Gitlab 13.0+ Backup and Restore

Pre-Requisites

• These instructions are for Gitlab Instances with exact same version of CE/EE
• The following commands are applicable for Version 13 and above
• Installed using Omnibus method

Note

The following files should be backed up manually:

/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json

/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb

Backup

backup.sh

sudo gitlab-backup create

Restore

restore.sh

# Have run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` at least once.
# GitLab is running. If not, start it using sudo gitlab-ctl start

# 1. Copy the backup to the newer instance
sudo cp 11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
sudo chown git.git /var/opt/gitlab/backups/11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar

# 2. Stop the processes:
sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn && sudo gitlab-ctl stop puma && sudo gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq

# 3. restore the backup [specify the timestamp]
sudo gitlab-backup restore BACKUP=11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce

# 4. Restore `gitlab.rb` & `gitlab-secrets.json` files

# 5. Reconfigure, restart and check GitLab:
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
sudo gitlab-ctl restart
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:check SANITIZE=true