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| author | Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl> | 2014-01-27 21:54:28 +0400 |
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| committer | Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl> | 2014-01-27 21:55:36 +0400 |
| commit | 5e2ccc671b8ee1c4b70c504b5b964a8bac259cda (patch) | |
| tree | 5c0b4fe17e4eed93bbe12dde9a53f71de04a16da /doc | |
| parent | 8695ab28e6e4a945fe3d8368e69884ec2b5b4ea3 (diff) | |
Add instructions for backups using cron
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md | 15 |
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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index d2da64f3d3c..bdff6ad5da8 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ Restoring repositories: - Restoring repository abcd... [DONE] Deleting tmp directories...[DONE] ``` + +### Configure cron to make daily backups + +``` +cd /home/git/gitlab +sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml # Enable keep_time in the backup section to automatically delete old backups +sudo -u git crontab -e # Edit the crontab for the git user +``` + +Add the following lines at the bottom: + +``` +# Create a full backup of the GitLab repositories and SQL database every day at 2am +0 2 * * * cd /home/git/gitlab && PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production +``` |