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CloudCasa is a powerful and easy-to-use Kubernetes and cloud database backup service for developers, DevOps and IT Ops teams. With CloudCasa, you don't have to be a storage or data protection expert to get started with backing up your cluster resource and their persistent data.

Just follow the simple steps below for configuring a single cluster or multiple clusters in your AKS, EKS, and GKE accounts. Our goal is to do all the hard work for you to protect the cluster resources and persistent data from human error, security breaches, and service failures, and provide the business continuity and compliance that your business requires.

Configure CloudCasa Kubernetes Backup

Configure CloudCasa Kubernetes Backup

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Configure CloudCasa Kubernetes
backup in 4 Simple Steps

The CloudCasa agent must be installed on every Kubernetes cluster that you want to protect. Installation and configuration is rapid and easy - just follow the steps below which include the ability to auto-discovery your clusters in your cloud accounts.

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Step 1

Create an Account

Point your favorite web browser to home.cloudcasa.io and create an account.
Configure your AWS and Azure account(s) which is optional.
If some of your Kubernetes clusters are in AWS or Azure, we recommend adding your cloud accounts under Configuration/Cloud Accounts. This allows CloudCasa to auto-discover your EKS and AKS clusters, back up EKS and AKS cluster parameters, auto-create clusters on restore, and back up non-CSI EBS volumes on EKS.

Step 2

Go to the Protection tab and click Add Cluster

If your clusters were auto-discovered, you'll just need to find them in the Clusters list under your cloud account in Configuration/Cloud Accounts and click on the install icon for each one. If not, you can add them manually by clicking Add cluster under Protection/Clusters Overview. Then enter your cluster name and description and click Register cluster. Either way, you will see a cluster ID and a kubectl command to run that will install a lightweight agent on the cluster. If you are installing via our Helm chart or via a partner marketplace instead, make a note of the Cluster ID and follow the instructions specific to your installation method. Once installed, the agent will connect and register itself with the CloudCasa service, completing the process.

Step 3

Create a backup policy by clicking Add New in the policies list

A backup policy allows you to define when backups that use it will run, and for how long they will be retained. You can have multiple schedules with different retention times in one policy. For example, a policy may specify the creation of hourly backups that are retained for 7 days, and daily backups that are retained for 30 days. Add or edit policies under Configuration/Policies.

Step 4

Go to the dashboard and click Define Backup

Enter the name for your backup and select your cluster. Choose what namespaces to protect and/or select resources by tag. Choose whether to create local snapshots of your PVs or copy them to CloudCasa’s secure storage. By default, everything will be protected including PVs. Finally, select the policy to apply. If you create a backup with no policy, it will not run automatically but can be started manually on an ad hoc basis.

You’re done!

That's all there is to it! Now you can sit back and relax, knowing that your clusters are protected.

Configure Amazon RDS
backup in 4 Simple Steps

To be able to see and manage backups for your Amazon RDS databases in CloudCasa,
you must first define your AWS account. As part of this process, you’ll grant CloudCasa limited access to your AWS account, with just the minimum permissions necessary to manage backup and restore of your Amazon RDS databases (see our FAQ for the exact list of permissions). This is done using a CloudFormation template that CloudCasa supplies for you.
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Step 1

Log in to CloudCasa

Select the Configuration tab and select Cloud Accounts. Then click Add New Account.

Step 2

Next, click the Launch Stack button

This will open a browser tab that will prompt you to sign in to AWS, and will then launch a CloudFormation stack that will grant CloudCasa the access it needs. Be sure to log in as an administrator so that CloudFormation can run.

Step 3

Go back to CloudCasa UI, select Protection/Databases

Click the “Define Backup” button in the upper right corner of the screen. The “Add backup” pane will open, and you will be able to select one or more databases to include in your new backup definition. You can also choose to select the databases to include AWS tags. In this case, any databases tagged with the name/value pairs you enter at the time the job runs will be selected. Click “Next” once you have chosen databases to proceed to the next page.

Step 4

Select a Policy for your backup

If you are protecting a database that is part of a Kubernetes application, you may want to use the same backup policy that you use for the application’s namespace. You can also create a new policy or select "None" if you want to initiate backups manually. For "None", you can choose to enable the Run Now option to start an ad-hoc backup immediately.

Now click Confirm and your backup definition is done!

Data Backup and Restore

See how CloudCasa Backup and Restore works

This video will take you through all the following points and give you a clear idea of how CloudCasa Backup and Restore works.

  • Accessing the CloudCasa portal
  • Registering your Kubernetes cluster to CloudCasa
  • Performing a backup of a Kubernetes application and its persistent volume
  • Running a restore of that same persistent volume/namespace that we just performed a backup of

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