Backing Up Workloads

Backup products for Kubernetes are vital components of our ever-evolving journey into the world of container orchestration and cloud-native computing. In this chapter, we will explore using Velero’s capabilities and how it can help you ensure resilience and reliability for your workloads. Velero, meaning “safety” or “protection” in Italian, is a great name since it provides a safety net for your applications, allowing you to confidently run them in a dynamic, ever-changing environment.

As you dive deeper into Kubernetes and microservices, you will quickly realize the advantages of backing up, restoring, and migrating applications. While Kubernetes is a remarkable system for deploying and managing containerized applications, it doesn’t inherently provide tools for data protection and disaster recovery. This gap is filled by Velero, which presents a complete solution for safeguarding your Kubernetes workloads and the...