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| author | Valery Sizov <vsv2711@gmail.com> | 2015-05-07 12:59:44 +0300 |
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| committer | Valery Sizov <vsv2711@gmail.com> | 2015-05-07 13:04:29 +0300 |
| commit | 243836ecb9866a2b42429059f124257b2ddfc8c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 586cfd91f0d76a6b98d39832f3de4cfcd33b1025 | |
| parent | c3a7f2820f6ef1612dbc0cf9e3d0926aa253033a (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ci-243836ecb9866a2b42429059f124257b2ddfc8c2.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/doc/backup.md b/doc/backup.md index 4e55bee..cdd1de1 100644 --- a/doc/backup.md +++ b/doc/backup.md @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ A backup creates an archive file that contains the database. This archive will be saved in backup_path (see `config/application.yml`). -The filename will be `[TIMESTAMP]_gitlab_ci_backup.tar`. This timestamp can be used to restore an specific backup. +The filename will be `[TIMESTAMP]_gitlab_ci_backup.tar.gz`. This timestamp can be used to restore an specific backup. You can only restore a backup to exactly the same version of GitLab CI that you created it on, for example 7.10.1. +*If you are intrested in GitLab backup please follow this link https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md* + ``` # use this command if you've installed GitLab CI with the Omnibus package sudo gitlab-ci-rake backup:create @@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ Example output: Dumping database ... Dumping PostgreSQL database gitlab_ci_development ... [DONE] done -Creating backup archive: 1430930060_gitlab_ci_backup.tar ... done +Creating backup archive: 1430930060_gitlab_ci_backup.tar.gz ... done Uploading backup archive to remote storage ... skipped Deleting tmp directories ... done done @@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ Deleting old backups ... skipping ## Upload backups to remote (cloud) storage -You can let the backup script upload the '.tar' file it creates. +You can let the backup script upload the '.tar.gz' 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. But Fog also lets you use [other storage providers](http://fog.io/storage/). |