Use Your Access Nodes for Backups

You can add a Windows or UNIX server to be the access node. You can add multiple access nodes.

Before You Begin

Verify that your environment meets the system requirements for Windows or Linux.

Important

Clients with ARM processors are not supported.

The Git client application must be installed on the access node. To download Git, see Git Downloads.
The Git Large File Storage (LFS) package must be installed on the access node. To download and install Git LFS, see Git Installation.

The installation directories for both Git and Git LFS software must be included in the system environment variables, and the git executables must be accessible via the command prompt.
To add the access node, you need the following information:
- Host name
- User name and password
Review port requirements for the access node.

In Access node type, specify the OS of the access node for GitLab.
From the Access nodes list, select the access nodes to use for the backup operation.
In Staging path, enter the path where you want to stage the projects and repositories.

By default, the Job Results directory is used as the staging path. You can specify a different staging path. The staging path can be either a local path or a UNC path. You cannot specify a mounted path under a drive as the staging path.