
Restore GitLabįor detailed information on restoring GitLab, see Restore GitLab. Back up GitLabįor detailed information on backing up GitLab, see Backup GitLab. The timestamp is needed if you need to restore GitLab andįor example, if the backup name is 1493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar,

Where TIMESTAMP identifies the time at which each backup was created, plus The backup archive is saved in backup_path, which is specified in theĬonfig/gitlab.yml file. Migrate your projects from one server to another is through a backup and restore. You can only restore a backup to exactly the same version and type (CE/EE) GitLab provides Rake tasks for backing up and restoring GitLab instances.Īn application data backup creates an archive file that contains the database,

Prevent the dump file to include pg_stat_statements.Restoring database backup fails when pg_stat_statements was previously enabled.Truncate the filenames referenced by the database.Backup fails with File name too long error.Backup fails to complete with Gzip error.Container Registry push failures after restoring from a backup.Disable user two-factor authentication (2FA).Verify that all values can be decrypted.

Restoring database backup using Omnibus packages outputs warnings.Prepare and transfer content from the old server.Back up and restore for installations using PgBouncer.Online backup through marking repositories as read-only (experimental).Prevent writes and copy the Git repository data.gitaly-backup for repository backup and restore.
