Version: 3.2

Stateful application storage operations in OpenShift with FlashArray

With Portworx, you can backup stateful applications and their volumes to an external object store and restore to the same cluster or to a new cluster. When it comes to timing, you can perform backup operations manually whenever you wish, or you can schedule them with a schedulePolicy. You can even use Portworx's backup functionality to clone applications between namespaces by restoring to a different namespace in the same cluster.

Prerequisites

All application storage operations require the following prerequisites:

Administrator-level cluster privileges if you operate between namespaces

Configure Application Backups

Configure application backups by creating and applying the following CRDs:

backupLocation
applicationBackup

Create a backupLocation CRD

Use the backupLocation CRD to specify the configuration information for your Google Cloud Storage

The example in this document uses an S3 bucket to store application backup data. To create backupLocations using other object stores, see the Stateful application CRD reference section of the documentation.

"endpoint" : "bucketEndpoint.com"
"key": "ABCDEF1234567890"
"secret": "ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF1234567890"

If you're restoring backups to a different cluster from the one you took your backups from, you must create a backupLocation CRD on your new cluster that matches the backupLocation CRD on your original cluster.
If you want to use S3 Object Lock, refer to S3 Object Lock in PX-Backup.

You can specify your object store credentials directly in the BackupLocation configuration as plaintext or use a Kubernetes secret:

Plaintext credentials

Create a backupLocation YAML file, specifying the following:
- name: the backupLocation object's name
- namespace: the namespace the backupLocation exists in
- location:
  - type: the object store type
  - path: the bucket Portworx will use for the backup
  - sync: If you're restoring to a new cluster, set sync to true to allow your new cluster to retrieve the previous backups from your backup location.
  - s3Config:
    - region: which region your s3 bucket is located in
    - accessKeyID: your bucket's accessKeyID
    - secretAccessKey: your bucket's secretAccessKey
    - endpoint: the URL or IP address of your bucket
    - disableSSL: whether or not to disable SSL
      apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1 kind: BackupLocation metadata: name: mysql namespace: mysql-app annotations: stork.libopenstorage.org/skipresource: "true" location: type: s3 path: "bucket-name" sync: true s3Config: region: us-east-1 accessKeyID: XXXX secretAccessKey: XXXX endpoint: "https://bucketEndpoint.com" disableSSL: false

note

If you use URL as your bucket endpoint, you must include the http prefix: either https:// or http://, depending on whether or not you're using SSL.

Apply the YAML:
```
oc apply -f backLo.yaml
```

Kubernetes secret containing your credentials

Create a Kubernetes Secret YAML file, specifying the following:

name: the Secret object's name
namespace: the namespace the Secret exists in

stringData:

region: which region your s3 bucket is located in
accessKeyID: your bucket's accessKeyID
secretAccessKey: your bucket's secretAccessKey
endpoint: the URL or IP address of your bucket
disableSSL: whether or not to disable SSL

encryptionKey: your secret's encryption key

  apiVersion: v1
  kind: Secret
  metadata:
    name: s3secret
    namespace: mysql
    annotations:
      stork.libopenstorage.org/skipresource: "true"
  stringData:
    region: us-east-1
    accessKeyID: <access-key>
    secretAccessKey: <secret-key>
    endpoint: "X.X.X.141:9010"
    disableSSL: "false"
    encryptionKey: "testKey"

Apply the Secret's YAML file:
```
oc apply -f s3secret.yaml
```
Create a backupLocation YAML file, specifying the following:

name: the backupLocation object's name
namespace: the namespace the backupLocation exists in
location:
- type: the object store type
- path: the bucket Portworx will use for the backup
- secretConfig: the Secret object containing your bucket's credentials
- sync: If you're restoring to a new cluster, set sync to true to allow your new cluster to retrieve the previous backups from your backup location.
```
apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: BackupLocation
metadata:
  name: mysql-backup
  namespace: mysql
  annotations:
    stork.libopenstorage.org/skipresource: "true"
location:
  type: s3
  path: "bucket-name"
  secretConfig: s3secret
  sync: true
```

note

If you use URL as your bucket endpoint, you must include the http prefix: either https:// or http://, depending on whether or not you're using SSL.

Apply the YAML:
```
oc apply -f backLo.yaml
```

Create an applicationBackup CRD

Use the applicationBackup CRD to specify what namespaces have their applications backed-up.

Create an applicationbackup YAML file, specifying the following:

name: the applicationBackup object's name
namespace: the namespace the applicationBackup exists in
spec:
- backupLocation: what backupLocation object to use to determine where to send the backup
- namespaces: the namespaces to backup
- reclaimPolicy: what happens to objects in the object store when the ApplicationBackup object is deleted, either Delete or Retain
- selectors: define specific labels to determine which objects and volumes are backed-up
- preExecRule: what rule to run before performing backup
- postExecRule: what rule to run after performing backup
```
apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: ApplicationBackup
metadata:
  name: backup
  namespace: mysql-app
spec:
  backupLocation: mysql
  namespaces:
  - mysql-app
  reclaimPolicy: Delete
  selectors:
  preExecRule:
  postExecRule:
```

Apply the YAML:
```
oc apply -f appBack.yaml
```

Verify the applicationBackup object's status with the storkctl get command. You can see what stage the backup is in, as well as its status:

storkctl get applicationbackup -n mysql-app

NAME      STAGE     STATUS    VOLUMES   RESOURCES   CREATED               ELAPSED
backup    Volumes   Pending   0/0       0           11 Sep 19 22:10 UTC   19.023065649s

You can also describe the object to get more information about the backup. This is useful for troubleshooting:

oc describe applicationbackup.stork.libopenstorage.org -n mysql-app

The following error message displays when your credentials are invalid.

Warning  Failed  7s  stork  Error starting ApplicationBackup for volumes: rpc error: code = Internal desc = Failed to create backup: Failed to validate credentials: error validating credential: AccessDenied: Access Denied.
         status code: 403, request id: 15C38376E0A0EA7F, host id:

Create an ApplicationBackupSchedule CRD

The ApplicationBackupSchedule CRD associates a SchedulePolicy with an application backup operation, allowing you to schedule when and how application backups are performed.

Create a file named backupSchedulePolicy.yaml with the following content:

apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: SchedulePolicy
metadata:
  name: backupSchedule
policy:
  interval:
    intervalMinutes: 60
    retain: 5
  daily:
    time: "10:14PM"
    retain: 5
  weekly:
    day: "Thursday"
    time: "10:13PM"
    retain: 5
  monthly:
    date: 14
    time: "8:05PM"
    retain: 5

For details about how you can configure a schedule policy, see the SchedulePolicy page.

Apply the spec by entering the following command:
```
oc apply -f backupSchedulePolicy.yaml
```

Display your schedule policy. Enter the storkctl get command passing it the name of your policy:

storkctl get schedulepolicy

NAME           INTERVAL-MINUTES   DAILY     WEEKLY             MONTHLY
testpolicy     60                 10:14PM   Thursday@10:13PM   14@8:05PM

Create an ApplicationBackupSchedule YAML file, specifying the following:

name: the applicationBackupSchedule object's name
namespace: the namespace the applicationBackupSchedule exists in
spec.schedulePolicyName: the name of the schedule policy that defines when backup actions happen
spec.template.spec.backupLocation: the name of the backup location spec
spec.template.spec.namespaces: namespaces which will be backed up

spec.template.spec.reclaimPolicy: what happens to objects in the object store when the ApplicationBackup object is deleted

apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: ApplicationBackupSchedule
metadata:
  name: backup
  namespace: mysql
spec:
  schedulePolicyName: testpolicy
  template:
    spec:
      backupLocation: mysql
      namespaces:
      - mysql
      reclaimPolicy: Delete

Restore an application

You can restore an application by applying an ApplicationRestore object.

On OpenShift, for restoring an application across namespaces, you must modify your destination namespace to include the same supplemental group annotation values as your source namespace:
```
annotations:
  openshift.io/sa.scc.mcs: s0:c26,c25
  openshift.io/sa.scc.supplemental-groups: 1001990000/10000
  openshift.io/sa.scc.uid-range: 1001990000/10000
```
Create an ApplicationRestore YAML file, specifying the following:
- name: the ApplicationRestore object's name
- namespace: the ApplicationRestore object's namespace
- spec.backupName: the name of the applicationBackup object to restore from
- spec.backupLocation: which backup location object to get application backups from
- spec.namespaceMapping: a map of source and destination namespaces, allowing you to restore a backup to a different namespace
- spec.replacePolicy: specifies whether you want to delete or retain any matching existing resource in the target namespace
```
apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: ApplicationRestore
metadata:
  name: restore
  namespace: mysql-app
spec:
  backupName: backup
  backupLocation: mysql
  namespaceMapping:
    <backup_namespace>: <restore_namespace>
  replacePolicy: Delete
```
note
You can run the storkctl get applicationbackup -n namespace command to help you see which backup to restore from.

Apply the YAML:

oc apply -f appRestore.yaml

The moment you apply the YAML, the application begins to restore. Monitor the status with the storkctl get command:

storkctl get applicationrestore -n mysql-app

NAME      STAGE     STATUS       VOLUMES   RESOURCES   CREATED               ELAPSED
restore   Final     Successful   1/1       3           11 Sep 19 23:32 UTC   35s

Verify its status with the oc get pods command:

oc get pods -n mysql-app

NAME                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
mysql-6d69b99774-2bv4m   0/1     Pending   0          3s

Clone an Application

You can clone an application to a different namespace. You must create the ApplicationClone object in the admin namespace, which is kube-system by default.

If you're cloning an application across namespaces, you must modify your destination namespace to include the same supplemental group annotation values as your source namespace:
```
annotations:
  openshift.io/sa.scc.mcs: s0:c26,c25
  openshift.io/sa.scc.supplemental-groups: 1001990000/10000
  openshift.io/sa.scc.uid-range: 1001990000/10000
```
Distributed apps, such as Cassandra, may use the same node IDs on the destination namespace as their source, causing disruption when the new nodes join the source cluster.
Create a an ApplicationClone YAML file, specifying the following:
- name: the ApplicationClone object's name
- namespace: the ApplicationClone object's namespace
- spec.sourceNamespace: the namespace you want to clone applications from
- spec.destinationNamespace: the namespace you want to clone applications to
```
apiVersion: stork.libopenstorage.org/v1alpha1
kind: ApplicationClone
metadata:
  name: clone-mysql
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  sourceNamespace: mysql-app
  destinationNamespace: clone-mysql
```
Apply the YAML file:
```
oc apply -f appClone.yaml
```

Prerequisites​

Configure Application Backups​

Create a backupLocation CRD​

Plaintext credentials​

Kubernetes secret containing your credentials​

Create an applicationBackup CRD​

Create an ApplicationBackupSchedule CRD​

Restore an application​

Clone an Application​