Gitlab ver 8 to latest update

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Hi, my Gitlab right now is version 8.2.3 and I want to update to latest version.
It installed on RHEL6

I know there is upgrade path, but can I know the right way to upgrade it.

Thanks

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While I am not sure what upgrade path documents you checked out, I prefer to suggest https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/#upgrading-without-downtime .

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Hi @prominen and welcome to the GitLab Community Forum!

In addition to the docs that @tnir linked, I suggest you check out our upgrade recommendation docs:

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/policy/maintenance.html#upgrade-recommendations

Here’s the upgrade path you’ll want to take to get from 8.2.3 to latest right now.

Upgrade path (horizontal)

8.2.3 -> 8.12.0 -> 8.17.7 -> 9.5.10 -> 10.8.7 -> 11.11.8 -> 12.0.12 -> 12.10.6 -> 13.0.6

Upgrade path (vertical)

  • 8.2.3
  • 8.12.0
  • 8.17.7
  • 9.5.10
  • 10.8.7
  • 11.11.8
  • 12.0.12
  • 12.10.6
  • 13.0.6

If you installed using your package manager, be sure to indicate which version to upgrade to for each step.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/policy/maintenance.html#multi-step-upgrade-paths-with-gitlab-all-in-one-linux-package-repository

Let us know how it goes!

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Hi

my gitlab previously installed by other person and I’m the one going to maintain it now. I’m not sure which method he used to installed it.

So let’s say that I’m plan to use the package manager method to upgrade, where can I see the actual release name ?

from the example here,

yum (RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7)

yum install gitlab-ee-12.0.12-ee.0.el7

thanks