Restore Data from GCS Using BR

This document describes how to restore the TiDB cluster data backed up using TiDB Operator in Kubernetes. BR is used to perform the restore.

The restore method described in this document is implemented based on Custom Resource Definition (CRD) in TiDB Operator v1.1 or later versions.

This document shows an example in which the backup data stored in the specified path on Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is restored to the TiDB cluster.

Prerequisites

1. Download backup-rbac.yaml, and execute the following command to create the role-based access control (RBAC) resources in the test2 namespace:

   kubectl apply -f backup-rbac.yaml -n test2
   

2. Grant permissions to the remote storage.

   Refer to GCS account permissions.

3. Create the restore-demo2-tidb-secret secret which stores the root account and password needed to access the TiDB cluster:

   kubectl create secret generic restore-demo2-tidb-secret --from-literal=user=root --from-literal=password=<password> --namespace=test2
   

Required database account privileges

• The SELECT and UPDATE privileges of the mysql.tidb table: Before and after the restore, the Restore CR needs a database account with these privileges to adjust the GC time.

Restore Process

1. Create the Restore custom resource (CR), and restore the specified data to your cluster:

   kubectl apply -f restore.yaml
   

   The content of restore.yaml file is as follows:

   ---
   apiVersion: pingcap.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Restore
   metadata:
     name: demo2-restore-gcs
     namespace: test2
   spec:
     # backupType: full
     br:
       cluster: demo2
       clusterNamespace: test2
       # logLevel: info
       # statusAddr: ${status-addr}
       # concurrency: 4
       # rateLimit: 0
       # checksum: true
       # sendCredToTikv: true
     # Only needed for TiDB Operator < v1.1.10 or TiDB < v4.0.8
     # to:
     #   host: ${tidb_host}
     #   port: ${tidb_port}
     #   user: ${tidb_user}
     #   secretName: restore-demo2-tidb-secret
     gcs:
       projectId: ${project_id}
       secretName: gcs-secret
       bucket: ${bucket}
       prefix: ${prefix}
       # location: us-east1
       # storageClass: STANDARD_IA
       # objectAcl: private
   

2. After creating the Restore CR, execute the following command to check the restore status:

   kubectl get rt -n test2 -owide
   

The example above restores data from the spec.gcs.prefix folder of the spec.gcs.bucket bucket on GCS to the demo2 TiDB cluster in the test2 namespace. For more information about GCS configuration, refer to GCS fields.

In the examples above, some parameters in .spec.br can be ignored, such as logLevel, statusAddr, concurrency, rateLimit, checksum, timeAgo, and sendCredToTikv. For more information about BR configuration, refer to BR fields.

For more information about the Restore CR fields, refer to Restore CR fields.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any problem during the restore process, refer to Common Deployment Failures.