Backup script to Gitlab

gitlab.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Usage:
#   - Save this file in /etc/cron.daily/gitlab
#   - Enable execution permission: chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/gitlab

set -e

DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=secret
BACKUP_DIR='/path/to/backup/'

TIMESTAMP=`date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S'`

# Mysql database
mysqldump --user=$DB_USERNAME --password='$DB_PASSWORD' gitlabhq_production | gzip > "$BACKUP_DIR/$TIMESTAMP-mysql.sql.gz"

# Uploads
tar zcf "$BACKUP_DIR/$TIMESTAMP-uploads.tar.gz" \
  --directory /home/git/gitlab/public/ \
  uploads

# Git repositories
tar zcf "$BACKUP_DIR/$TIMESTAMP-repositories.tar.gz" \
  --directory /home/git/ \
  repositories

# Remove backup files older than 5 days
find $BACKUP_DIR -mtime +5 -type f -exec rm {} \;