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| author | Stan Hu <stanhu@gmail.com> | 2016-07-29 17:28:34 +0300 |
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| committer | Stan Hu <stanhu@gmail.com> | 2016-07-29 17:32:37 +0300 |
| commit | 7658f31a621f6ebc97af5c21802854ed56b0bd0f (patch) | |
| tree | 78c2ae4af815dc32d0bc826f3a66bdfea804a4e0 /doc/raketasks | |
| parent | a330b29b701b2de49206f864e654a01ad1a031c7 (diff) | |
Clarify backup_keep_time config parameter with S3
Discussed in gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab#1453
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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index fa976134341..5fa96736d59 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -382,6 +382,13 @@ backups using all your disk space. To do this add the following lines to gitlab_rails['backup_keep_time'] = 604800 ``` +Note that the `backup_keep_time` configuration option only manages local +files. GitLab does not automatically prune old files stored in a third-party +object storage (e.g. AWS S3) because the user may not have permission to list +and delete files. We recommend that you configure the appropriate retention +policy for your object storage. For example, you can configure [the S3 backup +policy here as described here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37553070/gitlab-omnibus-delete-backup-from-amazon-s3). + NOTE: This cron job does not [backup your omnibus-gitlab configuration](#backup-and-restore-omnibus-gitlab-configuration) or [SSH host keys](https://superuser.com/questions/532040/copy-ssh-keys-from-one-server-to-another-server/532079#532079). ## Alternative backup strategies |