From 3e6b284bd0cf597f6446e1990a53acb806fb359a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Bodenmiller Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 01:51:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] stop gitlab before backup --- doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md b/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md index e923060223b..c332e5fe267 100644 --- a/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md +++ b/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md @@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ possible to edit the label text and color. The characters `?`, `&` and `,` are no longer allowed however so those will be removed from your tags during the database migrations for GitLab 7.2. -## 0. Backup +## 0. Stop server + + sudo service gitlab stop + +## 1. Backup It's useful to make a backup just in case things go south: (With MySQL, this may require granting "LOCK TABLES" privileges to the GitLab user on the database version) @@ -23,10 +27,6 @@ cd /home/git/gitlab sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production ``` -## 1. Stop server - - sudo service gitlab stop - ## 2. Update Ruby If you are still using Ruby 1.9.3 or below, you will need to update Ruby. -- GitLab