Velero CLI Install

Lets download the velero command line tool. We gonna grab v1.9.2 release using curl

curl -L -o /tmp/velero.tar.gz https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.9.2/velero-v1.9.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /tmp -xvf /tmp/velero.tar.gz
mv /tmp/velero-v1.9.2-linux-amd64/velero /usr/local/bin/velero
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/velero

• Check velero installation

velero --help

Aws user credential configurations. (User has to S3 and EC2 permissions )

cat > /tmp/credentials-velero <<EOF
[default]
aws_access_key_id=<aws_access_key_id>
aws_secret_access_key=<aws_secret_access_key>
EOF

Velero-v1.5.0 Install

    velero install \
    --provider aws \
    --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.5.0 \
    --bucket velero-outs \
    --backup-location-config region=eu-west-1 \
    --snapshot-location-config region=eu-west-1 \
    --secret-file /tmp/credentials-velero

• Check Velero configurations

kubectl -n velero get pods

kubectl logs deployment/velero -n velero

• Check Velero Backup Location

velero backup-location get

Create a Backup (include-exclude namespaces/resources)

velero backup create backup1 --include-namespaces='*'  --exclude-namespaces app-ns1 --exclude-resources secrets

Do a Restore

Before create velero restore, you should delete all resources or you can create new cluster for migration.

• Create Restore

velero restore create restore1 --from-backup backup1

• Describe

velero restore describe restore1

• Logs

velero restore logs default-namespace-backup

• Check resources restored

kubectl get all

• Check Velero Backup and Restore

velero backup get

velero restore  get

Create Schedule

Schedule custom backup to run every 15 min

velero schedule create every15min --schedule="*/15 * * * *" --include-namespaces='*'  --exclude-namespaces app-ns2 --exclude-resources secrets --ttl 0h15m0s

• Backups and Restores
  
  

* S3 Bucket

* Restored Resources