Enable Portworx Backup

If you installed Portworx Backup using Helm, you can use Helm to enable it as well.

Prerequisites

You must have Portworx Backup with a Helm-based install.

Enable

To enable Portworx Backup using Helm:

1. Update your Helm repository.

   helm repo update

2. Retrieve all custom values you used during install. Generate a YAML file, replacing the values of the <namespace> and <release-name> parameters to match your environment.

   helm get values --namespace <namespace> <release-name> -o yaml > values.yaml

   oidc:
       centralOIDC:
           defaultPassword: examplePassword
           defaultUsername: exampleUser
   operatorToChartUpgrade: true
   persistentStorage:
       enabled: true
       storageClassName: px-sc
   pxbackup:
       orgName: exampleOrg
   pxcentralDBPassword: exampleDbPassword

   Note the following about this example output:

   • The persistentStorage.storageClassName field displays the name of your storage class (px-sc).
   • The persistentStorage.enabled: true field indicates that persistent storage is enabled.
   • The pxbackup.orgName field displays the name of your organization (my-organization).

3. Delete the post install hook job.

   kubectl delete job pxcentral-post-install-hook --namespace <namespace>

4. Run the helm upgrade command to enable Portworx Backup, using the -f flag to pass the custom values.yaml file you generated above and replacing <namespace> with your namespace.

   helm upgrade <release-name> <repo-name>/px-central --namespace <namespace> -f values.yaml --set pxbackup.enabled=true

   Replacing the following parameters:

   • <release-name>: the Portworx Backup release to enable
   • <repo-name>: the Portworx Enterprise repository name
   • <namespace>: the namespace matching your environment

To upgrade Portworx Backup from the prior versions to 2.8.1, refer to the Upgrade Portworx Backup topic.