Install MinIO and Velero#

Install MinIO and Velero on the Kubernetes cluster on which you are running MSR 4.

Deploy MinIO Operator in its own namespace:

helm repo add minio-operator https://operator.min.io
helm repo up
helm install   --namespace minio-operator   --create-namespace   operator minio-operator/operator

Set up MinIO Tenant.

Download the MinIO Tenant values.yml file:

curl -sLo values.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/operator/master/helm/tenant/values.yml

Configure a username and password for Minio:

[...]
  configSecret:
    name: myminio-env-configuration
    accessKey: <username>
    secretKey: <password>
[...]

Configure the pools:

[...]
  pools:
    ###
    # The number of MinIO Tenant Pods / Servers in this pool.
    # For standalone mode, supply 1. For distributed mode, supply 4 or
    # more.
    # Note that the operator does not support upgrading from
    # standalone to distributed mode.
    - servers: 1
      ###
      # Custom name for the pool
      name: pool-0
      ###
      # The number of volumes attached per MinIO Tenant Pod / Server.
      volumesPerServer: 4
      ###
      # The capacity per volume requested per MinIO Tenant Pod.
      size: 30Gi
[...]

Note

Use NodeSelector to run MinIO Tenant on a specific node on which the public IP or DNS will be used to connect to Minio's console.

Install MinIO Tenant in its own namespace:

helm install --namespace minio-tenant --create-namespace --values values.yml minio-tenant minio-operator/tenant

Expose the MinIO API and console using NodePort:

Create the Kubernetes Services' YAML files:

minio-api-svc.yml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: minio-nodeport
  namespace: minio-tenant
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    v1.min.io/tenant: myminio
  ports:
    - name: https-minio
      port: 9000
      targetPort: 9000
      nodePort: 33000

minio-console-svc.yml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: minio-console-nodeport
  namespace: minio-tenant
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    v1.min.io/tenant: myminio
  ports:
    - name: https-console
      port: 9443
      targetPort: 9443
      nodePort: 33001

Deploy the Kubernetes Services:

kubectl apply -f minio-console-svc.yml
kubectl apply -f minio-api-svc.yml

Note

Alternatively, MinIO Tenant can use LoadBalancer and Ingress, refer to MinIO official documentation for more details:

Login to MinIO console:

https://MINIO_CONSOLE_URL:CONSOLE_nodePort

Create a bucket for backup and restore data.
Install the Velero CLI on both the source (primary) and target (recovery) Kubernetes clusters using the instructions from the official Velero documentation.

Install Velero on both the source (primary) and target (recovery) Kubernetes cluster:

Create the credentials-velero file:

cat credentials-velero
[default]
aws_access_key_id=<access key from mino-tenant>
aws_secret_access_key=<secret access key from mino-tenant>

Install Velero:

For the snapshot backup:

velero install --provider aws --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.13.0 --bucket msr4-backup --secret-file ./credentials-velero --backup-location-config s3Url=https://<minio-tenant API URL>:<minio-tenant API Port>,s3ForcePathStyle=true,insecureSkipTLSVerify=true --use-volume-snapshots=true --use-node-agent --features=EnableCSI --snapshot-location-config region=default

For the file system backup:

velero install --provider aws --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.13.0 --bucket <Minio bucket name> --secret-file ./credentials-velero --backup-location-config s3Url=https://<minio-tenant API URL>:<minio-tenant API Port>,s3ForcePathStyle=true,insecureSkipTLSVerify=true --use-volume-snapshots=false --use-node-agent

Note

Both the source and target clusters must have Velero configured to point to the same MinIO Tenant URL and Backup Storage Location (BSL) bucket.

Verify backup location on both the source (primary) and target (recovery) Kubernetes cluster:
- For the snapshot backup:
```
kubectl -n velero describe VolumeSnapshotLocation
```
- For the file system backup:
```
kubectl -n velero describe backupstoragelocations
```