Upgrade GitLab

• Upgrade paths: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/#upgrade-paths

• https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/
  • https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/#1480

To skip auto backup:

• sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-backup

Create manual backup

• gitlab-backup create

Check GitLab version:

• gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info | grep -w ^Version
• dpkg -s gitlab-ce | grep Version
• dpkg -l | grep -E "^ii gitlab-(ce|ee)"

Check status:

• gitlab-ctl status

Upgrade:

• sudo apt update && sudo apt install gitlab-ce

Check Background migration process:

gitlab-rake db:migrate:status | grep -v "^   up"

gitlab-rails runner 'Gitlab::Database::BackgroundMigration::BatchedMigration.where.not(status: [3, 6]).each { |m| puts "#{m.job_class_name} - #{m.status_name}" }'

Check new version:

• gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info | grep -w ^Version
• dpkg -s gitlab-ce | grep Version

Related

• check_gitlab_status.sh
• GitLab logs
• Create a backup from GitLab: gitlab-backup create
• gitlab-ctl status
• gitlab-ctl restart
• /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-backup
• gitlab-rake gitlab:check
• gitlab-rake gitlab:doctor:secrets
• apt install: apt install gitlab-ee=14.9.5=ee.0
• gitlab-ctl stop
• GitLab Changelog
• /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/
• gcloud compute snapshots
• gitlab-ctl stop puma && gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq
• gitlab-rake db:migrate:status

See also

• gitlab-ctl [ status | tail | reconfigure | backup-etc | restart | start | stop | service-list | registry-garbage-collect | --help ]
• Upgrade GitLab, GitLab Omnibus, GitLab logs, check_gitlab_status.sh, apt-cache madison gitlab-ee, GitLab Changelog, Batched Background Migration (BBM)