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 Then install a Gitlab on the NixOS. Make sure you set the same secrets like on the old installation.
-After a successful deploy, stop the Gitlab service using systemctl stop.
+After a successful deploy:
-Then copy the backup *_gitlab_backup.tar on the new server and run sudo -u gitlab gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=<name before the _gitlab_backup.tar>. You will be interactively asked what should be done.
-After that, start the Gitlab Service again using systemctl start.
+# Stop the Gitlab service using <code>systemctl stop gitlab.service</code>.
+# Start Gitaly <code>systemctl start gitaly.service</code>
+#* It gets stopped when gitlab.service stops.
+# Then copy the backup *_gitlab_backup.tar to the backup folder
+#* <code>cp 1719619965_2024_06_29_16.11.4_gitlab_backup.tar /var/gitlab/state/backup</code>
+# Run <code>sudo -u gitlab gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=<name before the _gitlab_backup.tar></code> .
+#* For example <code>sudo -u gitlab gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:restore BACKUP=1719619965_2024_06_29_16.11.4</code>
+# You will be interactively asked what should be done.
+#* You will most likely be saying yes hrtr
+# Start the Gitlab Service again using <code>systemctl start gitlab.service</code>.
+You may need to rebuild the system for everything to properly come up.
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