auto-gitlab-backup: A Shell repository from derekey

AutoGITBackup

A collection of scripts to use omnibus-gitlab's own backup gitlab-rake command on a cron schedule and rsync to another server, if wanted, or to restore a backup.

Also will backup and copy the Gitlab-CI DB if configured.

This script is now more omnibus-gitlab centric. Compare your config fiile with the template! Usage with a source install is possible but not expressly shown here.

Clone

clone to your directory of choice. I usually use /usr/local/sbin

Set up gitlab to expire backups

Change /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb to expire backups

# backup keep time
gitlab_rails['backup_keep_time'] = 604800

If you use the CI server, enable Ci Backup expiration

## Backup settings
  backup:
    path: "tmp/backups"   # Relative paths are relative to Rails.root (default: tmp/backups/)
# limit CI backup lifetime to 7 days - 604800 seconds
gitlab_ci['backup_keep_time'] = 604800

Configure the script for remote copy

cp auto-gitlab-backup.conf.sample auto-gitlab-backup.conf

edit auto-gitlab-backup.conf

remoteUser="" #user account on remote server
remoteServer="" #remote host
remoteDest="" #remote path
sshKeyPath="" #path to an alternate ssh key, if needed.
remotePort=22 # ssh port
## Only change the below setting if you have git's home in a different location or are installing gitlab from source
gitHome="/var/opt/gitlab"
## only set below if rvm is in use and you need to source the rvm env file
# echo $(rvm env --path)
RVM_envPath=""
## only use the below settings if your destination is using rsync in daemon mode
remoteModule=""
rsync_password_file=""
checkQuota="0" #change to true or 1 to enable
enableCIBackup="0" #change to true or 1 to enable CI backups

cron settings

Example for crontab to run at 5:05am everyday.

5 5 * * * /usr/local/sbin/auto-gitlab-backup/auto-gitlab-backup.sh

restore a backup

Still under development but useful

run ./restoreGitLab.sh -r and it will attempt to restore a backup. You may have to run some rake commands manually.