Aerospike Backup

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AKO version 4.x or later does not support Aerospike Backup Service version 2.x. Upgrade to Aerospike Backup Service v3.0.0 or later. See Upgrade ABS for more information.

Overview

The Aerospike Backup Service (ABS) can trigger a backup from a Custom Resource (CR) that represents a backup configuration for an Aerospike cluster. We refer to this as an Aerospike Backup CR.

You can trigger both on-demand and scheduled backups using kubectl or helm.

Requirements

Before creating backups, deploy the ABS on your Kubernetes cluster using either:

• kubectl
• Helm

Once running, ABS watches the Aerospike Backup CR for updates that trigger a backup.

Create a backup

1. Create your YAML-formatted backup CR file with the backup configuration you want to perform.

   See backup configuration settings for details on the parameters available in the backup CR file. You can find a sample backup CR file in the main Aerospike Kubernetes Operator repository.

   You can edit the CR file at any time to make changes and manage the backup.

2. Use kubectl to apply the CR file you created, which instructs ABS to perform a backup with your defined settings.

   kubectl apply -f aerospikebackup.yaml -n aerospike