Velero cheat sheet

Create backup location

velero backup-location create wiki-demo --bucket wiki-demo --config region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle=”true”,s3Url=https://minio.qhrizz.se --provider aws

Show backups with label

velero backup get --show-labels

Show backups based on labels

velero backup get -l velero.io/storage-location=wiki-demo

Remove backups based on labels

velero backup delete -l ”velero.io/schedule-name=wiki-demo”

Show Velero logs

kubectl logs deployment/velero -n velero

Show backup logs

velero backup describe [backup name] –details

Delete backup

velero backup delete [backup name] (add --confirm to skip prompt)

Remove backups in deleting state

kubectl -n velero delete backup.velero.io [backup name]

Remove all backups

kubectl -n velero delete backup.velero.io --all

Remove backup location

kubectl -n velero delete backupstoragelocation [backup location name]

Show backup location

velero backup-location get

Create restore job from backup

velero restore create –from-backup [backup name]

Create scheduled backup every 5 min

velero schedule create wiki-demo --schedule=”*/5 * * * *” --storage-location wiki-demo --include-namespaces wiki-demo

Set backup location in read only

kubectl patch backupstoragelocation [backup location name] --namespace velero --type merge --patch '{”spec”:{”accessMode”:”ReadOnly”}}'

Restore backup location to read and write

kubectl patch backupstoragelocation [backup location name] --namespace velero --type merge --patch '{”spec”:{”accessMode”:”ReadWrite”}}'

Delete backup-location

kubectl -n velero delete backupstoragelocation NAME