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Document that DIRECTORY environment variable in backups only applies to remote storage

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Closes #38949
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Stan Hu 2018-06-27 15:11:41 -07:00
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@ -326,6 +326,16 @@ For installations from source:
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#### Specifying a custom directory for backups
Note: This option only works for remote storage. If you want to group your backups
you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable:
```
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly
```
### Uploading to locally mounted shares
You may also send backups to a mounted share (`NFS` / `CIFS` / `SMB` / etc.) by
@ -369,15 +379,6 @@ For installations from source:
remote_directory: 'gitlab_backups'
```
### Specifying a custom directory for backups
If you want to group your backups you can pass a `DIRECTORY` environment variable:
```
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=daily
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create DIRECTORY=weekly
```
### Backup archive permissions
The backup archives created by GitLab (`1393513186_2014_02_27_gitlab_backup.tar`)