The document discusses multi-cloud Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery (BCDR) using Velero, featuring insights from Oleg Chunikhin, CTO of Kublr. It covers various essential aspects of Kubernetes operations, including automation, security, monitoring, and object storage, with practical examples of deploying applications and managing data backups across AWS and Azure. The content also emphasizes the importance of a robust architecture for enterprise Kubernetes needs and provides references for further exploration.

1. Multi-cloud Kubernetes BCDR with Velero
Oleg Chunikhin | CTO, Kublr

2. Introductions
Oleg Chunikhin
CTO, Kublr
• 25 years in software architecture & development
• Working w/ Kubernetes since its release in 2015
• Software architect behind Kublr—an enterprise
ready container management platform
• Twitter @olgch

3. Enterprise Kubernetes Needs
Developers SRE/Ops/DevOps/SecOps
• Self-service
• Compatible
• Conformant
• Configurable
• Open & Flexible
• Governance
• Org multi-tenancy
• Single pane of glass
• Operations
• Monitoring
• Log collection
• Image management
• Identity management
• Security
• Reliability
• Performance
• Portability
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4. @olgch; @kublr
Automation
Ingress
Custom
Clusters
Infrastructure
Logging Monitoring
Observability
API
Usage
Reporting
RBAC IAM
Air Gap TLS
Certificate
Rotation
Audit
Storage Networking Container
Registry
CI / CD App Mgmt
Infrastructure
Container Runtime Kubernetes
OPERATIONS SECURITY &
GOVERNANCE

5. Kubernetes BCDR with Velero in AWS and Azure
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• Demo: https://github.com/kublr/bcdr-demo
• Deploy Strimzi operator and ArgoCD (operator)
• Deploy Kafka (stateful) and Guestbook (stateless)
• Backup, break, restore
• Velero architecture
• Kubernetes cloud abstraction
• Operators

6. @olgch; @kublr
Kubernetes cluster
Storage
EBS
PV
Backup
strimzi
(stateful1
)
kafka
(stateful)
argocd
(stateful1
)
guestbook
(stateless)
velero
EBS
Disk
K8S API
Backup

7. Azure AWS
Multi-cloud
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demo-bcdr-azure demo-bcdr-aws
strimzi
(stateful1
)
kafka
(stateful)
argocd
(stateful1
)
guestbook
(stateless)
velero
Azure Storage
Account and
Container
Azure
Disk
strimzi
(stateful1
)
kafka
(stateful)
argocd
(stateful1
)
guestbook
(stateless)
velero
AWS S3 Bucket
AWS
EBS

8. @olgch; @kublr
Kubernetes cluster
Storage
EBS
PV
velero
EBS
Disk
Backup
data
Backup
1 create backup object
2 get parameters
namespace
3 export K8S objects
EBS
Snapshot
4 create snapshots
5
store K8S objects
and snapshot refs
6 save result and logs
Backup

9. @olgch; @kublr
Kubernetes cluster
Storage
EBS
PV
velero
EBS
Disk
Backup
data
Backup
namespace
6 restore K8S objects
EBS
Snapshot
4 restore disks
3
get K8S objects and
snapshot refs
Restore
Restore
1 create restore object
2 get parameters
7 save result and logs
5 restore PV

10. Beyond this demo
• Topological / zonal constraints
• Direct data backup with Restic
• Extending backup and restore logic
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11. References
https://github.com/kublr/bcdr-demo
https://strimzi.io/
https://velero.io/
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12. Q&A
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13. Oleg Chunikhin
CTO
oleg@kublr.com
@olgch
Kublr | kublr.com
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