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| author | Frederic Van Espen <fes@escaux.com> | 2019-03-07 09:38:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Frederic Van Espen <fes@escaux.com> | 2019-03-07 09:38:14 +0100 |
| commit | 935b69838488f13586541114e0293e5ef6d79f43 (patch) | |
| tree | c0416a746cd9cf32a95aea4d1d64b9c77a463c06 /doc/raketasks | |
| parent | 3bb3f7ddd073e67fafbc210d0e18c76a87b96dcb (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-935b69838488f13586541114e0293e5ef6d79f43.tar.gz | |
introduce optional rsyncable flag
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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index 4238685b54f..22a67e3ed01 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create BACKUP=dump The resulting file will then be `dump_gitlab_backup.tar`. This is useful for systems that make use of rsync and incremental backups, and will result in considerably faster transfer speeds. +### Rsyncable + +To make sure the generated archive is intelligently transferable by rsync, the `GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes` option can be set. This will set the `--rsyncable` option to `gzip`. This is only useful in combination with setting [the Backup filename option](#backup-filename). Note that this option in `gzip` is not guaranteed to be available on all distributions. + +```sh +sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create BACKUP=dump GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes +``` ### Excluding specific directories from the backup |