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Output file format
A backup is a gzip-compressed tar file whose name matches the Backup API resource’s metadata.name (what is specified during ark backup create <NAME>).
In cloud object storage, each backup file is stored in its own subdirectory beneath the bucket specified in the Ark server configuration. This subdirectory includes an additional file called ark-backup.json. The JSON file explicitly lists all info about your associated Backup resource–including any default values used–so that you have a complete historical record of its configuration. It also specifies status.version, which corresponds to the output file format.
All together, the directory structure in your cloud storage may look like:
rootBucket/
backup1234/
ark-backup.json
backup1234.tar.gz
ark-backup.json
An example of this file looks like the following:
{
"kind": "Backup",
"apiVersion": "ark.heptio.com/v1",
"metadata": {
"name": "test-backup",
"namespace": "heptio-ark",
"selfLink": "/apis/ark.heptio.com/v1/namespaces/heptio-ark/backups/testtest",
"uid": "a12345cb-75f5-11e7-b4c2-abcdef123456",
"resourceVersion": "337075",
"creationTimestamp": "2017-07-31T13:39:15Z"
},
"spec": {
"includedNamespaces": [
"*"
],
"excludedNamespaces": null,
"includedResources": [
"*"
],
"excludedResources": null,
"labelSelector": null,
"snapshotVolumes": true,
"ttl": "24h0m0s"
},
"status": {
"version": 1,
"expiration": "2017-08-01T13:39:15Z",
"phase": "Completed",
"volumeBackups": {
"pvc-e1e2d345-7583-11e7-b4c2-abcdef123456": {
"snapshotID": "snap-04b1a8e11dfb33ab0",
"type": "gp2",
"iops": 100
}
},
"validationErrors": null
}
}
Note that this file includes detailed info about your volume snapshots in the status.volumeBackups field, which can be helpful if you want to manually check them in your cloud provider GUI.
file format version: 1
When unzipped, a typical backup directory (e.g. backup1234.tar.gz) looks like the following:
resources/
persistentvolumes/
cluster/
pv01.json
...
configmaps/
namespaces/
namespace1/
myconfigmap.json
...
namespace2/
...
pods/
namespaces/
namespace1/
mypod.json
...
namespace2/
...
jobs/
namespaces/
namespace1/
awesome-job.json
...
namespace2/
...
deployments/
namespaces/
namespace1/
cool-deployment.json
...
namespace2/
...
...
Getting Started
To help you get started, see the documentation.