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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index 43ddc419054..51f7454610d 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ This archive will be saved in `backup_path`, which is specified in the The filename will be `[TIMESTAMP]_gitlab_backup.tar`, where `TIMESTAMP` identifies the time at which each backup was created. +> In GitLab 8.15 we changed the timestamp format from `EPOCH` (`1393513186`) +> to `EPOCH_YYYY_MM_DD` (`1393513186_2014_02_27`) + You can only restore a backup to exactly the same version of GitLab on which it was created. The best way to migrate your repositories from one server to another is through backup restore. @@ -223,7 +226,8 @@ For installations from source: ## Backup archive permissions -The backup archives created by GitLab (123456_gitlab_backup.tar) will have owner/group git:git and 0600 permissions by default. +The backup archives created by GitLab (`1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar`) +will have owner/group git:git and 0600 permissions by default. This is meant to avoid other system users reading GitLab's data. If you need the backup archives to have different permissions you can use the 'archive_permissions' setting. @@ -335,7 +339,7 @@ First make sure your backup tar file is in the backup directory described in the `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`. ```shell -sudo cp 1393513186_gitlab_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/ +sudo cp 1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/ ``` Stop the processes that are connected to the database. Leave the rest of GitLab |