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Configuring Other Storage Destinations

This topic describes installing Velero and configuring storage for Amazon Web Service (AWS), Google Cloud Provide (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and S3-compatible providers.

To configure host path or NFS as a storage destination, see Configuring a Host Path Storage Destination and Configuring an NFS Storage Destination.

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If you already have Velero installed and want to update your storage destination, you can use the admin console instead. In these procedures, you use the kots CLI to install Velero and configure your initial storage destination in online environments. For more information about using the admin console to update storage settings, see Updating Settings in the Admin Console.

Configure AWS Storage for Online Environments

In this procedure, you install Velero and configure your initial storage destination in online environments.

Snapshots does not support Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets that have a bucket policy requiring the server-side encryption header. If you want to require server-side encryption for objects, you can enable default encryption on the bucket instead. For more information about Amazon S3, see the Amazon S3 documentation.

To install Velero and configure an AWS storage destination:

  1. Follow the instructions for installing Velero on AWS in the Velero documentation.

  2. Run the velero install command with the additional flags --use-restic and --use-volume-snapshots=false:

    Example:

    velero install
       --provider aws
       --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.2.0
       --bucket $BUCKET
       --backup-location-config region=$REGION
       --secret-file CREDS_FILE
       --use-restic --use-volume-snapshots=false

Configure GCP Storage for Online Environments

In this procedure, you install Velero and configure your initial storage destination in online environments.

To install Velero and configure a GCP storage destination:

  1. Follow the instructions for installing Velero on GCP in the Velero documentation.

  2. Run the velero install command with the additional flags --use-restic and --use-volume-snapshots=false:

    Example:

    velero install \
      --provider gcp \
      --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-gcp:v1.5.0 \
      --bucket $BUCKET \
      --secret-file ./CREDS_FILE
      --use-restic --use-volume-snapshots=false

Configure Azure Storage for Online Environments

In this procedure, you install Velero and configure your initial storage destination in online environments.

To install Velero and configure an Azure storage destination:

  1. Follow the instructions for installing Velero on Azure in the Velero documentation.

  2. Run the velero install command with the additional flags --use-restic and --use-volume-snapshots=false:

    Example:

    velero install \
      --provider azure \
      --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-microsoft-azure:v1.5.0 \
      --bucket $BLOB_CONTAINER \
      --secret-file ./CREDS_FILE \
      --backup-location-config resourceGroup=$AZURE_BACKUP_RESOURCE_GROUP,storageAccount=$AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_ID[,subscriptionId=$AZURE_BACKUP_SUBSCRIPTION_ID] \
      --snapshot-location-config apiTimeout=<YOUR_TIMEOUT>[,resourceGroup=$AZURE_BACKUP_RESOURCE_GROUP,subscriptionId=$AZURE_BACKUP_SUBSCRIPTION_ID]
      --use-restic --use-volume-snapshots=false

Configure S3-Compatible Storage for Online Environments

Replicated supports the following S3-compatible object stores for storing backups with Velero:

  • Ceph RADOS v12.2.7
  • MinIO

In this procedure, you install Velero and configure your initial storage destination in online environments.

To install Velero and configure an S3-compatible storage destination:

  1. Follow the instructions for installing Velero with these providers. For more information, see S3-Compatible object store providers in the Velero documentation.

  2. Run the appropriate velero install command with the additional flags --use-restic and --use-volume-snapshots=false.

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