• Available Rake tasks

Rake tasks

GitLab provides Rake tasks for common administration and operational processes.

GitLab Rake tasks are performed using:

• gitlab-rake <raketask> for Omnibus GitLab installations.
• bundle exec rake <raketask> for source installations.

Available Rake tasks

The following are available Rake tasks:

Tasks	Description
Back up and restore	Back up, restore, and migrate GitLab instances between servers.
Clean up	Clean up unneeded items from GitLab instances.
Development	Tasks for GitLab contributors.
Doctor tasks	Checks for data integrity issues.
Elasticsearch	Maintain Elasticsearch in a GitLab instance.
Enable namespaces	Enable usernames and namespaces for user projects.
General maintenance	General maintenance and self-check tasks.
Geo maintenance	Geo-related maintenance.
GitHub import	Retrieve and import repositories from GitHub.
Import repositories	Import bare repositories into your GitLab instance.
Import large project exports	Import large GitLab project exports.
Integrity checks	Check the integrity of repositories, files, and LDAP.
LDAP maintenance	LDAP-related tasks.
List repositories	List of all GitLab-managed Git repositories on disk.
Migrate Snippets to Git	Migrate GitLab Snippets to Git repositories and show migration status
Praefect Rake tasks	Praefect-related tasks.
Project import/export	Prepare for project exports and imports.
Sample Prometheus data	Generate sample Prometheus data.
SPDX license list import	Import a local copy of the SPDX license list for matching License Compliance policies.
Repository storage	List and migrate existing projects and attachments from legacy storage to hashed storage.
Uploads migrate	Migrate uploads between storage local and object storage.
Uploads sanitize	Remove EXIF data from images uploaded to earlier versions of GitLab.
User management	Perform user management tasks.
Webhooks administration	Maintain project Webhooks.
X.509 signatures	Update X.509 commit signatures, useful if certificate store has changed.