How to migrate GitLab to a new server?

Question

I am trying to migrate an GitLab setup from 7.8.2 to 7.12.2. I am not really sure how to go about this. I have installed a new box, on Ubuntu 14.04.2. Now I would really like to

Answer 1

I would take the following steps

1. Find out if gitlab is installed by hand or with gitlab-omnibus. This you need to know for the exact backup and update steps.
2. Do a backup of the old version just to be safe
3. Update the current 7.8.2 instance to 7.12.2 instance by following the update guideline
4. Back up the newly updated gitlab system
5. Restore the backup on the new system

Backup & restore documentation can be found here