Velero

Velero is a free Backup and Desaster Recovery tool for kubernetes (k8s) supporting S3 compatible Object Storage as destination.

Please follow the installation instruction like described on Velero

All you will need is:

• access_key
• secret_key
• destination bucket
• Contabo's S3 URL

For access_key, secret_key and the S3 URL please check here.

Configuration for Contabo's S3 compatible Object Storage

Example values

• access_key = 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d
• secret_key = 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233
• bucket = mybucket
• S3 URL = https://eu2.contabostorage.com

Steps

1. create secrets file with name secrets with following content

   [default]
   aws_access_key_id = 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d
   aws_secret_access_key = 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233

2. Perform velero install to apply settings.
   For example: you could use the following configuration, in case you are having kubernetes running at aws

   velero install \
   --provider aws \
   --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.5.0 \
   --bucket mybucket \
   --use-volume-snapshots=false \
   --secret-file ./secrets \
   --backup-location-config \
   region=eu,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=https://eu2.contabostorage.com