 4 0 2.008s
- Reset Sequences 113 113 0 0.304s
- Install Comments 0 0 0 0.000s
- ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
- Total import time 1894 1894 0 12.497s
- ```
-
- If there is no output for more than 30 minutes, it's possible `pgloader` encountered an error. See
- the [troubleshooting guide](#troubleshooting) for more details.
+ ```
+ table name read imported errors total time
+ ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
+ fetch meta data 119 119 0 0.388s
+ Truncate 119 119 0 1.134s
+ ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
+ public.abuse_reports 0 0 0 0.490s
+ public.appearances 0 0 0 0.488s
+ .
+ .
+ .
+ public.web_hook_logs 0 0 0 1.080s
+ ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
+ COPY Threads Completion 4 4 0 2.008s
+ Reset Sequences 113 113 0 0.304s
+ Install Comments 0 0 0 0.000s
+ ----------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------------
+ Total import time 1894 1894 0 12.497s
+ ```
+
+ If there is no output for more than 30 minutes, it's possible `pgloader` encountered an error. See
+ the [troubleshooting guide](#troubleshooting) for more details.
1. Start GitLab:
- ```bash
- sudo gitlab-ctl start
- ```
+ ```bash
+ sudo gitlab-ctl start
+ ```
You can now verify that everything works as expected by visiting GitLab.