Gitlab Backup Script

backup-gitlab.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Written by: Robin Gierse - info@thorian93.de - on 20191024
#
# Purpose:
# This script backs up gitlab
#
# Version: 0.1 on 20191024
# Version: 0.1 on 20191031 - Fix cleanup routine
#
# Usage:
# ./backup-gitlab.sh

# Variables:

gitlab_logfile="/var/log/gitlab/backup/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)_gitlab_backup.log"
gitlab_backup_root="/var/opt/gitlab/backups"
gitlab_backup_dest="${gitlab_backup_root}"
gitlab_backup_retention="7" # Delete backups older than number of days.
#See /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb for this line: gitlab_rails['backup_keep_time'] = 604800 # This is the number of seconds backups will be kept (equals 7 days)

# Functions:

_initialize() {
    echo "$(date): Starting Gitlab Backup."
    touch "${gitlab_logfile}"
}

_gitlab_backup() {
    echo "$(date) Backing up Gitlab Database:"
    gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create
    echo "$(date) Gitlab Database done."
    echo "$(date) Backing up Gitlab Configuration:"
    tar -caf "${gitlab_backup_dest}/$(date +%Y%m%d)_etc-gitlab.tar.bz2" "/etc/gitlab"
    echo "$(date) Gitlab Configuration done."
}

_gitlab_cleanup() {
    echo 'Deleting old backups:'
    rm -rvf $(find ${gitlab_backup_root} -mtime +${gitlab_backup_retention})
    echo "$(date) Cleanup done."
}

_finalize() {
    echo "$(date): Finished Gitlab Backup."
    exit 0
}

# Main
_initialize >> "${gitlab_logfile}" 2>&1
_gitlab_backup >> "${gitlab_logfile}" 2>&1
_gitlab_cleanup >> "${gitlab_logfile}" 2>&1
_finalize >> "${gitlab_logfile}" 2>&1