From 5.0 to 5.1 - Hopebaytech/gitlabhq GitHub Wiki

Release notes:

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

1. stop server

sudo service gitlab stop

2. get latest code

sudo -u git -H git fetch
sudo -u git -H git checkout 5-1-stable

3. Install libs, migrations etc

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

4. 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

5. Start application

sudo service gitlab start