Backup and restore using Velero
Deploying an application in a container-centric way has various advantages and perks over traditional VMs. Everything that we did on traditional VMs can be easily done on containers with greater performance, cost, and flexibility. Backup and restore is also one of the critical tasks that we perform in a traditional environment. It's always recommended to back up your production Kubernetes cluster resources. In this section, we will learn how to use Velero as a backup and restore tool for Kubernetes workloads.
Velero is an open source tool developed by VMware that helps to automate the backup and restore of Kubernetes resources. Velero can be used both on public as well as on-premises clusters (such as OpenShift). Velero helps with the following tasks:
- Disaster recovery: Velero takes the backup of the cluster and restores it in the event of disaster. But again, there are a couple of ways to implement it, either active-passive or hot-standby...
