{"id":22308,"date":"2024-09-24T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305673-what-is-the-velero-tool\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:02:51","slug":"103000305673-what-is-the-velero-tool","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000305673-what-is-the-velero-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Velero Tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-identifyelement=\"475\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong data-identifyelement=\"476\">What is the Velero tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"477\" dir=\"ltr\"><a data-identifyelement=\"478\" href=\"https:\/\/velero.io\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"479\">Velero<\/u><\/a> is a free backup and disaster recovery tool for <a data-identifyelement=\"480\" href=\"https:\/\/kubernetes.io\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"481\">kubernetes (k8s)<\/u><\/a> supporting S3 compatible Object Storage as a destination. Please follow the installation instructions <a data-identifyelement=\"482\" href=\"https:\/\/velero.io\/docs\/v1.9\/basic-install\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"483\">here<\/u><\/a> if you&#8217;re interested in using Velero.<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"484\" dir=\"ltr\"><br data-identifyelement=\"485\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"486\" dir=\"ltr\">You will need the following information to setup Velero to be compatible with Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage:<u data-identifyelement=\"487\" dir=\"ltr\"><br data-identifyelement=\"488\"><\/u><\/p>\n<ul data-identifyelement=\"489\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"490\">access_key<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"491\">secret_key<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"492\">destination bucket<\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"493\" dir=\"ltr\">Contabo&#8217;s S3 URL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7\" data-identifyelement=\"494\" dir=\"ltr\"><br data-identifyelement=\"495\"><\/h4>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"496\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong data-identifyelement=\"497\">How do I setup Velero to work with Contabo&#8217;s Object Storage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol data-identifyelement=\"498\">\n<li data-identifyelement=\"499\">Create a secrets file with name secrets with following content:<br data-identifyelement=\"500\"><br data-identifyelement=\"501\">\n<pre data-identifyelement=\"502\">[default]<br data-identifyelement=\"505\">aws_access_key_id = e.g 82046e8110804a43bf29c1ae426a724d<br data-identifyelement=\"508\">aws_secret_access_key = e.g 82e69bd7a52076c527154297a76c2233<\/pre>\n<p><code class=\"codeBlockLines_e6Vv\" data-identifyelement=\"511\"><br data-identifyelement=\"513\"><\/code><\/li>\n<li data-identifyelement=\"514\" dir=\"ltr\">Perform velero install to apply the settings.<br data-identifyelement=\"515\"><br \/>For example you could use the following configuration if you are having kubernetes running at AWS:<br data-identifyelement=\"516\"><br data-identifyelement=\"517\">\n<pre data-identifyelement=\"518\">velero install <br data-identifyelement=\"521\">--provider aws <br data-identifyelement=\"523\">--plugins velero\/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.5.0 <br data-identifyelement=\"525\">--bucket mybucket <br data-identifyelement=\"527\">--use-volume-snapshots=false <br data-identifyelement=\"529\">--secret-file .\/secrets <br data-identifyelement=\"531\">--backup-location-config <br data-identifyelement=\"533\">region=eu,s3ForcePathStyle=\"true\",s3Url=https:\/\/eu2.contabostorage.com<code class=\"codeBlockLines_e6Vv\" data-identifyelement=\"535\"><br data-identifyelement=\"537\"><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000305673-what-is-the-velero-tool-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Velero tool? Velero is a free backup and disaster recovery tool for kubernetes (k8s) supporting S3 compatible Object Storage as a destination. Please follow the installation instructions here if you&#8217;re interested in using Velero. 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