Gitlab backup storage does not support minio s3 storage

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Bug

Description

GitLab supports minio as the s3 storage location, however this cannot be used with the gitlab backup system using the current secret-object store configuration.

This currently reads as: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/bigbang/-/blob/master/chart/templates/gitlab/secret-objectstore.yaml?ref_type=heads#L49

    backups: |-
      [default]
      {{- if eq .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.iamProfile "" }} 
      access_key = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.accessKey }}
      secret_key = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.accessSecret }}
      host_bucket = %(bucket)s.{{ regexReplaceAll "http(s*)://" .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.endpoint "" }}
      {{- end }}
      bucket_location = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.region }}
      multipart_chunk_size_mb = 128

When it should read similar to:

    backups: |-
      [default]
      {{- if eq .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.iamProfile "" }} 
      access_key = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.accessKey }}
      secret_key = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.accessSecret }}
      {{- if eq .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.type "minio" }}
      host_base = {{ regexReplaceAll "http(s*)://" .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.endpoint "" }}
      host_bucket = {{ regexReplaceAll "http(s*)://" .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.endpoint "" }}
      use_https = False
      {{- else }}
      host_bucket = %(bucket)s.{{ regexReplaceAll "http(s*)://" .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.endpoint "" }}      
      {{- end }}
      {{- end }}
      bucket_location = {{ .Values.addons.gitlab.objectStorage.region }}
      multipart_chunk_size_mb = 128

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matt.vasquez commented:

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@jase.rieger Unfortunately the vendor does not support using the internal Minio instance for backups via object storage (as explained here "must be configured to point externally rather than the included MinIO service": https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/advanced/external-object-storage/#backups).

Gitlab recommends against using Minio in general for production workloads. An upstream issue request/contribution may be a pathway for this.

I will be closing this issue, please feel free to reopen a new issue if you feel there is still a need.

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Issue 'Gitlab backup storage does not support minio s3 storage' closed from GitLab side