Self-Service Velero Backups with Kyverno

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By Ritesh Patel

Velero is Kubernetes-native open-source tool that allows users to safely backup and restore, perform disaster recovery, and migrate Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. Velero is typically deployed and used by cluster administrators or storage administrators. So whenever developers want an application or namespace to be backed up, they have to reach out to the admin to set it up. Wouldn’t it be better if developers could enable backups for their applications themselves without having to bother admins? In fact, what if admins could specify the necessary configuration for backups such as the location, schedule and developers could simply indicate whether to enable backups or not. This “developer self-service” workflow is not currently supported natively by Velero as indicated in this Github issue. In this post, I will describe how to enable developer self-service backups with Velero using Kyverno, a new CNCF sandbox project.

https://nirmata.com/2021/01/24/self-service-velero-backups-with-kyverno/