From f59a6d8ee675607b6a2e31715c137915174260eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:46:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add configuration backup/restore instructions

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 ## Configuration
 
+### Backup and restore omnibus-gitlab configuration
+
+All configuration for omnibus-gitlab is stored in `/etc/gitlab`. To backup your
+configuration, just backup this directory.
+
+```shell
+# Example backup command for /etc/gitlab:
+# Create a time-stamped .tar file in the current directory.
+# The .tar file will be readable only to root.
+sudo sh -c 'umask 0077; tar -cf $(date "+etc-gitlab-%s.tar") -C / etc/gitlab'
+```
+
+You can extract the .tar file as follows.
+
+```shell
+# Rename the existing /etc/gitlab, if any
+sudo mv /etc/gitlab /etc/gitlab.$(date +%s)
+# Change the example timestamp below for your configuration backup
+sudo tar -xf etc-gitlab-1399948539.tar -C /
+```
+
+Remember to run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` after restoring a configuration
+backup.
+
 ### Configuring the external URL for GitLab
 
 In order for GitLab to display correct repository clone links to your users
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