Reviewing an upgrade plan

This is a work in progress that may be useful nonetheless. This is directed at GitLab Support team members. If you get a 404: make sure you are signed in via Okta and double-check that you are a GitLab Support team member.

Quick Questions

• How has the instance been deployed? (Omnibus, Helm, Docker)
  • Additional version-specific upgrade instructions and notes are available for Helm-based deployments.
• Is Geo in use?
• Is GitLab CI in use?
  • If yes, are the Runners accounted for? We recommend matching the major and minor versions of GitLab and GitLab Runner. (If you're upgrading GitLab to 15.8.Z, upgrade your Runners to 15.8.X.)

Helpful Links

I just finished the upgrade. The commands exited successfully. How can I make sure everything is working properly?

Having users use the instance as they normally would is a great test. Before turning the instance over to the users:

• Pre-upgrade and post-upgrade checks
• GitLab Smoke Tests - Use GitLab CI to quickly test if GitLab features are working as intended.
• Who is on-call?
  • Let them know.