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How to make backup of gitlab without running?

I've used gitlab omnibus installation version but my PC had broken so couldn't boot my PC now. So I couldn't run gitlab and have to make the backup from this condition. From Gitlab documentation, there is a description how to make a backup on gitlab running state but there isn't any description way to make a backup on not-running state. (https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_restore.html)

The repository is already backuped and what I really want to make a backup is about gitlab support functions (e.g. issue, merge request and etc) How could do this?

Solution

  • If possible, you would need to backup the data mounted by your GitLab omnibus image, and copy that data on a working PC, in order to run GitLab there.

    Once you have a running GitLab on a new workstation, you can make a backup there.