Packages not included in backup
After testing the restore of my gitlab instance I noticed that the packages (/home/git/data/shared/packages) were missing.
Is there an additional step required to backup the packages?
the contents of a GitLab backup archive are decided by the GitLab backup rake task. Take a look at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_restore.html#back-up-gitlab
Seems to be part of the next release: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/gitlab-com/#backup-and-restore-supports-package-registry-files
GitLab 14.7 is out. Now backup and restore supports package registry https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2022/01/22/gitlab-14-7-released/#backup-and-restore-supports-package-registry-files