Commit 765c4d94 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'sh-improve-backup-directory-docs' into 'master'

Document that DIRECTORY environment variable in backups only applies to remote storage

Closes #38949

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!20230
parents 3cf68362 739c69cc
...@@ -326,6 +326,16 @@ For installations from source: ...@@ -326,6 +326,16 @@ For installations from source:
1. [Restart GitLab] for the changes to take effect 1. [Restart GitLab] for the changes to take effect
#### Specifying a custom directory for backups
Note: This option only works for remote storage. If you want to group your backups
you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable:
```
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly
```
### Uploading to locally mounted shares ### Uploading to locally mounted shares
You may also send backups to a mounted share (`NFS` / `CIFS` / `SMB` / etc.) by You may also send backups to a mounted share (`NFS` / `CIFS` / `SMB` / etc.) by
...@@ -369,15 +379,6 @@ For installations from source: ...@@ -369,15 +379,6 @@ For installations from source:
remote_directory: 'gitlab_backups' remote_directory: 'gitlab_backups'
``` ```
### Specifying a custom directory for backups
If you want to group your backups you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable:
```
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly
```
### Backup archive permissions ### Backup archive permissions
The backup archives created by GitLab (`1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar`) The backup archives created by GitLab (`1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar`)
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