Backup PostgreSQL using KubeStash Auto-Backup

KubeStash can automatically be configured to backup any PostgreSQL databases in your cluster. KubeStash enables cluster administrators to deploy backup blueprints ahead of time so database owners can easily backup any PostgreSQL database with a few annotations.

In this tutorial, we are going to show how you can configure a backup blueprint for PostgreSQL databases in your cluster and backup them with a few annotations.

Before You Begin

At first, you need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using Minikube or Kind.
Install KubeDB in your cluster following the steps here.
Install KubeStash in your cluster following the steps here.
Install KubeStash kubectl plugin following the steps here.
If you are not familiar with how KubeStash backup and restore PostgreSQL databases, please check the following guide here.

You should be familiar with the following KubeStash concepts:

To keep everything isolated, we are going to use a separate namespace called demo throughout this tutorial.

$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created

Note: YAML files used in this tutorial are stored in docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples directory of kubedb/docs repository.

Prepare Backend

We are going to store our backed up data into a GCS bucket. We have to create a Secret with necessary credentials and a BackupStorage CR to use this backend. If you want to use a different backend, please read the respective backend configuration doc from here.

Create Secret:

Let’s create a secret called gcs-secret with access credentials to our desired GCS bucket,

$ echo -n '<your-project-id>' > GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID
$ cat /path/to/downloaded-sa-key.json > GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON_KEY
$ kubectl create secret generic -n demo gcs-secret \
    --from-file=./GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID \
    --from-file=./GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_JSON_KEY
secret/gcs-secret created

Create BackupStorage:

Now, create a BackupStorage using this secret. Below is the YAML of BackupStorage CR we are going to create,

apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupStorage
metadata:
  name: gcs-storage
  namespace: demo
spec:
  storage:
    provider: gcs
    gcs:
      bucket: kubestash-qa
      prefix: blueprint
      secretName: gcs-secret
  usagePolicy:
    allowedNamespaces:
      from: All
  default: true
  deletionPolicy: Delete

Let’s create the BackupStorage we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/backupstorage.yaml
backupstorage.storage.kubestash.com/gcs-storage created

Now, we are ready to backup our database to our desired backend.

Create RetentionPolicy:

Now, let’s create a RetentionPolicy to specify how the old Snapshots should be cleaned up.

Below is the YAML of the RetentionPolicy object that we are going to create,

apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: RetentionPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-retention
  namespace: demo
spec:
  default: true
  failedSnapshots:
    last: 2
  maxRetentionPeriod: 2mo
  successfulSnapshots:
    last: 5
  usagePolicy:
    allowedNamespaces:
      from: All

Let’s create the above RetentionPolicy,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/retentionpolicy.yaml
retentionpolicy.storage.kubestash.com/demo-retention created

Create Secret:

We also need to create a secret with a Restic password for backup data encryption.

Let’s create a secret called encrypt-secret with the Restic password,

$ echo -n 'changeit' > RESTIC_PASSWORD
$ kubectl create secret generic -n demo encrypt-secret \
    --from-file=./RESTIC_PASSWORD 
secret "encrypt-secret" created

Auto-backup with default configurations

In this section, we are going to backup a PostgreSQL database of demo namespace. We are going to use the default configurations which will be specified in the BackupBlueprint CR.

Prepare Backup Blueprint

A BackupBlueprint allows you to specify a template for the Repository,Session or Variables of BackupConfiguration in a Kubernetes native way.

Now, we have to create a BackupBlueprint CR with a blueprint for BackupConfiguration object.

apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupBlueprint
metadata:
  name: postgres-default-backup-blueprint
  namespace: demo
spec:
  usagePolicy:
    allowedNamespaces:
      from: All
  backupConfigurationTemplate:
    deletionPolicy: OnDelete
    # ============== Blueprint for Backends of BackupConfiguration  =================
    backends:
      - name: gcs-backend
        storageRef:
          namespace: demo
          name: gcs-storage
        retentionPolicy:
          name: demo-retention
          namespace: demo
    # ============== Blueprint for Sessions of BackupConfiguration  =================
    sessions:
      - name: frequent-backup
        sessionHistoryLimit: 3
        scheduler:
          schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
          jobTemplate:
            backoffLimit: 1
        repositories:
          - name: default-blueprint
            backend: gcs-backend
            directory: /default-blueprint
            encryptionSecret:
              name: encrypt-secret
              namespace: demo
        addon:
          name: postgres-addon
          tasks:
            - name: logical-backup

Here,

.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.backends[*].storageRef refers our earlier created gcs-storage backupStorage.
.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.sessions[*].schedule specifies that we want to backup the database at 5 minutes interval.

Let’s create the BackupBlueprint we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/default-backupblueprint.yaml
backupblueprint.core.kubestash.com/postgres-default-backup-blueprint created

Now, we are ready to backup our PostgreSQL databases using few annotations.

Create Database

Now, we are going to create an PostgreSQL CR in demo namespace.

Below is the YAML of the PostgreSQL object that we are going to create,

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1
kind: Postgres
metadata:
  name: sample-postgres
  namespace: demo
  annotations:
    blueprint.kubestash.com/name: postgres-default-backup-blueprint
    blueprint.kubestash.com/namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "16.1"
  replicas: 3
  standbyMode: Hot
  streamingMode: Synchronous
  storageType: Durable
  storage:
    accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 1Gi
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

Here,

.spec.annotations.blueprint.kubestash.com/name: postgres-default-backup-blueprint specifies the name of the BackupBlueprint that will use in backup.
.spec.annotations.blueprint.kubestash.com/namespace: demo specifies the name of the namespace where the BackupBlueprint resides.

Let’s create the PostgreSQL we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/sample-postgres.yaml
postgres.kubedb.com/sample-postgres created

Verify BackupConfiguration

If everything goes well, KubeStash should create a BackupConfiguration for our PostgreSQL in demo namespace and the phase of that BackupConfiguration should be Ready. Verify the BackupConfiguration object by the following command,

$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo
NAME                         PHASE   PAUSED   AGE
appbinding-sample-postgres   Ready            2m50m

Now, let’s check the YAML of the BackupConfiguration.

$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo appbinding-sample-postgres  -o yaml

apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupConfiguration
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2024-09-05T10:53:48Z"
  finalizers:
    - kubestash.com/cleanup
  generation: 1
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubestash.com
    kubestash.com/invoker-name: postgres-default-backup-blueprint
    kubestash.com/invoker-namespace: demo
  name: appbinding-sample-postgres
  namespace: demo
  resourceVersion: "298502"
  uid: b6537c60-051f-4348-9ca4-c28f3880dbc1
spec:
  backends:
    - name: gcs-backend
      retentionPolicy:
        name: demo-retention
        namespace: demo
      storageRef:
        name: gcs-storage
        namespace: demo
  sessions:
    - addon:
        name: postgres-addon
        tasks:
          - name: logical-backup
      name: frequent-backup
      repositories:
        - backend: gcs-backend
          directory: /default-blueprint
          encryptionSecret:
            name: encrypt-secret
            namespace: demo
          name: default-blueprint
      scheduler:
        jobTemplate:
          backoffLimit: 1
          template:
            controller: {}
            metadata: {}
            spec:
              resources: {}
        schedule: '*/5 * * * *'
      sessionHistoryLimit: 3
  target:
    apiGroup: kubedb.com
    kind: Postgres
    name: sample-postgres
    namespace: demo
status:
  backends:
    - name: gcs-backend
      ready: true
      retentionPolicy:
        found: true
        ref:
          name: demo-retention
          namespace: demo
      storage:
        phase: Ready
        ref:
          name: gcs-storage
          namespace: demo
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T10:53:48Z"
      message: Validation has been passed successfully.
      reason: ResourceValidationPassed
      status: "True"
      type: ValidationPassed
  dependencies:
    - found: true
      kind: Addon
      name: postgres-addon
  phase: Ready
  repositories:
    - name: default-blueprint
      phase: Ready
  sessions:
    - conditions:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T10:53:59Z"
          message: Scheduler has been ensured successfully.
          reason: SchedulerEnsured
          status: "True"
          type: SchedulerEnsured
        - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T10:53:59Z"
          message: Initial backup has been triggered successfully.
          reason: SuccessfullyTriggeredInitialBackup
          status: "True"
          type: InitialBackupTriggered
      name: frequent-backup
  targetFound: true

Notice the spec.backends, spec.sessions and spec.target sections, KubeStash automatically resolved those info from the BackupBluePrint and created above BackupConfiguration.

Verify BackupSession:

KubeStash triggers an instant backup as soon as the BackupConfiguration is ready. After that, backups are scheduled according to the specified schedule.

$ kubectl get backupsession -n demo -w
NAME                                                    INVOKER-TYPE          INVOKER-NAME                 PHASE       DURATION   AGE
appbinding-sample-postgres-frequent-backup-1725533628   BackupConfiguration   appbinding-sample-postgres   Succeeded   23s        6m40s

We can see from the above output that the backup session has succeeded. Now, we are going to verify whether the backed up data has been stored in the backend.

Verify Backup:

Once a backup is complete, KubeStash will update the respective Repository CR to reflect the backup. Check that the repository default-blueprint has been updated by the following command,

$ kubectl get repository -n demo default-blueprint
NAME                INTEGRITY   SNAPSHOT-COUNT   SIZE        PHASE   LAST-SUCCESSFUL-BACKUP   AGE
default-blueprint   true        1                1.559 KiB   Ready   80s                      7m32s

At this moment we have one Snapshot. Run the following command to check the respective Snapshot which represents the state of a backup run for an application.

$ kubectl get snapshots -n demo -l=kubestash.com/repo-name=default-blueprint
NAME                                                              REPOSITORY          SESSION           SNAPSHOT-TIME          DELETION-POLICY   PHASE       AGE
default-blueprint-appbinding-samgres-frequent-backup-1725533628   default-blueprint   frequent-backup   2024-09-05T10:53:59Z   Delete            Succeeded   7m48s

Note: KubeStash creates a Snapshot with the following labels:
kubedb.com/db-version: <db-version>
kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: <target-kind>
kubestash.com/app-ref-name: <target-name>
kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: <target-namespace>
kubestash.com/repo-name: <repository-name>
These labels can be used to watch only the Snapshots related to our target Database or Repository.

If we check the YAML of the Snapshot, we can find the information about the backed up components of the Database.

$ kubectl get snapshots -n demo default-blueprint-appbinding-samgres-frequent-backup-1725533628 -oyaml

apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: Snapshot
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2024-09-05T10:53:59Z"
  finalizers:
    - kubestash.com/cleanup
  generation: 1
  labels:
    kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: Postgres
    kubestash.com/app-ref-name: sample-postgres
    kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: demo
    kubestash.com/repo-name: default-blueprint
  annotations:
    kubedb.com/db-version: "16.1"
  name: default-blueprint-appbinding-samgres-frequent-backup-1725533628
  namespace: demo
  ownerReferences:
    - apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
      blockOwnerDeletion: true
      controller: true
      kind: Repository
      name: default-blueprint
      uid: 1125a82f-2bd8-4029-aae6-078ff5413383
  resourceVersion: "298559"
  uid: c179b758-6ba4-4a32-81f1-fa41ba3dc527
spec:
  appRef:
    apiGroup: kubedb.com
    kind: Postgres
    name: sample-postgres
    namespace: demo
  backupSession: appbinding-sample-postgres-frequent-backup-1725533628
  deletionPolicy: Delete
  repository: default-blueprint
  session: frequent-backup
  snapshotID: 01J70X3MGSYT4TJK77R8YXEV3T
  type: FullBackup
  version: v1
status:
  components:
    dump:
      driver: Restic
      duration: 5.952466363s
      integrity: true
      path: repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump
      phase: Succeeded
      resticStats:
        - hostPath: dumpfile.sql
          id: a30f8ec138e24cbdbcce088a73e5b9d73a58750c38793ef05ff7d570148ddd2c
          size: 3.345 KiB
          uploaded: 3.637 KiB
      size: 1.132 KiB
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T10:53:59Z"
      message: Recent snapshot list updated successfully
      reason: SuccessfullyUpdatedRecentSnapshotList
      status: "True"
      type: RecentSnapshotListUpdated
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T10:54:20Z"
      message: Metadata uploaded to backend successfully
      reason: SuccessfullyUploadedSnapshotMetadata
      status: "True"
      type: SnapshotMetadataUploaded
  integrity: true
  phase: Succeeded
  size: 1.132 KiB
  snapshotTime: "2024-09-05T10:53:59Z"
  totalComponents: 1

KubeStash uses pg_dump or pg_dumpall to perform backups of target PostgreSQL databases. Therefore, the component name for logical backups is set as dump.

Now, if we navigate to the GCS bucket, we will see the backed up data stored in the blueprint/default-blueprint/repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump directory. KubeStash also keeps the backup for Snapshot YAMLs, which can be found in the blueprint/default-blueprint/snapshots directory.

Note: KubeStash stores all dumped data encrypted in the backup directory, meaning it remains unreadable until decrypted.

Auto-backup with custom configurations

In this section, we are going to backup a PostgreSQL database of demo namespace. We are going to use the custom configurations which will be specified in the BackupBlueprint CR.

Prepare Backup Blueprint

A BackupBlueprint allows you to specify a template for the Repository,Session or Variables of BackupConfiguration in a Kubernetes native way.

Now, we have to create a BackupBlueprint CR with a blueprint for BackupConfiguration object.

apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupBlueprint
metadata:
  name: postgres-customize-backup-blueprint
  namespace: demo
spec:
  usagePolicy:
    allowedNamespaces:
      from: All
  backupConfigurationTemplate:
    deletionPolicy: OnDelete
    backends:
      - name: gcs-backend
        storageRef:
          namespace: demo
          name: gcs-storage
        retentionPolicy:
          name: demo-retention
          namespace: demo
    sessions:
      - name: frequent-backup
        sessionHistoryLimit: 3
        scheduler:
          schedule: ${schedule}
          jobTemplate:
            backoffLimit: 1
        repositories:
          - name: ${repoName}
            backend: gcs-backend
            directory: ${namespace}/${targetName}
            encryptionSecret:
              name: encrypt-secret
              namespace: demo
        addon:
          name: postgres-addon
          tasks:
            - name: logical-backup
              params:
                backupCmd: pg_dump
                args: ${targetedDatabase}

Note that we have used some variables (format: ${<variable name>}) in different fields. KubeStash will substitute these variables with values from the respective target’s annotations. You’re free to use any variables you like.

Here,

.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.backends[*].storageRef refers our earlier created gcs-storage backupStorage.
.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.sessions[*]:
- .schedule defines ${schedule} variable, which determines the time interval for the backup.
- .repositories[*].name defines the ${repoName} variable, which specifies the name of the backup Repository.
- .repositories[*].directory defines two variables, ${namespace} and ${targetName}, which are used to determine the path where the backup will be stored.
- .addon.tasks[*].params.args defines ${targetedDatabase} variable, which identifies a single database to backup.

Let’s create the BackupBlueprint we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/customize-backupblueprint.yaml
backupblueprint.core.kubestash.com/postgres-customize-backup-blueprint created

Now, we are ready to backup our PostgreSQL databases using few annotations. You can check available auto-backup annotations for a databases from here.

Create Database

Now, we are going to create an PostgreSQL CR in demo namespace.

Below is the YAML of the PostgreSQL object that we are going to create,

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1
kind: Postgres
metadata:
  name: sample-postgres-2
  namespace: demo
  annotations:
    blueprint.kubestash.com/name: postgres-customize-backup-blueprint
    blueprint.kubestash.com/namespace: demo
    variables.kubestash.com/schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
    variables.kubestash.com/repoName: customize-blueprint
    variables.kubestash.com/namespace: demo
    variables.kubestash.com/targetName: sample-postgres-2
    variables.kubestash.com/targetedDatabase: postgres
spec:
  version: "16.1"
  replicas: 3
  standbyMode: Hot
  streamingMode: Synchronous
  storageType: Durable
  storage:
    accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 1Gi
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

Notice the metadata.annotations field, where we have defined the annotations related to the automatic backup configuration. Specifically, we’ve set the BackupBlueprint name as postgres-customize-backup-blueprint and the namespace as demo. We have also provided values for the blueprint template variables, such as the backup schedule, repositoryName, namespace, targetName, and targetedDatabase. These annotations will be used to create a BackupConfiguration for this postgreSQL database.

Let’s create the PostgreSQL we have shown above,

$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.11.18/docs/guides/postgres/backup/kubestash/auto-backup/examples/sample-postgres-2.yaml
postgres.kubedb.com/sample-postgres-2 created

Verify BackupConfiguration

$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo
NAME                           PHASE   PAUSED      AGE
appbinding-sample-postgres-2   Ready               2m50m

Now, let’s check the YAML of the BackupConfiguration.

$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo appbinding-sample-postgres-2  -o yaml

apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupConfiguration
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2024-09-05T12:39:37Z"
  finalizers:
    - kubestash.com/cleanup
  generation: 1
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubestash.com
    kubestash.com/invoker-name: postgres-customize-backup-blueprint
    kubestash.com/invoker-namespace: demo
  name: appbinding-sample-postgres-2
  namespace: demo
  resourceVersion: "309511"
  uid: b4091166-2813-4183-acda-e2c80eaedbb5
spec:
  backends:
    - name: gcs-backend
      retentionPolicy:
        name: demo-retention
        namespace: demo
      storageRef:
        name: gcs-storage
        namespace: demo
  sessions:
    - addon:
        name: postgres-addon
        tasks:
          - name: logical-backup
            params:
              args: postgres
              backupCmd: pg_dump
      name: frequent-backup
      repositories:
        - backend: gcs-backend
          directory: demo/sample-postgres-2
          encryptionSecret:
            name: encrypt-secret
            namespace: demo
          name: customize-blueprint
      scheduler:
        jobTemplate:
          backoffLimit: 1
          template:
            controller: {}
            metadata: {}
            spec:
              resources: {}
        schedule: '*/10 * * * *'
      sessionHistoryLimit: 3
  target:
    apiGroup: kubedb.com
    kind: Postgres
    name: sample-postgres-2
    namespace: demo
status:
  backends:
    - name: gcs-backend
      ready: true
      retentionPolicy:
        found: true
        ref:
          name: demo-retention
          namespace: demo
      storage:
        phase: Ready
        ref:
          name: gcs-storage
          namespace: demo
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T12:39:37Z"
      message: Validation has been passed successfully.
      reason: ResourceValidationPassed
      status: "True"
      type: ValidationPassed
  dependencies:
    - found: true
      kind: Addon
      name: postgres-addon
  phase: Ready
  repositories:
    - name: customize-blueprint
      phase: Ready
  sessions:
    - conditions:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T12:39:37Z"
          message: Scheduler has been ensured successfully.
          reason: SchedulerEnsured
          status: "True"
          type: SchedulerEnsured
        - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-05T12:39:37Z"
          message: Initial backup has been triggered successfully.
          reason: SuccessfullyTriggeredInitialBackup
          status: "True"
          type: InitialBackupTriggered
      name: frequent-backup
  targetFound: true

Notice the spec.backends, spec.sessions and spec.target sections, KubeStash automatically resolved those info from the BackupBluePrint and created above BackupConfiguration.

Verify BackupSession:

KubeStash triggers an instant backup as soon as the BackupConfiguration is ready. After that, backups are scheduled according to the specified schedule.

$ kubectl get backupsession -n demo -w
NAME                                                      INVOKER-TYPE          INVOKER-NAME                   PHASE       DURATION   AGE
appbinding-sample-postgres-frequent-backup-1725597000     BackupConfiguration   appbinding-sample-postgres     Succeeded   58s        112s

We can see from the above output that the backup session has succeeded. Now, we are going to verify whether the backed up data has been stored in the backend.

Verify Backup:

Once a backup is complete, KubeStash will update the respective Repository CR to reflect the backup. Check that the repository customize-blueprint has been updated by the following command,

$ kubectl get repository -n demo customize-blueprint
NAME                         INTEGRITY   SNAPSHOT-COUNT   SIZE    PHASE   LAST-SUCCESSFUL-BACKUP   AGE
customize-blueprint          true        1                806 B   Ready   8m27s                    9m18s

At this moment we have one Snapshot. Run the following command to check the respective Snapshot which represents the state of a backup run for an application.

$ kubectl get snapshots -n demo -l=kubestash.com/repo-name=customize-blueprint
NAME                                                              REPOSITORY            SESSION           SNAPSHOT-TIME          DELETION-POLICY   PHASE       AGE
customize-blueprint-appbinding-ses-2-frequent-backup-1725597000   customize-blueprint   frequent-backup   2024-09-06T04:30:00Z   Delete            Succeeded   6m19s

Note: KubeStash creates a Snapshot with the following labels:
kubedb.com/db-version: <db-version>
kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: <target-kind>
kubestash.com/app-ref-name: <target-name>
kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: <target-namespace>
kubestash.com/repo-name: <repository-name>
These labels can be used to watch only the Snapshots related to our target Database or Repository.

If we check the YAML of the Snapshot, we can find the information about the backed up components of the Database.

$ kubectl get snapshots -n demo customize-blueprint-appbinding-sql-2-frequent-backup-1725597000 -oyaml

apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: Snapshot
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: "2024-09-06T04:30:00Z"
  finalizers:
    - kubestash.com/cleanup
  generation: 1
  labels:
    kubedb.com/db-version: "16.1"
    kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: Postgres
    kubestash.com/app-ref-name: sample-postgres-2
    kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: demo
    kubestash.com/repo-name: customize-blueprint
  name: customize-blueprint-appbinding-ses-2-frequent-backup-1725597000
  namespace: demo
  ownerReferences:
    - apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
      blockOwnerDeletion: true
      controller: true
      kind: Repository
      name: customize-blueprint
      uid: 5d4618c5-c28a-456a-9854-f6447161d3d1
  resourceVersion: "315624"
  uid: 7e02a18c-c8a7-40be-bd22-e7312678d6f7
spec:
  appRef:
    apiGroup: kubedb.com
    kind: Postgres
    name: sample-postgres-2
    namespace: demo
  backupSession: appbinding-sample-postgres-2-frequent-backup-1725597000
  deletionPolicy: Delete
  repository: customize-blueprint
  session: frequent-backup
  snapshotID: 01J72SH8XPEHB6SYNXFE00V5PB
  type: FullBackup
  version: v1
status:
  components:
    dump:
      driver: Restic
      duration: 7.060169632s
      integrity: true
      path: repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump
      phase: Succeeded
      resticStats:
        - hostPath: dumpfile.sql
          id: 74d82943e0d676321e989edb503f5e2d6fe5cf4f4be72d386e492ec533358c26
          size: 1.220 KiB
          uploaded: 296 B
      size: 1.873 KiB
  conditions:
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-06T04:30:00Z"
      message: Recent snapshot list updated successfully
      reason: SuccessfullyUpdatedRecentSnapshotList
      status: "True"
      type: RecentSnapshotListUpdated
    - lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-06T04:30:38Z"
      message: Metadata uploaded to backend successfully
      reason: SuccessfullyUploadedSnapshotMetadata
      status: "True"
      type: SnapshotMetadataUploaded
  integrity: true
  phase: Succeeded
  size: 1.872 KiB
  snapshotTime: "2024-09-06T04:30:00Z"
  totalComponents: 1

KubeStash uses pg_dump or pg_dumpall to perform backups of target PostgreSQL databases. Therefore, the component name for logical backups is set as dump.

Now, if we navigate to the GCS bucket, we will see the backed up data stored in the blueprint/demo/sample-postgres-2/repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump directory. KubeStash also keeps the backup for Snapshot YAMLs, which can be found in the blueprint/demo/sample-postgres-2/snapshots directory.

Note: KubeStash stores all dumped data encrypted in the backup directory, meaning it remains unreadable until decrypted.

Cleanup

To cleanup the resources crated by this tutorial, run the following commands,

kubectl delete backupblueprints.core.kubestash.com  -n demo postgres-default-backup-blueprint
kubectl delete backupblueprints.core.kubestash.com  -n demo postgres-customize-backup-blueprint
kubectl delete retentionpolicies.storage.kubestash.com -n demo demo-retention
kubectl delete backupstorage -n demo gcs-storage
kubectl delete secret -n demo gcs-secret
kubectl delete secret -n demo encrypt-secret
kubectl delete postgres -n demo sample-postgres
kubectl delete postgres -n demo sample-postgres-2

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