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Martin Hope
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Asked: 2016-03-17 03:00:20 +0800 CST
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I am trying to follow the gitlab documentation to upload a backup to the cloud, but I find it sparse, and it isn't exactly straight forward.

Creating the tar is straight forward enough.

My problems start with

For omnibus packages:

gitlab_rails['backup_upload_connection'] = {
  'provider' => 'AWS',
  'region' => 'eu-west-1',
  'aws_access_key_id' => 'AKIAKIAKI',
  'aws_secret_access_key' => 'secret123'
}
gitlab_rails['backup_upload_remote_directory'] = 'my.s3.bucket'

What am I supposed to do with this? I place it inside /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc/gitlab.yml just so, is that what I do?

  multipart_chunk_size:
  encryption:

  gitlab_rails['backup_upload_connection'] = {
    'provider' => 'AWS',
    'region' => 'eu-west-1',
    'aws_access_key_id' => 'AKIAKIAKI',
    'aws_secret_access_key' => 'secret123'
  }
  gitlab_rails['backup_upload_remote_directory'] = 'gitlabbackupxan1234'

  ## GitLab Shell settings
  gitlab_shell:
    path: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/

Then we come to

If you are uploading your backups to S3 you will probably want to create a new IAM user with restricted access rights. To give the upload user access only for uploading backups create the following IAM profile, replacing my.s3.bucket with the name of your bucket:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "Stmt1412062044000",
      "Effect": "Allow",
    ...
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:s3:::my.s3.bucket"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Again, how? I started reading about AIM but it is a big topic and I am not quite sure what to do with this.

gitlab
Martin Hope
Cookie
Asked: 2012-12-26 04:38:13 +0800 CST
  • 4

I used a whole device as LVM physical partition, just so

sudo pvcreate /dev/xvdg

Unfortunately, while this was in use, I then accidentally overwrote some data (I think), by writing a new partition table:

sudo fdisk /dev/xvdg, add new partition, write partition table, delete partition, write empty partition table

This is where I am currently at. Everything still looks to be working, but I am afraid of restart, unmount, etc...

  • Is it broken?
  • If yes, what is the best way to fix it?

Thanks!

lvm
Martin Hope
Cookie
Asked: 2012-11-15 05:35:05 +0800 CST
  • 2

I have Windows Server 2003 on a local LAN that has no internet connection, and need somewhat accurate timing.

Unfortunately currently Windows loses about 1-2 minutes every week, which is why I have to manually log in every weekend and adjust the time to the correct time.

Is there a way I can manually adjust time drift to correct for this behaviour? There is a clear, constant drift - the clock is e.g. never ahead, and always delayed by roughly the same amount.

windows-server-2003
Martin Hope
Cookie
Asked: 2012-06-26 03:38:58 +0800 CST
  • 4

Dell (via USC) unpacks specific drivers for both RedHat and Suse to use after installation on its servers. As Ubuntu server isn't officially supported, this clearly isn't happening for Ubuntu.

Is Ubuntu server then running with native drivers? In that case, which drivers are native with Ubuntu, and aren't (e.g. are Dell replaced) with RedHat/Suse? Are dell optimized drivers available for Ubuntu somewhere? Can the ones for RedHat or Suse be used with Ubuntu?

Are there disadvantages of this lack of fine-tuned drivers, and if yes, what are they? Would they make the switch (and extra costs, as both RedHat and Suse Enterprise aren't cheap) away from the free Ubuntu server worthwhile?

Dell recommends Canonical's commercial support for Ubuntu server on its machines, is this recommendable? Do they offer fine-tuned Dell drivers to replace native drivers?

ubuntu dell