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docs: Update the custom commands documentation (#288)

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Include requirement for docker socket and the need to use EXEC_LABEL
if you are running multiple copies
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@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Such commands are defined by specifying the command in a `docker-volume-backup.[
- `copy` (the tar archive is copied to all configured storages)
- `prune` (existing backups are pruned based on the defined ruleset - optional)
{: .note }
So that the `docker-volume-backup` container can access the labels on other containers, it is necessary that the docker socket is mounted into
the `docker-volume-backup` container as shown in the Quickstart example.
Taking a database dump using `mysqldump` would look like this:
```yml
@ -38,7 +42,9 @@ volumes:
Due to Docker limitations, you currently cannot use any kind of redirection in these commands unless you pass the command to `/bin/sh -c` or similar.
I.e. instead of using `echo "ok" > ok.txt` you will need to use `/bin/sh -c 'echo "ok" > ok.txt'`.
If you need fine grained control about which container's commands are run, you can use the `EXEC_LABEL` configuration on your `docker-volume-backup` container:
If you have more than one `docker-volume-backup` container (possibly across several docker-compose environments) to backup or you are using
multiple backup schedules, you will need to use `EXEC_LABEL` in the configuration and a `docker-volume-backup.exec-label` label on each
container using custom commands to ensure that the commands are only run by the correct `docker-volume-backup` instance.
```yml
version: '3'

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@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ services:
volumes:
- data:/backup/my-app-backup:ro
# Mounting the Docker socket allows the script to stop and restart
# the container during backup. You can omit this if you don't want
# to stop the container. In case you need to proxy the socket, you can
# also provide a location by setting `DOCKER_HOST` in the container
# the container during backup and to access the container labels to
# specify custom commands. You can omit this if you don't want to
# stop the container or run custom commands. In case you need to
# proxy the socket, you can also provide a location by setting
# `DOCKER_HOST` in the container
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
# If you mount a local directory or volume to `/archive` a local
# copy of the backup will be stored there. You can override the