Configuration of tidb-backup Chart

tidb-backup is a helm chart used for backing up and restoring TiDB clusters in Kubernetes. This document describes the configuration of tidb-backup.

Configuration

mode

  • The operating mode
  • Default: "backup"
  • Options: backup (for backing up the data of a cluster) or restore (for restoring the data of a cluster)

clusterName

  • The name of the target cluster
  • Default: "demo"
  • The name of the TiDB cluster from which data is backed up or to which data is restored

name

  • The name of the backup
  • Default: "fullbackup-{{ date "200601021504" .Release.Time }}". date is the starting time of the backup, which is accurate to minute.

secretName

  • The name of the Secret which stores the credential of the target cluster. See Kubernetes Secret for reference.

  • Default: "backup-secret"

  • You can create the Secret by running the following command:

    kubectl create secret generic backup-secret -n ${namespace} --from-literal=user=root --from-literal=password=${password}

storage.className

  • The StorageClass is used to store backup data.
  • Default: "local-storage"
  • The backup job needs a Persistent Volume (PV) to store the backup data. You must ensure that StorageClass is available in your Kubernetes cluster.

storage.size

  • The storage size of the Persistence Volume
  • Default: "100Gi"

backupOptions

  • The optional parameter specified to mydumper used when backing up data
  • Default: "--chunk-filesize=100"

restoreOptions

  • The optional parameter specified to loader used when backing up data
  • Default: "-t 16"

gcp.bucket

  • The name of the GCP bucket used to store backup data
  • Default: ""

gcp.secretName

  • The name of the Secret that stores the credential of Google Cloud Storage

  • Default: ""

  • See Google Cloud Documentation to download the credential file and create the Secret by the running following command:

    kubectl create secret generic gcp-backup-secret -n ${namespace} --from-file=./credentials.json

ceph.endpoint

  • The endpoint of the ceph object storage
  • Default: ""

ceph.bucket

  • The bucket name of the ceph object storage
  • Default: ""

ceph.secretName

  • The name of the Secret that stores the credential of the ceph object store

  • Default: ""

  • You can create the Secret by running the following command:

    kubectl create secret generic ceph-backup-secret -n ${namespace} --from-literal=access_key=${access_key} --from-literal=secret_key=${secret_key}