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Authored by Job van der Voort
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86 86 This will store a tar file in `/var/opt/gitlab/backups`. The filename will look like
87 87 `1393513186_gitlab_backup.tar`, where 1393513186 is a timestamp.
88 88  
  89 +### Scheduling a backup
  90 +
  91 +To schedule a cron job that backs up your repositories and GitLab metadata, use the root user:
  92 +
  93 +```
  94 +sudo su -
  95 +crontab -e
  96 +```
  97 +
  98 +There, add the following line to schedule the backup for everyday at 2 AM:
  99 +
  100 +```
  101 +0 2 * * * gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
  102 +```
  103 +
89 104 ### Restoring an application backup
90 105  
91 106 We will assume that you have installed GitLab from an omnibus package and run
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