Postgresql update does not work from PG12 to PG13

I am currently trying to update gitlab from 15.11.13 to 16.1.5 and need to upgrade my Postresql database too. Unfortunately its running into a problem.

gitlab-studio-backup$ curl -s “https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/charts/gitlab/-/raw/v7.1.5/scripts/database-upgrade” | bash -s -x – -r gitlab-dev-release -n gitlab-dev pre

  • set -e
  • fake_timestamp=database_upgrade_6
  • script_name=database-upgrade
  • getopts :r:n:b: opt
  • case “${opt}” in
  • release=gitlab-dev-release
  • getopts :r:n:b: opt
  • case “${opt}” in
  • namespace=‘-n gitlab-dev’
  • getopts :r:n:b: opt
  • shift 4
  • case ${1} in
  • pre
  • in_toolbox backup-utility -t database_upgrade_6 --skip registry,uploads,artifacts,lfs,packages,external_diffs,terraform_state,ci_secure_files,repositories,pages
    ++ grep -v backup
    +++ selector toolbox
    +++ base=app=toolbox
    ++ head -n 1
    +++ ‘[’ -n gitlab-dev-release ‘]’
    +++ base+=,release=gitlab-dev-release
    +++ echo app=toolbox,release=gitlab-dev-release
    ++ kubectl -n gitlab-dev get pods -l app=toolbox,release=gitlab-dev-release --field-selector status.phase=Running -o custom-columns=N:.metadata.name --no-headers
  • task_pod=gitlab-dev-release-toolbox-65c4d44458-7b2vh
  • kubectl -n gitlab-dev exec -it gitlab-dev-release-toolbox-65c4d44458-7b2vh -c toolbox – env GITLAB_ASSUME_YES=1 backup-utility -t database_upgrade_6 --skip registry,uploads,artifacts,lfs,packages,external_diffs,terraform_state,ci_secure_files,repositories,pages
    Unable to use a TTY - input is not a terminal or the right kind of file
    2023-11-02 18:01:04 +0100 – Dumping database …
    Dumping PostgreSQL database gitlabhq_production … pg_dump: warning: could not find where to insert IF EXISTS in statement "-- not dropping schema, since initdb creates it
    "
    [DONE]
    2023-11-02 18:01:08 +0100 – Dumping database … done
    2023-11-02 17:01:08 +0000 – Deleting backup and restore lock file
    Packing up backup tar
    ERROR: Error parsing xml: mismatched tag: line 66, column 4
    ERROR: b’\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n body {\r\n font-family: “Helvetica Neue”, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\r\n line-height: 1.66666667;\r\n font-size: 16px;\r\n color: #333;\r\n background-color: #fff;\r\n margin: 2em 1em;\r\n }\r\n h1 {\r\n font-size: 28px;\r\n font-weight: 400;\r\n }\r\n p {\r\n margin: 0 0 10px;\r\n }\r\n .alert.alert-info {\r\n background-color: #F0F0F0;\r\n margin-top: 30px;\r\n padding: 30px;\r\n }\r\n .alert p {\r\n padding-left: 35px;\r\n }\r\n ul {\r\n padding-left: 51px;\r\n position: relative;\r\n }\r\n li {\r\n font-size: 14px;\r\n margin-bottom: 1em;\r\n }\r\n p.info {\r\n position: relative;\r\n font-size: 20px;\r\n }\r\n p.info:before, p.info:after {\r\n content: “”;\r\n left: 0;\r\n position: absolute;\r\n top: 0;\r\n }\r\n p.info:before {\r\n background: #0066CC;\r\n border-radius: 16px;\r\n color: #fff;\r\n content: “i”;\r\n font: bold 16px/24px serif;\r\n height: 24px;\r\n left: 0px;\r\n text-align: center;\r\n top: 4px;\r\n width: 24px;\r\n }\r\n\r\n @media (min-width: 768px) {\r\n body {\r\n margin: 6em;\r\n }\r\n }\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
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    Application is not available

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    The application is currently not serving requests at this endpoint. It may not have been started or is still starting.

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    \r\n Possible reasons you are seeing this page:\r\n

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    • \r\n The host doesn't exist.\r\n Make sure the hostname was typed correctly and that a route matching this hostname exists.\r\n
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    • \r\n The host exists, but doesn't have a matching path.\r\n Check if the URL path was typed correctly and that the route was created using the desired path.\r\n
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    • \r\n Route and path matches, but all pods are down.\r\n Make sure that the resources exposed by this route (pods, services, deployment configs, etc) have at least one pod running.\r\n
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    WARNING: Upload failed: /database_upgrade_6_gitlab_backup.tar (503 (Service Unavailable))
    WARNING: Retrying on lower speed (throttle=0.01)
    WARNING: Waiting 3 sec…

Target port configuration were false. The GUI didnt properly show it in the normal view. In the Edit mode you could see the missing port configs.