Commit 85332ae2 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'jimcser-master-patch-62105' into 'master'

Improves documentation for backup_restore.md

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!47996
parents 79573b91 f03ec93e
...@@ -257,19 +257,22 @@ Users of GitLab 12.1 and earlier should use the command `gitlab-rake gitlab:back ...@@ -257,19 +257,22 @@ Users of GitLab 12.1 and earlier should use the command `gitlab-rake gitlab:back
#### Excluding specific directories from the backup #### Excluding specific directories from the backup
You can choose what should be exempt from the backup by adding the environment You can exclude specific directories from the backup by adding the environment variable `SKIP`, whose values are a comma-separated list of the following options:
variable `SKIP`. The available options are:
- `db` (database) - `db` (database)
- `uploads` (attachments) - `uploads` (attachments)
- `repositories` (Git repositories data)
- `builds` (CI job output logs) - `builds` (CI job output logs)
- `artifacts` (CI job artifacts) - `artifacts` (CI job artifacts)
- `lfs` (LFS objects) - `lfs` (LFS objects)
- `registry` (Container Registry images) - `registry` (Container Registry images)
- `pages` (Pages content) - `pages` (Pages content)
- `repositories` (Git repositories data)
Use a comma to specify several options at the same time: All wikis will be backed up as part of the `repositories` group. Non-existent wikis will be skipped during a backup.
NOTE: **Note:**
When [backing up and restoring Helm Charts](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/architecture/backup-restore.html), there is an additional option `packages`, which refers to any packages managed by the GitLab [package registry](../user/packages/package_registry/index.md).
For more information see [command line arguments](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/architecture/backup-restore.html#command-line-arguments).
All wikis are backed up as part of the `repositories` group. Non-existent All wikis are backed up as part of the `repositories` group. Non-existent
wikis are skipped during a backup. wikis are skipped during a backup.
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