Learn more about the backup process for GitHub.
GitProtect is designed to protect DevOps ecosystems, including GitHub.
To ensure your entire GitHub environment is reliably backed up, make sure to include all repositories along with their related metadata — the best practice is to create a backup plan for critical repositories and metadata that change daily (or even more frequently), for example, using the recommended Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) rotation scheme.
Additionally, create a separate backup plan for unused repositories that you need to keep for future reference. This type of backup primarily serves GitHub archival purposes, and with unlimited retention, you can store your copies for as long as needed — even indefinitely.
You can also delete repositories from your GitHub account while keeping a copy in storage, which helps bypass GitHub limits.
Incremental and differential backups help save storage space. In GitProtect you can define different retention and performance settings for each type of backup (full, incremental, and differential). For example, our software allows you to include only the parts of GitHub data that have changed since the last backup, reducing storage usage, speeding up the process, and limiting bandwidth.
Use different types of storage to replicate backups, minimize the risk of outages or disasters, and comply with the 3-2-1 backup rule (which means having at least three copies of your data on two different storage types, with at least one copy stored in the cloud).
GitProtect is a multi-storage system that allows you to store your data:
Learn about GitHub API rate limits.
Rate limits are enforced for security reasons to prevent a large number of requests from blocking or destabilizing the application.
GitHub limits the number of API requests that you can make within a specific time period to prevent abuse, protect against denial-of-service conditions, and maintain platform stability. Primary rate limit thresholds are determined by your authentication method, though specific resource-intensive endpoints—such as search APIs—enforce stricter request quotas.
You can learn more about GitHub API rate limits in the official GitHub documentation.
This article contains information on how to set up a GitHub backup plan.
Login to GitProtect Management Service, open the Plans > Backup tab and click the Add plan button in the top bar.
Select GitHub from the list.
Select (or add) the GitHub environment you want to include in the backup process, and choose the repositories to back up.
Specify a name for the backup plan.
Select the appropriate metadata that you want to back up. Here, you can also change the default worker, which is the device directly responsible for the backup process of your repositories.
Select one of the locations assigned to your GitProtect instance as storage.
Customize the scheduler and specify how long your data should be retained. If needed, adjust the advanced settings to suit your needs.
If necessary, adjust the advanced settings such as encryption, error handling, or bandwidth limits to fit your requirements.
Double-check your data and click Save to create the backup plan.
Overview of protected GitHub resources, including repositories, wikis, and metadata secured by backup.
GitHub protected resources define which repositories and data GitProtect can access, secure, and restore.
The following list includes all GitHub resources covered by backup.
