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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-09-10 14:15:10 +0300 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-09-10 14:15:10 +0300 |
| commit | 208faf657941e852cc1661a49f860d2574556cd1 (patch) | |
| tree | f12e103466f93bfae464d6d3a3b3b8f9e51c926b /doc | |
| parent | 94f03227971948f64ecb6573000bccc05e1f5038 (diff) | |
| parent | fccd7cb815e1b68f3ad7db8a3bfb3c9e48b7949e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'backup-restore-tar-version' into 'master'
Specify tar is required for backup and restore tasks
Closes omnibus-gitlab#2334
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!21633
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index c2cf0d54aeb..1d29f6d4e43 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -16,17 +16,27 @@ and is flexible enough to fit your needs. ### Requirements -If you're using GitLab with the Omnibus package, you're all set. If you -installed GitLab from source, make sure the following packages are installed: - * rsync +If you're using GitLab with the Omnibus package, you're all set. If you +installed GitLab from source, make sure you have rsync installed. + If you're using Ubuntu, you could run: ``` sudo apt-get install -y rsync ``` +* tar + +Backup and restore tasks use `tar` under the hood to create and extract +archives. Ensure you have version 1.30 or above of `tar` available in your +system. To check the version, run: + +``` +tar --version +``` + ### Backup timestamp >**Note:** |