what's the backup of choice with k3s? (reliabilit...
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kind-state-93681
04/01/2025, 5:19 PMwhat's the backup of choice with k3s? (reliability more important than price)
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creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 5:44 PMdepends on what you want backed up?
creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 5:44 PMare you talking about backing up just the datastore? or CSI volumes? or your whole node?
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kind-state-93681
04/01/2025, 7:46 PMall, preferably natively
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creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 7:54 PMnot really a thing.
creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 7:54 PMnodes are cattle, not pets. they should be disposable.
creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 7:54 PMFor backing up the datastore, you can use etcd snapshots.
creamy-pencil-82913
04/01/2025, 7:54 PMfor backing up CSI volumes, use something like velero.
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victorious-glass-17139
04/01/2025, 9:37 PMFWIW - We are exploring using Velero for Kubernetes disaster recovery (DR) (In addition to Rancher backup/restore. Although I wonder if it'd easier to backup/restore Rancher with Velero instead of using Rancher backup/restore :-)
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