Velero is an Open Source Tool to Back up and Migrate Kubernetes Clusters

Velero is an Open Source Tool to Back up and Migrate Kubernetes Clusters

  • June 8, 2019
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Velero is an Open Source Tool to Back up and Migrate Kubernetes Clusters

Backups can capture subsets of the cluster’s resources, filtering by namespace, resource type, and/or label selector, providing a high degree of flexibility around what’s backed up and restored. Users of managed Kubernetes offerings often do not have access to the underlying etcd database, so direct backups/restores of it are not possible. Resources exposed through aggregated API servers can easily be backed up and restored even if they’re stored in a separate etcd database.

Backups can capture subsets of the cluster’s resources, filtering by namespace, resource type, and/or label selector, providing a high degree of flexibility around what’s backed up and restored. Users of managed Kubernetes offerings often do not have access to the underlying etcd database, so direct backups/restores of it are not possible.

Source: velero.io

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