Add instructions for backups using cron

Jacob Vosmaer
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doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md
@@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ Restoring repositories:
 - Restoring repository abcd... [DONE]
 Deleting tmp directories...[DONE]
 ```
+
+### Configure cron to make daily backups
+
+```
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml # Enable keep_time in the backup section to automatically delete old backups
+sudo -u git crontab -e # Edit the crontab for the git user
+```
+
+Add the following lines at the bottom:
+
+```
+# Create a full backup of the GitLab repositories and SQL database every day at 2am
+0 2 * * * cd /home/git/gitlab && PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
+```
	@@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ Restoring repositories:		@@ -78,3 +78,18 @@ Restoring repositories:
78	- Restoring repository abcd... [DONE]	78	- Restoring repository abcd... [DONE]
79	Deleting tmp directories...[DONE]	79	Deleting tmp directories...[DONE]
80	```	80	```
		81	+
		82	+### Configure cron to make daily backups
		83	+
		84	+```
		85	+cd /home/git/gitlab
		86	+sudo -u git -H editor config/gitlab.yml # Enable keep_time in the backup section to automatically delete old backups
		87	+sudo -u git crontab -e # Edit the crontab for the git user
		88	+```
		89	+
		90	+Add the following lines at the bottom:
		91	+
		92	+```
		93	+# Create a full backup of the GitLab repositories and SQL database every day at 2am
		94	+0 2 * * * cd /home/git/gitlab && PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
		95	+```