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| author | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-07-02 07:41:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2018-07-02 07:41:07 +0000 |
| commit | 765c4d9459c274beccf5d24396d3427b517dfa11 (patch) | |
| tree | 57f8869bf4db7c8376878ec5db6dc9af31c0e9ed | |
| parent | 3cf683629e62fa4810512b20f4f54140591829ef (diff) | |
| parent | 739c69cccb918a8f995df6ed088c586d9b6f60c1 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-765c4d9459c274beccf5d24396d3427b517dfa11.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'sh-improve-backup-directory-docs' into 'master'
Document that DIRECTORY environment variable in backups only applies to remote storage
Closes #38949
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!20230
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index 95221d8b6b1..2e7702dda07 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -326,6 +326,16 @@ For installations from source: 1. [Restart GitLab] for the changes to take effect +#### Specifying a custom directory for backups + +Note: This option only works for remote storage. If you want to group your backups +you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable: + +``` +sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily +sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly +``` + ### Uploading to locally mounted shares You may also send backups to a mounted share (`NFS` / `CIFS` / `SMB` / etc.) by @@ -369,15 +379,6 @@ For installations from source: remote_directory: 'gitlab_backups' ``` -### Specifying a custom directory for backups - -If you want to group your backups you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable: - -``` -sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily -sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly -``` - ### Backup archive permissions The backup archives created by GitLab (`1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar`) |