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Velero Backups on Google Cloud

Velero CLI Install​

Install velero cli binary from VMWare

For Linux x86_64:
curl -LO https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero/releases/download/v1.10.1/velero-v1.10.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar zxvf velero-v1.10.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv velero-v1.10.1-linux-amd64/velero /usr/local/bin/velero
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GCP Install​

Prep Work:​

  • Create GCS Bucket
  • Create IAM Service Account
  • Download Service Account Credential JSON File

Run the velero install command with these additional flags:​

Velero 1.10 and later:​

Use the --use-node-agent, --uploader-type=restic, and --use-volume-snapshots=false flags.

Velero versions earlier than 1.10:​

Use the --use-restic and --use-volume-snapshots=false flags.

Example:

export BUCKET=<GCS_BUCKET_NAME>
velero install \
  --provider gcp \
  --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-gcp:v1.6.0 \
  --bucket $BUCKET \
  --secret-file ./CREDS_FILE
  --use-node-agent --uploader-type=restic \
  --use-volume-snapshots=false

Application Admin Configuration​

  • Navigate to Snapshots
  • Select Settings & Schedule tab
  • Change the Destination location to Google Cloud Storage
  • Enter Bucket Name and Path.
  • Copy/Paste the information from the Service Account Credential JSON File
  • Click "Update storage settings" button.
  • Start a Partial Snapshot (Application) or Full Snapshot (Instance)

Optional:

  • Restore from Partial Snapshot (Application) or Full Snapshot (Instance)

Sources: Velero, Replicated