Chapter 15. Backup and restore

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators → OperatorHub.
2. Use the Filter by keyword field to find the OADP Operator.
3. Select the OADP Operator and click Install.
4. Click Install to install the Operator in the openshift-adp project.
5. Click Operators → Installed Operators to verify the installation.

Procedure

1. Click Operators → Installed Operators and select the OADP Operator.
2. Under Provided APIs, click Create instance in the DataProtectionApplication box.

3. Click YAML View and update the parameters of the DataProtectionApplication manifest:

   apiVersion: oadp.openshift.io/v1alpha1
   kind: DataProtectionApplication
   metadata:
     name: <dpa_sample>
     namespace: openshift-adp
   spec:
     configuration:
       velero:
         defaultPlugins:
           - kubevirt 1
           - gcp 2
           - csi 3
           - openshift 4
         resourceTimeout: 10m 5
       restic:
         enable: true 6
         podConfig:
           nodeSelector: <node_selector> 7
     backupLocations:
       - velero:
           provider: gcp 8
           default: true
           credential:
             key: cloud
             name: <default_secret> 9
           objectStorage:
             bucket: <bucket_name> 10
             prefix: <prefix> 11

   1

   The kubevirt plugin is mandatory for OpenShift Virtualization.

   2

   Specify the plugin for the backup provider, for example, gcp, if it exists.

   3

   The csi plugin is mandatory for backing up PVs with CSI snapshots. The csi plugin uses the Velero CSI beta snapshot APIs. You do not need to configure a snapshot location.

   4

   The openshift plugin is mandatory.

   5

   Specify how many minutes to wait for several Velero resources before timeout occurs, such as Velero CRD availability, volumeSnapshot deletion, and backup repository availability. The default is 10m.

   6

   Set to false, if you want to disable the Restic installation. Restic deploys a daemon set, which means that each worker node has Restic pods running. You can configure Restic for backups by adding spec.defaultVolumesToRestic: true to the Backup CR.

   7

   Specify on which nodes Restic is available. By default, Restic runs on all nodes.

   8

   Specify the backup provider.

   9

   Specify the correct default name for the Secret, for example, cloud-credentials-gcp, if you use a default plugin for the backup provider. If specifying a custom name, then the custom name is used for the backup location. If you do not specify a Secret name, the default name is used.

   10

   Specify a bucket as the backup storage location. If the bucket is not a dedicated bucket for Velero backups, you must specify a prefix.

   11

   Specify a prefix for Velero backups, for example, velero, if the bucket is used for multiple purposes.

4. Click Create.

5. Verify the installation by viewing the OADP resources:

   $ oc get all -n openshift-adp

   Example output

   NAME                                                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   pod/oadp-operator-controller-manager-67d9494d47-6l8z8    2/2     Running   0          2m8s
   pod/restic-9cq4q                                         1/1     Running   0          94s
   pod/restic-m4lts                                         1/1     Running   0          94s
   pod/restic-pv4kr                                         1/1     Running   0          95s
   pod/velero-588db7f655-n842v                              1/1     Running   0          95s
   
   NAME                                                       TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE
   service/oadp-operator-controller-manager-metrics-service   ClusterIP   172.30.70.140    <none>        8443/TCP   2m8s
   
   NAME                    DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR   AGE
   daemonset.apps/restic   3         3         3       3            3           <none>          96s
   
   NAME                                                READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
   deployment.apps/oadp-operator-controller-manager    1/1     1            1           2m9s
   deployment.apps/velero                              1/1     1            1           96s
   
   NAME                                                           DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
   replicaset.apps/oadp-operator-controller-manager-67d9494d47    1         1         1       2m9s
   replicaset.apps/velero-588db7f655                              1         1         1       96s

Procedure

1. Retrieve the backupStorageLocations CRs by entering the following command:

   $ oc get backupStorageLocations -n openshift-adp

   Example output

   NAMESPACE       NAME              PHASE       LAST VALIDATED   AGE   DEFAULT
   openshift-adp   velero-sample-1   Available   11s              31m

2. Create a Backup CR, as in the following example:

   apiVersion: velero.io/v1
   kind: Backup
   metadata:
     name: <backup>
     labels:
       velero.io/storage-location: default
     namespace: openshift-adp
   spec:
     hooks: {}
     includedNamespaces:
     - <namespace> 1
     includedResources: [] 2
     excludedResources: [] 3
     storageLocation: <velero-sample-1> 4
     ttl: 720h0m0s
     labelSelector: 5
       matchLabels:
         app=<label_1>
         app=<label_2>
         app=<label_3>
     orLabelSelectors: 6
     - matchLabels:
         app=<label_1>
         app=<label_2>
         app=<label_3>

   1

   Specify an array of namespaces to back up.

   2

   Optional: Specify an array of resources to include in the backup. Resources might be shortcuts (for example, 'po' for 'pods') or fully-qualified. If unspecified, all resources are included.

   3

   Optional: Specify an array of resources to exclude from the backup. Resources might be shortcuts (for example, 'po' for 'pods') or fully-qualified.

   4

   Specify the name of the backupStorageLocations CR.

   5

   Map of {key,value} pairs of backup resources that have all of the specified labels.

   6

   Map of {key,value} pairs of backup resources that have one or more of the specified labels.

3. Verify that the status of the Backup CR is Completed:

   $ oc get backup -n openshift-adp <backup> -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}'

Procedure

1. Retrieve the backupStorageLocations CRs:

   $ oc get backupStorageLocations -n openshift-adp

   Example output

   NAMESPACE       NAME              PHASE       LAST VALIDATED   AGE   DEFAULT
   openshift-adp   velero-sample-1   Available   11s              31m

2. Create a Schedule CR, as in the following example:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: velero.io/v1
   kind: Schedule
   metadata:
     name: <schedule>
     namespace: openshift-adp
   spec:
     schedule: 0 7 * * * 1
     template:
       hooks: {}
       includedNamespaces:
       - <namespace> 2
       storageLocation: <velero-sample-1> 3
       defaultVolumesToRestic: true 4
       ttl: 720h0m0s
   EOF

   1

   cron expression to schedule the backup, for example, 0 7 * * * to perform a backup every day at 7:00.

   2

   Array of namespaces to back up.

   3

   Name of the backupStorageLocations CR.

   4

   Optional: Add the defaultVolumesToRestic: true key-value pair if you are backing up volumes with Restic.

3. Verify that the status of the Schedule CR is Completed after the scheduled backup runs:

   $ oc get schedule -n openshift-adp <schedule> -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}'

Procedure

1. Create a Restore CR, as in the following example:

   apiVersion: velero.io/v1
   kind: Restore
   metadata:
     name: <restore>
     namespace: openshift-adp
   spec:
     backupName: <backup> 1
     includedResources: [] 2
     excludedResources:
     - nodes
     - events
     - events.events.k8s.io
     - backups.velero.io
     - restores.velero.io
     - resticrepositories.velero.io
     restorePVs: true 3

   1

   Name of the Backup CR.

   2

   Optional: Specify an array of resources to include in the restore process. Resources might be shortcuts (for example, po for pods) or fully-qualified. If unspecified, all resources are included.

   3

   Optional: The restorePVs parameter can be set to false in order to turn off restore of PersistentVolumes from VolumeSnapshot of Container Storage Interface (CSI) snapshots, or from native snapshots when VolumeSnapshotLocation is configured.

2. Verify that the status of the Restore CR is Completed by entering the following command:

   $ oc get restore -n openshift-adp <restore> -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}'

3. Verify that the backup resources have been restored by entering the following command:

   $ oc get all -n <namespace> 1

   1

   Namespace that you backed up.

4. If you use Restic to restore DeploymentConfig objects or if you use post-restore hooks, run the dc-restic-post-restore.sh cleanup script by entering the following command:

   $ bash dc-restic-post-restore.sh <restore-name>

   Note

   In the course of the restore process, the OADP Velero plug-ins scale down the DeploymentConfig objects and restore the pods as standalone pods to prevent the cluster from deleting the restored DeploymentConfig pods immediately on restore and to allow Restic and post-restore hooks to complete their actions on the restored pods. The cleanup script removes these disconnected pods and scale any DeploymentConfig objects back up to the appropriate number of replicas.

   Example 15.1. dc-restic-post-restore.sh cleanup script

   #!/bin/bash
   set -e
   
   # if sha256sum exists, use it to check the integrity of the file
   if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     CHECKSUM_CMD="sha256sum"
   else
     CHECKSUM_CMD="shasum -a 256"
   fi
   
   label_name () {
       if [ "${#1}" -le "63" ]; then
   	echo $1
   	return
       fi
       sha=$(echo -n $1|$CHECKSUM_CMD)
       echo "${1:0:57}${sha:0:6}"
   }
   
   OADP_NAMESPACE=${OADP_NAMESPACE:=openshift-adp}
   
   if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
       echo "usage: ${BASH_SOURCE} restore-name"
       exit 1
   fi
   
   echo using OADP Namespace $OADP_NAMESPACE
   echo restore: $1
   
   label=$(label_name $1)
   echo label: $label
   
   echo Deleting disconnected restore pods
   oc delete pods -l oadp.openshift.io/disconnected-from-dc=$label
   
   for dc in $(oc get dc --all-namespaces -l oadp.openshift.io/replicas-modified=$label -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.namespace}{","}{.metadata.name}{","}{.metadata.annotations.oadp\.openshift\.io/original-replicas}{","}{.metadata.annotations.oadp\.openshift\.io/original-paused}{"\n"}')
   do
       IFS=',' read -ra dc_arr <<< "$dc"
       if [ ${#dc_arr[0]} -gt 0 ]; then
   	echo Found deployment ${dc_arr[0]}/${dc_arr[1]}, setting replicas: ${dc_arr[2]}, paused: ${dc_arr[3]}
   	cat <<EOF | oc patch dc  -n ${dc_arr[0]} ${dc_arr[1]} --patch-file /dev/stdin
   spec:
     replicas: ${dc_arr[2]}
     paused: ${dc_arr[3]}
   EOF
       fi
   done