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@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Use this if you've installed GitLab from source:
```
sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
```
+If you are running GitLab within a Docker container, you can run the backup from the host:
+```
+docker -t exec <container name> gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
+```
You can specify that portions of the application data be skipped using the
environment variable `SKIP`. You can skip:
@@ -81,8 +85,11 @@ Deleting old backups... [SKIPPING]
Starting with GitLab 7.4 you can let the backup script upload the '.tar' file it creates.
It uses the [Fog library](http://fog.io/) to perform the upload.
-In the example below we use Amazon S3 for storage.
-Fog also supports [other storage providers](http://fog.io/storage/).
+In the example below we use Amazon S3 for storage, but Fog also lets you use
+[other storage providers](http://fog.io/storage/). GitLab
+[imports cloud drivers](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/30f5b9a5b711b46f1065baf755e413ceced5646b/Gemfile#L88)
+for AWS, Azure, Google, OpenStack Swift and Rackspace as well. A local driver is
+[also available](#uploading-to-locally-mounted-shares).
For omnibus packages: