Document how to change the backup path

Jacob Vosmaer
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@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
 This will store a tar file in `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`. The filename will look like
 `1393513186_gitlab_backup.tar`, where 1393513186 is a timestamp.
  
+If you want to store your GitLab backups in a different directory, add the
+following setting to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and run `sudo gitlab-ctl
+reconfigure`:
+
+```ruby
+gitlab_rails['backup_path'] = '/mnt/backups'
+```
+
 ### Scheduling a backup
  
 To schedule a cron job that backs up your repositories and GitLab metadata, use the root user:
...	...	@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
483	483	This will store a tar file in `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`. The filename will look like
484	484	`1393513186_gitlab_backup.tar`, where 1393513186 is a timestamp.
485	485
	486	+If you want to store your GitLab backups in a different directory, add the
	487	+following setting to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and run `sudo gitlab-ctl
	488	+reconfigure`:
	489	+
	490	+```ruby
	491	+gitlab_rails['backup_path'] = '/mnt/backups'
	492	+```
	493	+
486	494	### Scheduling a backup
487	495
488	496	To schedule a cron job that backs up your repositories and GitLab metadata, use the root user:
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