From bdb45360e76a272c275690cb11227a737c56e934 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Jabs Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:06:51 +0200 Subject: Changed documentation of converting a MySQL-Database with Gitlab to a Postgresdatatabase. The instructions were missleading. See -> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/2904 --- doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md index a596ea38456..a7de5648c0e 100644 --- a/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md +++ b/doc/update/mysql_to_postgresql.md @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ sudo -u git -H python mysql-postgresql-converter/db_converter.py gitlabhq_produc sudo -u git -H ed -s db/database.sql < mysql-postgresql-converter/move_drop_indexes.ed # Compress database backup +# Warning: If you have Gitlab 7.12.0 or older skip this step and import the database.sql directly into the backup with: +# sudo -u git -H tar rf TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar db/database.sql +# The compressed databasedump is not supported at 7.12.0 and older. sudo -u git -H gzip db/database.sql # Replace the MySQL dump in TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar. @@ -71,4 +74,5 @@ sudo -u git -H tar rf TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar db/database.sql.gz # Done! TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar can now be restored into a Postgres GitLab # installation. +# See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md for more information about backups. ``` -- cgit v1.2.1