Velero with Google Cloud Storage Buckets - Establish a Backup Location

Create a Backup Storage Location

1. Create a location for the backup by pointing to an existing GCS bucket:
   Ensure you set the required environment variables as specified in Velero with Google Cloud Storage Buckets - Prepare your Environment.
   Replace <gcp-backup-location-name> with a name for the backup location.

   CODE

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

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

   CODE

   kubectl get backupstoragelocations -n ${WORKSPACE_NAMESPACE} -oyaml

Create a Test Backup

1. Create a test backup that is stored in the location you created in the previous section:

   CODE

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

2. View your backup:

   CODE

   velero backup describe gcp-velero-testbackup

Next Step:

Back up with Velero