5.0-to-5.1.md

From 5.0 to 5.1

Warning

GitLab 5.1 is affected by critical security vulnerability CVE-2013-4490.

Release notes

• unicorn replaced with puma
• merge request cached diff will be truncated

1. Stop server

sudo service gitlab stop

2. Get latest code

cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout 5-1-stable

3. Update gitlab-shell

cd /home/git/gitlab-shell
sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout v1.3.0
# replace your old config with the new one
sudo -u git -H mv config.yml config.yml.old
sudo -u git -H cp config.yml.example config.yml
# edit options to match old config
sudo -u git -H vi config.yml

4. Install libs, migrations etc

cd /home/git/gitlab
sudo rm tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket
sudo -u git -H cp config/puma.rb.example config/puma.rb

sudo -u git -H bundle install --without development test postgres --deployment
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake migrate_merge_requests RAILS_ENV=production
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production

5. Update init.d script with a new one

# init.d
sudo rm /etc/init.d/gitlab
sudo curl --output /etc/init.d/gitlab https://raw.github.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-recipes/5-1-stable/init.d/gitlab
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab

6. MySQL grant privileges

Only if you are using MySQL:

mysql -u root -p
mysql> GRANT LOCK TABLES ON `gitlabhq_production`.* TO 'gitlab'@'localhost';
mysql> \q

7. Start application

sudo service gitlab start

8. Check installation

# In 5-10 seconds lets check gitlab-shell
sudo -u git -H /home/git/gitlab-shell/bin/check

# Example of success output
# Check GitLab API access: OK
# Check directories and files:
#         /home/git/repositories: OK
#         /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys: OK


# Now check gitlab instance
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:check RAILS_ENV=production