Install Stash Enterprise Edition

Stash Enterprise edition is the open core version of Stash. It comes with all the functionalities of Stash Community edition as well as some advanced features such as Auto-Backup, Batch Backup, and Local Backend support, etc. A full features comparison between Stash Enterprise Edition and community version can be found here.

If you are willing to try Stash Enterprise Edition, you can grab a 14 days trial license from here.

Get a Trial License

In this section, we are going to show you how you can get a 14 days trial license for Stash Enterprise edition. You can get a license for your Kubernetes cluster by going through the following steps:

• At first, go to AppsCode License Server and fill up the form. It will ask for your Name, Email, the product you want to install, and your cluster ID (UID of the kube-system namespace).
• Provide your name and email address. You must provide your work email address.
• Then, select Stash Enterprise Edition in the product field.
• Now, provide your cluster ID. You can get your cluster ID easily by running the following command:

kubectl get ns kube-system -o=jsonpath='{.metadata.uid}'

• Then, you have to agree with the terms and conditions. We recommend reading it before checking the box.
• Now, you can submit the form. After you submit the form, the AppsCode License server will send an email to the provided email address with a link to your license file.
• Navigate to the provided link and save the license into a file. Here, we save the license to a license.txt file.

Here is a screenshot of the license form.

You can create licenses for as many clusters as you want. You can upgrade your license any time without re-installing Stash by following the upgrading guide from here.

Stash licensing process has been designed to work with CI/CD workflow. You can automatically obtain a license from your CI/CD pipeline by following the guide from here.

Get an Enterprise License

If you are interested in purchasing Enterprise license, please contact us via [email protected] for further discussion. You can also set up a meeting via our calendly link.

If you are willing to purchasing Enterprise license but need more time to test in your dev cluster, feel free to contact [email protected]. We will be happy to extend your trial period.

Install

Stash operator can be installed as a Helm chart or simply as Kubernetes manifests.

• Helm 3 (Recommended)
• Helm 2
• YAML

$ helm repo add appscode https://charts.appscode.com/stable/
$ helm repo update
$ helm search repo appscode/stash-enterprise --version v0.11.9
NAME                       CHART VERSION         APP VERSION         DESCRIPTION
appscode/stash-enterprise  v0.11.9    v0.11.9  Stash Enterprise by AppsCode - Enterprise features for Stash

$ helm install stash-enterprise appscode/stash-enterprise  \
  --version v0.11.9                  \
  --namespace kube-system                       \
  --set-file license=/path/to/the/license.txt

$ helm repo add appscode https://charts.appscode.com/stable/
$ helm repo update
$ helm search appscode/stash-enterprise --version v0.11.9
NAME                      CHART VERSION APP      VERSION             DESCRIPTION
appscode/stash-enterprise  v0.11.9    v0.11.9  Stash by AppsCode - Backup your Kubernetes Volumes

$ helm install appscode/stash-enterprise --name stash-enterprise   \
  --version v0.11.9                          \
  --namespace kube-system                               \
  --set-file license=/path/to/the/license.txt

$ helm repo add appscode https://charts.appscode.com/stable/
$ helm repo update
$ helm search repo appscode/stash-enterprise --version v0.11.9
NAME                       CHART VERSION         APP VERSION         DESCRIPTION
appscode/stash-enterprise  v0.11.9    v0.11.9  Stash by AppsCode - Backup your Kubernetes Volumes

$ helm template stash-enterprise appscode/stash-enterprise \
  --version v0.11.9                  \
  --namespace kube-system                       \
  --set-file license=/path/to/the/license.txt   \
  --set cleaner.skip=true | kubectl apply -f -

Verify installation

To check if Stash operator pods have started, run the following command:

$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -l app.kubernetes.io/name=stash-enterprise --watch

NAMESPACE     NAME                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kube-system   stash-enterprise-568c884795-hzbgg   2/2     Running   0          5h35m

Once the operator pod is 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.kubernetes.io/name=stash

NAME                                      CREATED AT
backupbatches.stash.appscode.com          2020-08-24T08:20:54Z
backupblueprints.stash.appscode.com       2020-08-24T08:20:55Z
backupconfigurations.stash.appscode.com   2020-08-24T08:20:54Z
backupsessions.stash.appscode.com         2020-08-24T08:20:55Z
functions.stash.appscode.com              2020-08-24T08:20:55Z
recoveries.stash.appscode.com             2020-08-24T08:20:54Z
repositories.stash.appscode.com           2020-08-24T08:20:54Z
restics.stash.appscode.com                2020-08-24T08:20:54Z
restorebatches.stash.appscode.com         2020-08-24T08:20:55Z
restoresessions.stash.appscode.com        2020-08-24T08:20:55Z
tasks.stash.appscode.com                  2020-08-24T08:20:55Z

Now, you are ready to take your first backup using Stash.