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kbcli cluster backup

Create a backup for the cluster.

kbcli cluster backup NAME [flags]

Examples

  # Create a backup for the cluster, use the default backup policy and volume snapshot backup method
kbcli cluster backup mycluster

# create a backup with a specified method, run "kbcli cluster desc-backup-policy mycluster" to show supported backup methods
kbcli cluster backup mycluster --method volume-snapshot

# create a backup with specified backup policy, run "kbcli cluster list-backup-policy mycluster" to show the cluster supported backup policies
kbcli cluster backup mycluster --method volume-snapshot --policy <backup-policy-name>

# create a backup from a parent backup
kbcli cluster backup mycluster --parent-backup parent-backup-name

Options

      --deletion-policy string    Deletion policy for backup, determine whether the backup content in backup repo will be deleted after the backup is deleted, supported values: [Delete, Retain] (default "Delete")
-h, --help help for backup
--method string Backup methods are defined in backup policy (required), if only one backup method in backup policy, use it as default backup method, if multiple backup methods in backup policy, use method which volume snapshot is true as default backup method
--name string Backup name
--parent-backup string Parent backup name, used for incremental backup
--policy string Backup policy name, if not specified, use the cluster default backup policy
--retention-period string Retention period for backup, supported values: [1y, 1mo, 1d, 1h, 1m] or combine them [1y1mo1d1h1m], if not specified, the backup will not be automatically deleted, you need to manually delete it.

Options inherited from parent commands

      --as string                      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
--as-group stringArray Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation.
--cache-dir string Default cache directory (default "$HOME/.kube/cache")
--certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string Path to a client key file for TLS
--cluster string The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--disable-compression If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--match-server-version Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--request-timeout string The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default "0")
-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--tls-server-name string Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use

SEE ALSO

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