Velero with AWS S3 - Establish a Backup Location

Create a Backup Storage Location

1. Create a location for the backup by pointing to an existing S3 bucket:

   CODE

   velero backup-location create -n ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE} <aws-backup-location-name> \
     --provider aws \
     --bucket ${BUCKET} \
     --config region=<AWS_REGION> \
     --credential=velero-aws-credentials=aws

2. Check that the backup storage location is Available and that it references the correct S3 bucket:

   CODE

   kubectl get backupstoragelocations -n ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE} -oyaml

If the BackupStorageLocation is not Available, view any error events by using: kubectl describe backupstoragelocations -n ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE}

Create a Test Backup

1. Create a test backup for AWS:

   CODE

   velero backup create aws-velero-testbackup -n ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE} --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf --storage-location <aws-backup-location-name> --snapshot-volumes=false

2. View your backup:

   CODE

   velero backup describe aws-velero-testbackup

Next Step:

Back up with Velero