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Commit 13bba17fa4e49dc21ec956b94a0f141ed2d6f0a7

Authored by Sytse Sijbrandij
2 parents 128ba5b5 6938fd48
Exists in master and in 2 other branches 7-2-stable, 7-2-stable-ee

Merge branch 'backup_etc_gitlab' into 'master' 

Add configuration backup/restore instructions

See merge request !171
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README.md
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135 135 ## Configuration
136 136  
  137 +### Backup and restore omnibus-gitlab configuration
  138 +
  139 +All configuration for omnibus-gitlab is stored in `/etc/gitlab`. To backup your
  140 +configuration, just backup this directory.
  141 +
  142 +```shell
  143 +# Example backup command for /etc/gitlab:
  144 +# Create a time-stamped .tar file in the current directory.
  145 +# The .tar file will be readable only to root.
  146 +sudo sh -c 'umask 0077; tar -cf $(date "+etc-gitlab-%s.tar") -C / etc/gitlab'
  147 +```
  148 +
  149 +You can extract the .tar file as follows.
  150 +
  151 +```shell
  152 +# Rename the existing /etc/gitlab, if any
  153 +sudo mv /etc/gitlab /etc/gitlab.$(date +%s)
  154 +# Change the example timestamp below for your configuration backup
  155 +sudo tar -xf etc-gitlab-1399948539.tar -C /
  156 +```
  157 +
  158 +Remember to run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` after restoring a configuration
  159 +backup.
  160 +
137 161 ### Configuring the external URL for GitLab
138 162  
139 163 In order for GitLab to display correct repository clone links to your users
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