HA with Geo upgrade from 12.0.9 to 12.1.9 does not upgrade PostgreSQL
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### Summary
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The Geo team recently started conducting upgrade calls to a) understand the correct steps to upgrade an HA installation including Geo b) test upgrades between minor GitLab versions.
During the upgrade from 12.0.9 to 12.1.9 we expected the PostgreSQL database to be updated from 9.6.11 to 10.7; however, no PostgreSQL upgrade was performed. The resulting, healthy HA + Geo Configuration is still running PostgreSQL 9.6.11
It is unclear what the instructions are to actually upgrade PostgreSQL and/or if this is expected.
### Steps to reproduce
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We followed steps as described in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests/3577 These steps are new and we never had any official documentation for how to upgrade HA + Geo.
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
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We follow steps outlined in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests/3577 but PostgreSQL remains at version 9.6.11.
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
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PostgresSQL should be updated to 10.7 unless `sudo touch /etc/gitlab/disable-postgresql-upgrade` is created. See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/geo/replication/version_specific_updates.html#updating-to-gitlab-121
### Relevant logs
### Details of package version
### Environment details
We are using an HA cluster in the following configuration:
#### Primary (US)
| VM Instance |
|-------------|
| ha-postgresql|
| ha-redis|
| ha-gitaly|
| ha-app-01|
| ha-app-02|
| ha-load-balancer|
#### Secondary (EU)
| VM Instance |
|-------------|
| geo-postgresql |
| geo-tracking |
| geo-redis |
| geo-gitaly |
| geo-app-01 |
| geo-app-02 |
| geo-load-balancer |
### Configuration details
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PRIMARY HA APP01
```
external_url 'http://primary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['application_role']
nginx['enable'] = true
gitaly['enable'] = false
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data', 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://10.142.0.11
:8075' }
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = ''
gitlab_rails['db_adapter'] = 'postgresql'
gitlab_rails['db_encoding'] = 'unicode'
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.142.0.9' # IP/hostname of database server
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['redis_port'] = '6379'
gitlab_rails['redis_host'] = '10.142.0.10' # IP/hostname of Redis server
gitlab_rails['redis_password'] = ''
roles ['geo_primary_role']
```
PRIMARY HA APP02
```
external_url 'http://primary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['application_role']
nginx['enable'] = true
gitaly['enable'] = false
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data', 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://10.142.0.11
:8075' }
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = ''
gitlab_rails['db_adapter'] = 'postgresql'
gitlab_rails['db_encoding'] = 'unicode'
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.142.0.9' # IP/hostname of database server
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['redis_port'] = '6379'
gitlab_rails['redis_host'] = '10.142.0.10' # IP/hostname of Redis server
gitlab_rails['redis_password'] = ''
roles ['geo_primary_role']
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
PRIMARY HA GITALY
```
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
postgresql['enable'] = false
redis['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'http://primary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "10.142.0.11:8075"
gitaly['auth_token'] = ''
gitaly['storage'] = [
{ 'name' => 'default', 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data' },
]
```
PRIMARY HA PoSTGRESQL
```
external_url 'http://primary-ha-postgresql.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['geo_primary_role', 'postgres_role']
repmgr['enable'] = false
consul['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
redis_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
postgresql['listen_address'] = '10.142.0.9'
postgresql['port'] = 5432
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = ''
postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.142.0.12/32 10.142.0.13/32)
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['10.142.0.9/32', '10.164.0.30/32']
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
postgresql['max_replication_slots'] = 1
```
PRIMARY HA REDIS
```
external_url 'http://primary-ha-redis.gogitlab.ml'
redis['enable'] = true
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
redis['bind'] = '10.142.0.10'
redis['port'] = 6379
redis['password'] = 'password'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
SECONDARY HA APP01
```
external_url 'http://secondary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['geo_secondary_role', 'application_role']
nginx['enable'] = true
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
geo_secondary['db_host'] = '10.164.0.31'
geo_secondary['db_password'] = ''
geo_postgresql['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.164.0.30'
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['redis_host'] = '10.164.0.32'
gitlab_rails['redis_password'] = ''
gitaly['enable'] = false
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data', 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://10.164.0.33
:8075' }
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = ''
```
SECONDARY HA APP02
```
external_url 'http://secondary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['geo_secondary_role', 'application_role']
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
nginx['enable'] = true
geo_secondary['db_host'] = '10.164.0.31'
geo_secondary['db_password'] = ''
geo_postgresql['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.164.0.30'
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['redis_host'] = '10.164.0.32'
gitlab_rails['redis_password'] = ''
gitaly['enable'] = false
git_data_dirs({
'default' => { 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data', 'gitaly_address' => 'tcp://10.164.0.33
:8075' }
})
gitlab_rails['gitaly_token'] = ''
geo_secondary['auto_migrate'] = false
```
SECONDARY HA GITALY
```
external_url 'http://gitlab.example.com'
postgresql['enable'] = false
redis['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['rake_cache_clear'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
gitlab_rails['internal_api_url'] = 'http://secondary-ha.gogitlab.ml'
gitaly['listen_addr'] = "10.164.0.33:8075"
gitaly['auth_token'] = ''
gitaly['storage'] = [
{ 'name' => 'default', 'path' => '/var/opt/gitlab/git-data' },
]
geo_secondary['auto_migrate'] = false
```
SECONDARY HA POSTGRESQL
```
external_url 'http://secondary-ha-postgresql.gogitlab.ml'
roles ['postgres_role']
repmgr['enable'] = false
postgresql['listen_address'] = '10.164.0.30'
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['10.164.0.30/32', '10.164.0.31/32', '10.164.0.34/32'
, '10.164.0.35/32']
postgresql['hot_standby'] = 'on'
postgresql['sql_user_password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = ''
geo_postgresql['enable'] = false
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
geo_secondary['auto_migrate'] = false
```
SECONDARY HA REDIS
```
external_url 'http://secondary-ha-redis.gogitlab.ml'
redis['enable'] = true
sidekiq['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
redis['bind'] = '10.164.0.32'
redis['port'] = 6379
redis['password'] = ''
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
geo_secondary['auto_migrate'] = false
```
SECONDARY HA TRACKING
```
external_url 'http://secondary-ha-tracking.gogitlab.ml'
geo_postgresql['enable'] = true
geo_postgresql['listen_address'] = '10.164.0.31'
geo_postgresql['sql_user_password'] = ''
geo_secondary['db_fdw'] = true
geo_postgresql['fdw_external_password'] = ''
geo_postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['10.164.0.30/32']
geo_postgresql['trust_auth_cidr_addresses'] = %w(10.164.0.34/32 10.164.0.35/32)
gitlab_rails['db_host'] = '10.164.0.30'
gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
alertmanager['enable'] = false
consul['enable'] = false
gitaly['enable'] = false
gitlab_monitor['enable'] = false
gitlab_workhorse['enable'] = false
nginx['enable'] = false
node_exporter['enable'] = false
pgbouncer_exporter['enable'] = false
postgresql['enable'] = false
prometheus['enable'] = false
redis['enable'] = false
redis_exporter['enable'] = false
repmgr['enable'] = false
sidekiq['enable'] = false
unicorn['enable'] = false
geo_secondary['auto_migrate'] = false
```
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