Commit 21eecf4d authored by Cindy Pallares's avatar Cindy Pallares

Reword backup & restore secrets description

The new description will make it more clear that
there are 3 separate things being affected and not
just 2FA.
parent 85d37c09
......@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ another is through backup restore.
To restore a backup, you will also need to restore `/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json`
(for omnibus packages) or `/home/git/gitlab/.secret` (for installations
from source). This file contains the database encryption key and CI secret
variables used for two-factor authentication. If you fail to restore this
encryption key file along with the application data backup, users with two-factor
authentication enabled will lose access to your GitLab server.
from source). This file contains the database encryption key,
[CI secret variables](../ci/variables/README.md#secret-variables), and
secret variables used for [two-factor authentication](../security/two_factor_authentication.md).
If you fail to restore this encryption key file along with the application data
backup, users with two-factor authentication enabled and GitLab Runners will
lose access to your GitLab server.
## Create a backup of the GitLab system
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