Upgrade Geo HA installation from 12.3.5 to the latest 12.4 package [SUCCESS]
Versions
Current: 12.3.5
Target: 12.4.1
Upgrade checklist
Preflight
- Create a zoom meeting and schedule a recorded meeting (make sure you have a paid account, otherwise recordings will stop after 40 minutes)
- Check if the Geo HA update instructions contain version specific changes
- Check if PostgreSQL version is updated
- Check if any upgrade warnings exist
- Verify that the Geo cluster is healthy pre upgrade
- Find the latest packaged version of GitLab that can be used for zero downtime upgrades
Upgrade
- Retrieve a beverage of choice within a drinkable temperature range
- Join Zoom meeting and wait for arrival. Hit the record button
- Perform upgrade steps described in latest documentation
- Record any issues encountered during the upgrade
- Verify cluster health post upgrade
- Verify PostgreSQL version is correct
Postflight
- Record the upgrade outcome as SUCCESS, FAILED, PARTIAL SUCCESS
- Open new issues and inform @rnienaber and @fzimmer to confirm next steps