Add gitlab version exporter
What does this MR do?
This MR implements a couple of cron jobs that write omnibus & GitLab component version info into the textfile collector directory for node-exporter. We do this in staging & production and these variables are used in dashboards like the delivery release management dashboard.
I'm not 100% sure we want this in GET as users may not care for this metric. There are many ways to implement this in Ansible so this is a proposal that we can iterate on.
I've tested this and it works fine in staging-ref, however it hasn't been tested in RHEL.
@gl-quality/eng-prod < not sure if this is the right group to mention as @gl-quality/get-maintainers
doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Related issues
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/infrastructure/-/issues/15138
Author's checklist
When ready for review, the Author applies the workflowready for review label and mention @gl-quality/get-maintainers
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Corresponding Issue raised and reviewed by the GET maintainers team. -
Merge Request Title and Description are up to date, accurate, and descriptive -
MR targeting the appropriate branch -
MR has a green pipeline
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- Code:
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Check the area changed works as expected. Consider testing it in different environment sizes (1k,3k,10k,etc.). -
Documentation created/updated in the same MR. -
If this MR adds an optional configuration - check that all permutations continue to work. -
For Terraform changes: setup a previous version environment, then run a terraform plan
with your new changes and ensure nothing will be destroyed. If anything will be destroyed and this can't be avoided please add a comment to the current MR.
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Create any follow-up issue(s) to support the new feature across other supported cloud providers or advanced configurations. Create 1 issue for each provider/configuration. Contact the Quality Enablement team if unsure.