Make on-demand backup¶

To make an on-demand backup, you should first check your Custom Resource for the necessary options and make changes, if needed, using the deploy/cr.yaml configuration file. The backup.storages subsection should contain at least one configured storage.

You can apply changes in the deploy/cr.yaml file with the usual kubectl apply -f deploy/cr.yaml command.
Now use a special backup configuration YAML file with the following keys:
- metadata.name key should be set to the backup name (this name will be needed later to restore the bakup),
- spec.pxcCluster key should be set to the name of your cluster,
- spec.storageName key should be set to the name of your already configured storage.
- optionally you can set the metadata.finalizers.delete-s3-backup key (it triggers the actual deletion of backup files from the S3 bucket or azure container when there is a manual or scheduled removal of the corresponding backup object).
You can find the example of such file in deploy/backup/backup.yaml :
```
apiVersion: pxc.percona.com/v1
kind: PerconaXtraDBClusterBackup
metadata:
  finalizers:
    - delete-s3-backup
  name: backup1
spec:
  pxcCluster: cluster1
  storageName: fs-pvc
```

Run the actual backup command using this file:

$ kubectl apply -f deploy/backup/backup.yaml

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Last update: 2024-10-16