Backup Microsoft SQL Server using KubeStash Auto-Backup
KubeStash can automatically be configured to backup any Microsoft SQL Server databases in your cluster. KubeStash enables cluster administrators to deploy backup blueprints ahead of time so database owners can easily backup any Microsoft SQL Server database with a few annotations.
In this tutorial, we are going to show how you can configure a backup blueprint for Microsoft SQL Server 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
kubectlcommand-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by usingMinikubeorKind. - Install
KubeDBin your cluster following the steps here. - Install
KubeStashin your cluster following the steps here. - Install KubeStash
kubectlplugin following the steps here. - If you are not familiar with how KubeStash backup and restore
Microsoft SQL Serverdatabases, 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/mssqlserver/backup/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/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/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/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/retentionpolicy.yaml
retentionpolicy.storage.kubestash.com/demo-retention created
Prepare Issuer/ClusterIssuer
By default, a KubeDB-managed Microsoft SQL Server instance run with TLS disabled. However, the .spec.tls field is mandatory and will be used during backup and restore operations.
Create Issuer/ClusterIssuer:
Now, we are going to create an example Issuer CR that will be used throughout the duration of this tutorial. Alternatively, you can follow this cert-manager tutorial to create your own Issuer CR.
By following the below steps, we are going to create our desired issuer,
- Start off by generating our ca-certificates using openssl,
$ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ./ca.key -out ./ca.crt -subj "/CN=mssqlserver/O=kubedb"
- create a secret using the certificate files we have just generated,
$ kubectl create secret tls mssqlserver-ca --cert=ca.crt --key=ca.key --namespace=demo
secret/mssqlserver-ca created
Now, we are going to create an Issuer using the mssqlserver-ca secret that contains the ca-certificate we have just created. Below is the YAML of the Issuer cr that we are going to create,
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Issuer
metadata:
name: mssqlserver-ca-issuer
namespace: demo
spec:
ca:
secretName: mssqlserver-ca
Let’s create the Issuer CR we have shown above,
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/mssqlserver-ca-issuer.yaml
issuer.cert-manager.io/mssqlserver-ca-issuer.yaml created
Auto-backup with default configurations
In this section, we are going to backup a Microsoft SQL Server 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: mssqlserver-default-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: "*/5 * * * *"
jobTemplate:
backoffLimit: 1
repositories:
- name: default-blueprint
backend: gcs-backend
directory: /default-blueprint
addon:
name: mssqlserver-addon
jobTemplate:
spec:
securityContext:
runAsUser: 0
tasks:
- name: logical-backup
Here,
.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.backends[*].storageRefrefers our earlier createdgcs-storagebackupStorage..spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.sessions[*].schedulespecifies that we want to backup the database at5 minutesinterval.
Let’s create the BackupBlueprint we have shown above,
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/default-backupblueprint.yaml
backupblueprint.core.kubestash.com/mssqlserver-default-backup-blueprint created
Now, we are ready to backup our Microsoft SQL Server databases using few annotations.
Create Database
Now, we are going to create an MSSQLServer CR in demo namespace. Below is the YAML of the MSSQLServer object that we are going to create,
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MSSQLServer
metadata:
name: sample-mssqlserver
namespace: demo
annotations:
blueprint.kubestash.com/name: mssqlserver-default-backup-blueprint
blueprint.kubestash.com/namespace: demo
spec:
version: "2022-cu12"
replicas: 1
storageType: Durable
tls:
issuerRef:
name: mssqlserver-ca-issuer
kind: Issuer
apiGroup: "cert-manager.io"
clientTLS: false
podTemplate:
spec:
containers:
- name: mssql
env:
- name: ACCEPT_EULA
value: "Y"
- name: MSSQL_PID
value: Evaluation # Change it
storage:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
deletionPolicy: WipeOut
Here,
.spec.annotations.blueprint.kubestash.com/name: mssqlserver-default-backup-blueprintspecifies the name of theBackupBlueprintthat will use in backup..spec.annotations.blueprint.kubestash.com/namespace: demospecifies the name of thenamespacewhere theBackupBlueprintresides.
Let’s create the MSSQLServer we have shown above,
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/sample-mssqlserver.yaml
mssqlserver.kubedb.com/sample-mssqlserver created
Verify BackupConfiguration
If everything goes well, KubeStash should create a BackupConfiguration for our MSSQLServer 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-mssqlserver Ready 2m50m
Now, let’s check the YAML of the BackupConfiguration.
$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo appbinding-sample-mssqlserver -o yaml
apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupConfiguration
metadata:
creationTimestamp: "2024-09-26T05:50:37Z"
finalizers:
- kubestash.com/cleanup
generation: 1
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubestash.com
kubestash.com/invoker-name: mssqlserver-default-backup-blueprint
kubestash.com/invoker-namespace: demo
name: appbinding-sample-mssqlserver
namespace: demo
resourceVersion: "502597"
uid: 4989c9eb-9a91-4540-af2d-da325c5c9bc6
spec:
backends:
- name: gcs-backend
retentionPolicy:
name: demo-retention
namespace: demo
storageRef:
name: gcs-storage
namespace: demo
sessions:
- addon:
jobTemplate:
controller: {}
metadata: {}
spec:
resources: {}
securityContext:
runAsUser: 0
name: mssqlserver-addon
tasks:
- name: logical-backup
name: frequent-backup
repositories:
- backend: gcs-backend
directory: /default-blueprint
name: default-blueprint
scheduler:
jobTemplate:
backoffLimit: 1
template:
controller: {}
metadata: {}
spec:
resources: {}
schedule: '*/5 * * * *'
sessionHistoryLimit: 3
target:
apiGroup: kubedb.com
kind: MSSQLServer
name: sample-mssqlserver
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: "2024-09-26T05:50:37Z"
message: Validation has been passed successfully.
reason: ResourceValidationPassed
status: "True"
type: ValidationPassed
dependencies:
- found: true
kind: Addon
name: mssqlserver-addon
phase: Ready
repositories:
- name: default-blueprint
phase: Ready
sessions:
- conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T05:50:47Z"
message: Scheduler has been ensured successfully.
reason: SchedulerEnsured
status: "True"
type: SchedulerEnsured
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T05:50:47Z"
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-mssqlserver-frequent-backup-1727329837 BackupConfiguration appbinding-sample-mssqlserver 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-samrver-frequent-backup-1727329837 default-blueprint frequent-backup 2024-09-05T10:53:59Z Delete Succeeded 7m48s
Note: KubeStash creates a
Snapshotwith the following labels:
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 orRepository.
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-samrver-frequent-backup-1727329837 -oyaml
apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: Snapshot
metadata:
annotations:
kubedb.com/db-version: "2022"
creationTimestamp: "2024-09-26T05:50:47Z"
finalizers:
- kubestash.com/cleanup
generation: 1
labels:
kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: MSSQLServer
kubestash.com/app-ref-name: sample-mssqlserver
kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: demo
kubestash.com/repo-name: default-blueprint
name: default-blueprint-appbinding-samrver-frequent-backup-1727329837
namespace: demo
ownerReferences:
- apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
blockOwnerDeletion: true
controller: true
kind: Repository
name: default-blueprint
uid: 8099935a-4c9d-4910-b784-12148f67e1d6
resourceVersion: "502744"
uid: 9484ee27-cf0e-4a56-87e0-14daa65019e0
spec:
appRef:
apiGroup: kubedb.com
kind: MSSQLServer
name: sample-mssqlserver
namespace: demo
backupSession: appbinding-sample-mssqlserver-frequent-backup-1727329837
deletionPolicy: Delete
repository: default-blueprint
session: frequent-backup
snapshotID: 01J8PE3HZS4WSJ15AZHCKN7TVX
type: FullBackup
version: v1
status:
components:
dump:
driver: WalG
duration: 16.633003s
path: repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump
phase: Succeeded
walGStats:
databases:
- kubedb_system
id: base_20240926T055114Z
startTime: "2024-09-26T05:51:14Z"
stopTime: "2024-09-26T05:51:31Z"
conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T05:50:47Z"
message: Recent snapshot list updated successfully
reason: SuccessfullyUpdatedRecentSnapshotList
status: "True"
type: RecentSnapshotListUpdated
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T05:51:33Z"
message: Metadata uploaded to backend successfully
reason: SuccessfullyUploadedSnapshotMetadata
status: "True"
type: SnapshotMetadataUploaded
phase: Succeeded
snapshotTime: "2024-09-26T05:50:47Z"
totalComponents: 1
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.
Auto-backup with custom configurations
In this section, we are going to backup a Microsoft SQL Server 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: mssqlserver-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: mssqlserver-addon
jobTemplate:
spec:
securityContext:
runAsUser: 0
tasks:
- name: logical-backup
params:
databases: ${targetedDatabase}
Note that we have used some variables (format: ${<variable name>}) in different fields. KubeStash will substitute these variables with values from the respective target’s annotations. You’re free to use any variables you like.
Here,
.spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.backends[*].storageRefrefers our earlier createdgcs-storagebackupStorage..spec.backupConfigurationTemplate.sessions[*]:.scheduledefines${schedule}variable, which determines the time interval for the backup..repositories[*].namedefines the${repoName}variable, which specifies the name of the backupRepository..repositories[*].directorydefines two variables,${namespace}and${targetName}, which are used to determine the path where the backup will be stored..addon.tasks[*].params.argsdefines${targetedDatabase}variable, which identifies list of databases to backup.
Let’s create the BackupBlueprint we have shown above,
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/customize-backupblueprint.yaml
backupblueprint.core.kubestash.com/mssqlserver-customize-backup-blueprint created
Now, we are ready to backup our Microsoft SQL Server databases using few annotations. You can check available auto-backup annotations for a databases from here.
Create Database
We will now deploy an SQL Server Availability Group cluster by creating an MSSQLServer CR in the demo namespace. Below is the YAML configuration for the MSSQLServer object we are about to create:
apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: MSSQLServer
metadata:
name: sample-mssqlserver-2
namespace: demo
annotations:
blueprint.kubestash.com/name: mssqlserver-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-mssqlserver-2
variables.kubestash.com/targetedDatabase: agdb1
spec:
version: "2022-cu12"
replicas: 3
topology:
mode: AvailabilityGroup
availabilityGroup:
databases:
- agdb1
- agdb2
tls:
issuerRef:
name: mssqlserver-ca-issuer
kind: Issuer
apiGroup: cert-manager.io
clientTLS: false
podTemplate:
spec:
containers:
- name: mssql
env:
- name: ACCEPT_EULA
value: "Y"
- name: MSSQL_PID
value: Evaluation # Change it
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 mssqlserver-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 MSSQLServer database.
Let’s create the MSSQLServer object we have shown above,
$ kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2024.12.18/docs/guides/mssqlserver/backup/auto-backup/examples/sample-mssqlserver-2.yaml
mssqlserver.kubedb.com/sample-mssqlserver-2 created
Verify BackupConfiguration
If everything goes well, KubeStash should create a BackupConfiguration for our MSSQLServer 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-mssqlserver-2 Ready 2m50m
Now, let’s check the YAML of the BackupConfiguration.
$ kubectl get backupconfiguration -n demo appbinding-sample-mssqlserver-2 -o yaml
apiVersion: core.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: BackupConfiguration
metadata:
creationTimestamp: "2024-09-26T06:54:16Z"
finalizers:
- kubestash.com/cleanup
generation: 2
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kubestash.com
kubestash.com/invoker-name: mssqlserver-customize-backup-blueprint
kubestash.com/invoker-namespace: demo
name: appbinding-sample-mssqlserver-2
namespace: demo
resourceVersion: "511522"
uid: 3db263e2-6445-453c-bb16-7bae07876864
spec:
backends:
- name: gcs-backend
retentionPolicy:
name: demo-retention
namespace: demo
storageRef:
name: gcs-storage
namespace: demo
paused: true
sessions:
- addon:
jobTemplate:
controller: {}
metadata: {}
spec:
resources: {}
securityContext:
runAsUser: 0
name: mssqlserver-addon
tasks:
- name: logical-backup
params:
databases: agdb1
name: frequent-backup
repositories:
- backend: gcs-backend
directory: demo/sample-mssqlserver-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: MSSQLServer
name: sample-mssqlserver-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: "2024-09-26T06:54:16Z"
message: Validation has been passed successfully.
reason: ResourceValidationPassed
status: "True"
type: ValidationPassed
dependencies:
- found: true
kind: Addon
name: mssqlserver-addon
phase: Ready
repositories:
- name: customize-blueprint
phase: Ready
sessions:
- conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T06:54:26Z"
message: Scheduler has been ensured successfully.
reason: SchedulerEnsured
status: "True"
type: SchedulerEnsured
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T06:54:26Z"
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-mssqlserver-2-frequent-backup-1727333656 BackupConfiguration appbinding-sample-mssqlserver-2 Succeeded 1m18s 2m48s
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-ser-2-frequent-backup-1727333656 customize-blueprint frequent-backup 2024-09-26T06:54:26Z Delete Succeeded 4m52s
Note: KubeStash creates a
Snapshotwith 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 orRepository.
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-ser-2-frequent-backup-1727333656 -oyaml
apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
kind: Snapshot
metadata:
annotations:
kubedb.com/db-version: "2022"
creationTimestamp: "2024-09-26T06:54:26Z"
finalizers:
- kubestash.com/cleanup
generation: 1
labels:
kubestash.com/app-ref-kind: MSSQLServer
kubestash.com/app-ref-name: sample-mssqlserver-2
kubestash.com/app-ref-namespace: demo
kubestash.com/repo-name: customize-blueprint
name: customize-blueprint-appbinding-ser-2-frequent-backup-1727333656
namespace: demo
ownerReferences:
- apiVersion: storage.kubestash.com/v1alpha1
blockOwnerDeletion: true
controller: true
kind: Repository
name: customize-blueprint
uid: 8181c375-96e3-4969-a137-ea3dd52abf36
resourceVersion: "511423"
uid: 7bef59c5-3844-481d-9221-584f2f02ce5f
spec:
appRef:
apiGroup: kubedb.com
kind: MSSQLServer
name: sample-mssqlserver-2
namespace: demo
backupSession: appbinding-sample-mssqlserver-2-frequent-backup-1727333656
deletionPolicy: Delete
repository: customize-blueprint
session: frequent-backup
snapshotID: 01J8PHR3T0YAFD8RVRC43YB3XT
type: FullBackup
version: v1
status:
components:
dump:
driver: WalG
duration: 23.565835s
path: repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump
phase: Succeeded
walGStats:
databases:
- agdb1
id: base_20240926T065513Z
startTime: "2024-09-26T06:55:13Z"
stopTime: "2024-09-26T06:55:37Z"
conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T06:54:26Z"
message: Recent snapshot list updated successfully
reason: SuccessfullyUpdatedRecentSnapshotList
status: "True"
type: RecentSnapshotListUpdated
- lastTransitionTime: "2024-09-26T06:55:41Z"
message: Metadata uploaded to backend successfully
reason: SuccessfullyUploadedSnapshotMetadata
status: "True"
type: SnapshotMetadataUploaded
phase: Succeeded
snapshotTime: "2024-09-26T06:54:26Z"
totalComponents: 1
Now, if we navigate to the GCS bucket, we will see the backed up data stored in the blueprint/demo/sample-mssqlserver-2/repository/v1/frequent-backup/dump directory. KubeStash also keeps the backup for Snapshot YAMLs, which can be found in the blueprint/demo/sample-mssqlserver-2/snapshots directory.
Cleanup
To cleanup the resources crated by this tutorial, run the following commands,
kubectl delete backupblueprints.core.kubestash.com -n demo mssqlserver-default-backup-blueprint
kubectl delete backupblueprints.core.kubestash.com -n demo mssqlserver-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 secrets -n demo mssqlserver-ca
kubectl delete issuer -n demo mssqlserver-ca-issuer
kubectl delete mssqlserver -n demo sample-mssqlserver
kubectl delete mssqlserver -n demo sample-mssqlserver-2