Excluding specific directories from the backup Sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create STRATEGY=copy. To use the copy strategy instead of the default streaming strategy, specify This is why the copy strategy is not the default in 8.17. So the problem doesn't compound, but it could be a considerable change for large The process does its best to clean up the temporary files at each stage To a temporary location before calling tar and gzip, avoiding the error.Ī side-effect is that the backup process with take up to an additional 1X disk Introduces a new backup strategy called copy. It may occur, and will cause the backup process to fail. When data changes while tar is reading it, the error file changed as we read This worksįine in most cases, but can cause problems when data is rapidly changing. The default backup strategy is to essentially stream data from the respectiveĭata locations to the backup using the Linux command tar and gzip. Note: Introduced as an option in GitLab 8.17. Creating backup archive: $TIMESTAMP_gitlab_backup.tar Deleting tmp directories. Dumping repositories: - Dumping repository abcd. If you are running GitLab within a Docker container, you can run the backup from the host: docker exec -t gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:createĮxample output: Dumping database tables: - Dumping table events. Use this if you've installed GitLab from source: sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
Use this command if you've installed GitLab with the Omnibus package: sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create The timestamp is needed if you need to restore GitLab and multiple backups areįor example, if the backup name is 1493107454_2017_04_25_9.1.0_gitlab_backup.tar,
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Identifies the time at which each backup was created, plus the GitLab version. The filename will be _gitlab_backup.tar, where TIMESTAMP
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The backup archive will be saved in backup_path, which is specified in the
In GitLab 9.2 the timestamp format was changed from EPOCH_YYYY_MM_DD toĮPOCH_YYYY_MM_DD_GitLab version, for example 1493107454_2017_04_25 GitLab provides a simple command line interface to backup your whole installation,Īnd is flexible enough to fit your needs. The best way to migrate your repositoriesįrom one server to another is through backup restore. You can only restore a backup to exactly the same version and type (CE/EE) An application data backup creates an archive file that contains the database,