Kubernetes Backup

Velero

see velero.md

stash

• Website
• Github
• 👎 Community edition limited to only 10 apps
• Non S3-Backends:
  • restic REST-Server
  • Local backend:

    Local backend refers to a local path inside stash sidecar container. Any Kubernetes supported persistent volume such as PersistentVolumeClaim, HostPath, EmptyDir (for testing only), NFS, gcePersistentDisk etc. can be used as local backend.

• Still no SFTP backend

k8up

• Website
• docker image
• Backends:
  • Non-S3 backends:
    • No SFTP backend
    • local
    • rest

Other backup tools

• volsync
• Kanister Open Source variant of Kasten
• FairwindsOps/gemini Automated backups of PersistentVolumeClaims in Kubernetes using VolumeSnapshots
• volsync

Snapshot tools

• Kubernetes 1.20: Kubernetes Volume Snapshot Moves to GA

Kubernetes state backup

• katafygio: Dump, or continuously backup Kubernetes objets as yaml files in git