Mastering GitLab 12

Contents of gitlab.rb.primary.j2

The secondary database node is also configured in this script. The gitlab.rb file is a bit different, but we can see the role that's defined at the top:

roles ['geo_secondary_role']

Here's listen_address for PostgreSQL that's defined:

 postgresql['listen_address'] = ""{{ hostvars[groups['gitlab'][1]]['ansible_eth0']['ipv4']['address'] }}""

We can also see the two addresses of the database servers in the array of allowed hosts:

postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ["{{ hostvars[groups['gitlab'][1]]['ansible_eth0']['ipv4']['address'] }}"]

The database password hash that was generated on the primary node is inserted here, as well as the clear text password:

postgresql['sql_user_password'] = "{{ generated_db_pass ...