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Velero ​

Install ​

Prerequisites ​

  • Access to a Kubernetes cluster, v1.16 or later, with DNS and container networking enabled. For more information on supported Kubernetes versions, see the Velero compatibility matrix.

  • kubectl installed locally

Basic install ​

  1. install minio / s3
bash
# start minio server
docker run --rm --name minio-server \
  -p 9000-9001:9000-9001 \
  -v $(pwd)/data/minio/:/data \
  quay.io/minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001"

# create credentials file
cat > ~/.credentials-velero << "EOF"
[default]
aws_access_key_id = your-access-key-id
aws_secret_access_key = your-secret-access-key
EOF
  1. install cli
bash
# install
VELERO_VERSION=v1.15.2
wget https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.15.2/velero-${VELERO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xf velero-${VELERO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
install -m 0755 velero-${VELERO_VERSION}-linux-amd64/velero /usr/local/bin/
rm -rf velero-${VELERO_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz velero-${VELERO_VERSON}-linux-amd64/

# verify
velero version
  1. install and configure the server components
bash
# install with minio
velero install \
    --provider aws \
    --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.2.1 \
    --bucket velero \
    --secret-file ./credentials-velero \
    --use-volume-snapshots=false \
    --backup-location-config region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=http://minio.velero.svc:9000
    # --snapshot-location-config region=mino

# verify
velero backup-location get

Use ​

Backup && Restore ​

bash
# backup
velero backup create full-cluster-backup
velero backup create namespaces-backup --include-namespaces default,public
velero backup create full-cluster-backup-with-pv --include-cluster-resources=true --snapshot-volumes=true

# schedule backup
velero schedule create cluster-full-daily-backup --schedule="0 1 * * *" --ttl 168h0m0s
velero schedule create cluster-full-weekly-backup --schedule="@every 168h" --ttl 720h0m0s

# Restore
velero restore create --from-backup full-cluster-backup

# get info
velero backup get
velero backup describe <job-name>
velero backup logs <job-name>
velero restore get
velero restore describe <job-name>
velero restore logs <job-name>

# clean up
velero backup delete <job-name>

Cluster migration ​

bash
# https://velero.io/docs/v1.15/migration-case/

Reference:

  1. Official Website
  2. Repository