Safeguard your containerized workloads using AKS backup | Azure Friday

Steve Buchanan and Rajat Shrivastava join Scott Hanselman to explore the functionality of Azure Kubernetes Service backup in safeguarding containerized apps and their data. Learn the importance of backing up your containers, even when they are mostly stateless. See why safeguarding containers is crucial and provides insights into the workings of AKS backup in ensuring the protection of workloads running on AKS.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Why AKS backup?
05:26 - Demo: Creating backups
16:10 - Demo: Restoring backups
22:35 - Wrap-up
Resources
■ Backup for AKS: Cloud native, Enterprise ready, Kubernetes aware backup - aka.ms/azfr/766/01
■ What is Azure Kubernetes Service backup? - aka.ms/azfr/766/02
■ Cluster extensions - aka.ms/azfr/766/03
■ Prerequisites for Azure Kubernetes Service backup using Azure Backup - aka.ms/azfr/766/04
■ Create a Pay-as-You-Go account (Azure) - aka.ms/azfr/766/payg
■ Create a free account (Azure) - aka.ms/azfr/766/free
Connect with us
■ Scott Hanselman | @SHanselman - / shanselman
■ Steve Buchanan | @BuchaTech - / buchatech
■ Rajat Shrivastava - / rajat-shrivastava
■ Azure Backup | @AzureBackup - / azurebackup
■ The AKS Community | @theakscommunity - / theakscommunity
■ Azure Friday | @AzureFriday - / azurefriday
■ Azure | @Azure - / azure
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[@EbeJay1]

Seatbelt + airbag analogy is great 😆 Is the backup center or business continuity center the best way to see the current status overall? What's the best single pane of glass view?

[@tech-with-inder]

What if it all is written as code? Do we still need this backup feature?

[@MicrosoftAzure]

Hey there, and thanks for asking! We address that precise question in the episode. In brief: Yes, maintaining a backup for AKS remains wise, even when everything is coded. Why you may ask? Because there could arise situations where restoring specific k8s objects becomes necessary, and if you're employing GitOps, it's crucial to back up elements such as secrets and the GitOps setup as well. Feel free to watch back the episode again for more details! 🙂

[@Tony-dp1rl]

@@MicrosoftAzure This makes zero sense, as when everything is "coded" you are deploying the same objects. We have zero need for this product, but I am sure someone out there needs it. Whoever it is probably has bigger problems to solve though.