Our public GitLab instance is https://git.fosscommunity.in
Hosting
Sponsored by Infomaniak. Hosted in Switzerland with infomaniak.com.
Previously sponsored by GitLab Inc (2016-2022)
Setup
Running on debian gnu/linux 10 buster with postgresql 11. Using gitlab package from http://fasttrack.debian.net
Check https://wiki.debian.org/gitlab for installation/update instructions.
Debian package specific documentation -> https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/gitlab/raw/buster-fasttrack/debian/README.Debian
Letsencrypt domains:
letsencrypt --expand --webroot --webroot-path /usr/share/gitlab/public -d git.fosscommunity.in -d gitlab.debian.net -d wiki.fsci.org.in -d git.fsci.org.in certonly
Mail Server Setup
- postfix is used
- SPF record is added (only a and aaaa allowed to send mails)
- Reverse DNS is updated in gandi.net server ip section
- Using letsencrypt certificates for tls in main.cf
- Using 'inet_interfaces = 127.0.0.1' in main.cf
- Configured DKIM following https://www.linode.com/docs/email/postfix/configure-spf-and-dkim-in-postfix-on-debian-8/
- DMARC is set to reject
Maintenance
Maintenance discussion at this loomio subgroup and this matrix chat room. Can also use the git tracker for development issues.
- team repo with access details (private)
If expecting service disruptions, downtime, or user-facing errors, consider adding an update to Status
Gitlab QA - running tests
<Create a user account for QA>
$ sudo gem install gitlab-qa
$ GITLAB_USERNAME=<username> GITLAB_PASSWORD=<password> gitlab-qa Test::Instance::Any gitlab/gitlab-ce-qa:<gitlab version> https://git.hacksk.xyz
Backup
Backup server is provided by Manu (KVM virtual machine with 100 GB storage and 1 GB ram). Running on debian gnu/linux 10 buster.
Documentation: https://linuxhint.com/setup_postgresql_replication/ and https://www.percona.com/blog/2018/09/07/setting-up-streaming-replication-postgresql/
Slave configuration: Step 1
Install postgresql and rsync
# apt-get install postgresql-contrib-11 rsync
Check postgresql server is running
# su postgres -c psql
Make sure en_US.UTF-8 locale is available
# dpkg-reconfigure locales
Create ssh key for postgres user
# su - postgres $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519
Now copy /var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub to master postgres users' /var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/authorized_keys
Stop postgresql before changing any configuration
# systemctl stop postgresql@11-main
as postgres user
$ su - postgres $ cd /etc/postgresql/11/main
Open the postgres configuration file
$ nano postgresql.conf
Set the following configuration options in the postgresql.conf file
listen_addresses = 'localhost,192.168.0.115' port=5432 wal_level = replica max_wal_senders = 1 archive_mode = on archive_command = 'cd .' hot_standby = on
Master configuration
Create and copy ssh public key to slave like above.
# su - postgres $ ssh-keygen
Now copy /var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to slave postgres users' /var/lib/postgresql/.ssh/authorized_keys
Create postgresql user for replication.
$ psql -c "CREATE USER rep REPLICATION LOGIN CONNECTION LIMIT 1 ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'yourpassword';"
Allow slave to connect to master using the user just created.
$ cd /etc/postgresql/11/main
$ nano pg_hba.conf
Add below line to allow rep user to get access to the server
host replication rep 62.210.83.200/32 md5
Next , open the postgres configuration file
nano postgresql.conf
Set the following configuration options in the postgresql.conf file
listen_addresses = 'localhost,213.167.243.152' port=5432 wal_level = replica max_wal_senders = 1 archive_mode = on archive_command = 'cd .' hot_standby = on
Now, to activate your changes, reload the postgresql server
# systemctl reload postgresql@11-main
You may need to restart it via systemd,
# systemctl restart postgresql
Open 5432 port in the firewall
# ufw allow from 62.210.83.200 to any port 5432 proto tcp
Slave Configuration: Step 2
Copy data from master and create recovery.conf
$ pg_basebackup -h git.fosscommunity.in -D /var/lib/postgresql/11/main/ -P -U rep --wal-method=fetch -R
Start the slave server
# systemctl start postgresql@11-main
Replication Status
On master server ,
$ ps -ef | grep sender $ psql -c "select * from pg_stat_activity where usename='rep';"
On slave server,
$ ps -ef | grep receiver