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Installation Guide
Stash operator can be installed via a script or as a Helm chart.
Using Script
To install Stash in your Kubernetes cluster, run the following command:
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh | bash
After successful installation, you should have a stash-operator-*** pod running in the kube-system namespace.
$ kubectl get pods -n kube-system | grep stash-operator
stash-operator-846d47f489-jrb58 1/1 Running 0 48s
Customizing Installer
The installer script and associated yaml files can be found in the /hack/deploy folder. You can see the full list of flags available to installer using -h flag.
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh | bash -s -- -h
stash.sh - install stash operator
stash.sh [options]
options:
-h, --help show brief help
-n, --namespace=NAMESPACE specify namespace (default: kube-system)
--rbac create RBAC roles and bindings (default: true)
--docker-registry docker registry used to pull stash images (default: appscode)
--image-pull-secret name of secret used to pull stash operator images
--run-on-master run stash operator on master
--enable-mutating-webhook enable/disable mutating webhooks for Kubernetes workloads
--enable-validating-webhook enable/disable validating webhooks for Stash crds
--bypass-validating-webhook-xray if true, bypasses validating webhook xray checks
--enable-status-subresource if enabled, uses status sub resource for crds
--use-kubeapiserver-fqdn-for-aks if true, uses kube-apiserver FQDN for AKS cluster to workaround https://github.com/Azure/AKS/issues/522 (default true)
--enable-analytics send usage events to Google Analytics (default: true)
--uninstall uninstall stash
--purge purges stash crd objects and crds
--monitoring-agent specify which monitoring agent to use (default: none)
--monitoring-backup specify whether to monitor stash backup and restore activity (default: false)
--monitoring-operator specify whether to monitor stash operator (default: false)
--prometheus-namespace specify the namespace where Prometheus server is running or will be deployed (default: same namespace as stash-operator)
--servicemonitor-label specify the label for ServiceMonitor crd. Prometheus crd will use this label to select the ServiceMonitor. (default: 'app: stash')
If you would like to run Stash operator pod in master instances, pass the --run-on-master flag:
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh \
| bash -s -- --run-on-master [--rbac]
Stash operator will be installed in a kube-system namespace by default. If you would like to run Stash operator pod in stash namespace, pass the --namespace=stash flag:
$ kubectl create namespace stash
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh \
| bash -s -- --namespace=stash [--run-on-master] [--rbac]
If you are using a private Docker registry, you need to pull the following image:
To pass the address of your private registry and optionally a image pull secret use flags --docker-registry and --image-pull-secret respectively.
$ kubectl create namespace stash
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh \
| bash -s -- --docker-registry=MY_REGISTRY [--image-pull-secret=SECRET_NAME] [--rbac]
Stash implements validating admission webhooks to validate Stash CRDs and mutating webhooks for Kubernetes workload types. This is helpful when you create Restic before creating workload objects. This allows stash operator to initialize the target workloads by adding sidecar or, init-container before workload-pods are created. Thus stash operator does not need to delete workload pods for applying changes. This is particularly helpful for workload kind StatefulSet, since Kubernetes does not support adding sidecar / init containers to StatefulSets after they are created. This is enabled by default for Kubernetes 1.9.0 or later releases. To disable this feature, pass the --enable-validating-webhook=false and --enable-mutating-webhook=false flag respectively.
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appscode/stash/0.8.2/hack/deploy/stash.sh \
| bash -s -- --enable-validating-webhook=false --enable-mutating-webhook=false [--rbac]
Stash 0.8.2 or later releases can use status sub resource for CustomResourceDefintions. This is enabled by default for Kubernetes 1.11.0 or later releases. To disable this feature, pass the --enable-status-subresource=false flag.
Using Helm
Stash can be installed via Helm using the chart from AppsCode Charts Repository. To install the chart with the release name my-release:
$ helm repo add appscode https://charts.appscode.com/stable/
$ helm repo update
$ helm search appscode/stash
NAME CHART VERSION APP VERSION DESCRIPTION
appscode/stash 0.8.2 0.8.2 Stash by AppsCode - Backup your Kubernetes Volumes
$ helm install appscode/stash --name stash-operator --version 0.8.2 --namespace kube-system
To see the detailed configuration options, visit here.
Installing in GKE Cluster
If you are installing Stash on a GKE cluster, you will need cluster admin permissions to install Stash operator. Run the following command to grant admin permision to the cluster.
$ kubectl create clusterrolebinding "cluster-admin-$(whoami)" \
--clusterrole=cluster-admin \
--user="$(gcloud config get-value core/account)"
Verify installation
To check if Stash operator pods have started, run the following command:
$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -l app=stash --watch
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kube-system stash-operator-859d6bdb56-m9br5 2/2 Running 2 5s
Once the operator pods are running, you can cancel the above command by typing Ctrl+C.
Now, to confirm CRD groups have been registered by the operator, run the following command:
$ kubectl get crd -l app=stash
NAME AGE
recoveries.stash.appscode.com 5s
repositories.stash.appscode.com 5s
restics.stash.appscode.com 5s
Now, you are ready to take your first backup using Stash.
Configuring RBAC
Stash introduces resources, such as, Restic, Repository, Recovery and Snapshot. Stash installer will create 2 user facing cluster roles:
| ClusterRole | Aggregates To | Desription |
|---|---|---|
| appscode:stash:edit | admin, edit | Allows edit access to Stash CRDs, intended to be granted within a namespace using a RoleBinding. |
| appscode:stash:view | view | Allows read-only access to Stash CRDs, intended to be granted within a namespace using a RoleBinding. |
These user facing roles supports ClusterRole Aggregation feature in Kubernetes 1.9 or later clusters.
Using kubectl for Restic
# List all Restic objects
$ kubectl get restic --all-namespaces
# List Restic objects for a namespace
$ kubectl get restic -n <namespace>
# Get Restic YAML
$ kubectl get restic -n <namespace> <name> -o yaml
# Describe Restic. Very useful to debug problems.
$ kubectl describe restic -n <namespace> <name>
Using kubectl for Recovery
# List all Recovery objects
$ kubectl get recovery --all-namespaces
# List Recovery objects for a namespace
$ kubectl get recovery -n <namespace>
# Get Recovery YAML
$ kubectl get recovery -n <namespace> <name> -o yaml
# Describe Recovery. Very useful to debug problems.
$ kubectl describe recovery -n <namespace> <name>
Detect Stash version
To detect Stash version, exec into the operator pod and run stash version command.
$ POD_NAMESPACE=kube-system
$ POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -n $POD_NAMESPACE -l app=stash -o jsonpath={.items[0].metadata.name})
$ kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -c operator -n $POD_NAMESPACE stash version
Version = 0.8.2
VersionStrategy = tag
Os = alpine
Arch = amd64
CommitHash = 85b0f16ab1b915633e968aac0ee23f877808ef49
GitBranch = release-0.5
GitTag = 0.8.2
CommitTimestamp = 2017-10-10T05:24:23
$ kubectl exec -it $POD_NAME -c operator -n $POD_NAMESPACE restic version
restic 0.9.1
compiled with go1.9 on linux/amd64