How to Enable Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Disaster Recovery using CLI

Purpose

This article provides step by step instructions on how to enable Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Disaster Recovery using CLI.

• __Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes Documentation - Disaster Recovery

Solution

1. Replace <passphrase> in the following command and run it to create a DR secret with a passphrase:
   **Note:**Save this passphrase. This is required for recovering the cluster in case of Disaster.

kubectl create secret generic k10-dr-secret  --namespace kasten-io  --from-literal key=<passphrase>

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2. Create a Disaster Recovery Policy.
   * Provide Location Profile where you want to save your DR Configuration @profile: <NAME OF LOCATION PROFILE>
   * Frequency and Retention can be changed according to the need for @hourly @daily etc.

kubectl create -f k10-disaster-recovery-policy.yaml

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Example k10-disaster-recovery-policy.yaml

apiVersion: config.kio.kasten.io/v1alpha1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: k10-disaster-recovery-policy
  namespace: kasten-io
spec:
  actions:
  - action: backup
    backupParameters:
    filters: {}
    profile:
      name: <NAME OF LOCATION PROFILE>
      namespace: kasten-io 
  createdBy: kasten-io:k10-k10
  frequency: '@hourly'
  lastModifyHash: 1498887201
  retention:
    daily: 1
    hourly: 4
    monthly: 1
    weekly: 1
    yearly: 1
  selector:
    matchExpressions:
    - key: k10.kasten.io/appNamespace
    operator: In
    values:
    - kasten-io

3. Verify the status of the created policy is "Success".

kubectl get policies

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Example output

NAME                         STATUS
k10-disaster-recovery-policy Success

Note: The policy status will list 'Failed' if there are any typos in location profile or if the profile is unavailable.

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