Import backup repository for Database Services

This page describes how to import backup repositories for Database Services (DBS). You must do this for each Organization you want to restore DBClusters in.

Before you begin

Before using backup and restore services for gdcloud CLI DBS, you must:

• Be a Platform Administrator (PA).

• Have the necessary identity and access role:

  • DR Backup Admin: performs disaster recovery backups. Ask your Organization IAM Admin to grant you the DR Backup Admin (dr-backup-admin) cluster role.

  To import backup repositories for DBS, follow the proceeding steps:

Import backup repository DBS

1. On the Management API server of the target gdcloud CLI DBClusters, create a B4GDC Backup Repository resource which points to the same bucket used to store DBS backups in the sources gdcloud CLI instance:

     cat << EOF > backup_repo_plan.yaml
     apiVersion: backup.gdc.goog/v1
     kind: BackupRepository
     metadata:
       name: dbs-backup-repository
     spec:
       secretReference:
         namespace: dbs-dr
         name: secret
       endpoint: ENDPOINT
       type: S3
       s3Options:
         bucket: ORGNAME-dbs-bucket
         region: REGION
         forcePathStyle: true
       importPolicy: ReadWrite
     EOF
     kubectl apply -f backup_repo_plan.yaml
   

2. Verify backups are successfully imported to the Management API server of the target gdcloud CLI instance:

   kubectl get backups.backup.gdc.goog -n dbs-dr
   

   Successful backups are imported and have a Succeeded state.