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Velero Volume Snapshot Location

Volume Snapshot Location

A volume snapshot location is the location in which to store the volume snapshots created for a backup.

Velero can be configured to take snapshots of volumes from multiple providers. Velero also allows you to configure multiple possible VolumeSnapshotLocation per provider, although you can only select one location per provider at backup time.

Each VolumeSnapshotLocation describes a provider + location. These are represented in the cluster via the VolumeSnapshotLocation CRD. Velero must have at least one VolumeSnapshotLocation per cloud provider.

A sample YAML VolumeSnapshotLocation looks like the following:

apiVersion: velero.io/v1
kind: VolumeSnapshotLocation
metadata:
  name: aws-default
  namespace: velero
spec:
  provider: aws
  credential:
    name: secret-name
    key: key-in-secret
  config:
    region: us-west-2
    profile: "default"

Parameter Reference

The configurable parameters are as follows:

Main config parameters

Main config parameters
Key Type Default Meaning
provider String Required Field The name for whichever storage provider will be used to create/store the volume snapshots. See your volume snapshot provider’s plugin documentation for the appropriate value to use.
config map string string None (Optional) Provider-specific configuration keys/values to be passed to the volume snapshotter plugin. See your volume snapshot provider’s plugin documentation for details.
credential corev1.SecretKeySelector Optional Field The credential information to be used with this location.
credential/name String Optional Field The name of the secret within the Velero namespace which contains the credential information.
credential/key String Optional Field The key to use within the secret.
Getting Started

To help you get started, see the documentation.