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README: Add reminder/info about limiting backup lifetime with regular backups I've added an extra paragraph to the README.md to aid with limiting the keep time of backups when setting up a regular backup schedule.
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| @@ -359,6 +359,15 @@ There, add the following line to schedule the backup for everyday at 2 AM: | @@ -359,6 +359,15 @@ There, add the following line to schedule the backup for everyday at 2 AM: | ||
| 359 | 0 2 * * * /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create | 359 | 0 2 * * * /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create |
| 360 | ``` | 360 | ``` |
| 361 | 361 | ||
| 362 | +You may also want to set a limited lifetime for backups to prevent regular | ||
| 363 | +backups using all your disk space. To do this add the following lines to | ||
| 364 | +`/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and reconfigure:- | ||
| 365 | + | ||
| 366 | +``` | ||
| 367 | +# limit backup lifetime to 7 days - 604800 seconds | ||
| 368 | +gitlab_rails['backup_keep_time'] = 604800 | ||
| 369 | +``` | ||
| 370 | + | ||
| 362 | ### Restoring an application backup | 371 | ### Restoring an application backup |
| 363 | 372 | ||
| 364 | We will assume that you have installed GitLab from an omnibus package and run | 373 | We will assume that you have installed GitLab from an omnibus package and run |