backup-minio-data.md

Backup Minio data

Documentation shown here guides you how to backup the Minio data.

NOTES: The document shown here is for reference only, you can also look for other available data backup alternatives based on your real case.

Prerequisites

1. You need to install mc that is the MinIO CLI.

2. Get the access_key and secret_key of MinIO.

   $ kubectl get secret minio-access-secret -n cluster-sample-ns -o jsonpath='{.data.accesskey}' | base64 --decode
   admin
   $ kubectl get secret minio-access-secret -n cluster-sample-ns -o jsonpath='{.data.secretkey}' | base64 --decode
   minio123

3. Please make sure you have the correct MinIO address to access.

Backup

Step 1

Create the directory to storage Harbor Data in the backup pod, please make sure you have the Read/Write Permissions.

mkdir {minio_backup_directory}

Step 2

Setup mc config.

mc --insecure -C {minio_backup_directory} config host add minio \ http(s)://{minio_address}:9000 {minio_access_key} {minio_secret_key}

Step 3

Start backup minio data

mc --insecure -C {minio_backup_directory} \  
cp -r minio/harbor {minio_backup_directory}

Step 4

Make sure that all data are backuped in the {minio_backup_directory}.