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db-backup

Installs database backup components in Kubernetes, creates the following resources:

  • CronJob
  • ConfigMap (generated from flexible number of environment variables)
  • ServiceAccount (optional)
  • PersistentVolumeClaim (optional)

Make sure to create a secret for sensitive variables (like passwords and keys). Copy the default values.yaml somewhere, edit the new file accordingly, and proceed with installation. You can always use --set directive for helm upgrade or helm install commands to avoid storing values files in a repository.

Add Corewide Helm repository

Make the charts discoverable by adding the repository to your list:

 shellhelm repo add corewide https://solutions.corewide.com/helm/
Log in to Corewide registry

Once you have a Corewide Solutions Portal account, get your registry password here and use it to log in via CLI:

 shellhelm registry login oci.corewide.com
Configure chart values

Chart values (see the table below) can be passed one by one using --set argument or via a configuration file. You can create one based on the defaults using the following command: 

 shellhelm show values corewide/db-backup > values.yaml
Install the chart from CLI

Install the chart after editing your values.yaml:

 shellhelm repo update
helm install corewide/db-backup --version 1.1.3 -f values.yaml
Install the chart with Terraform

Define Helm provider configuration in your project code, then: 

 hclresource "helm_release" "db_backup" {
  name       = "db-backup"
  repository = "oci://oci.corewide.com/helm"
  chart      = "db-backup"
  version    = "1.1.3"

  # define your values as set blocks:
  set {
    ...
  }
}

Database Backup

A Helm chart for Corewide database backup solution
$600
Dependencies included: $500
Database Backup $500
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Installs database backup components in Kubernetes, creates the following resources:

  • CronJob
  • ConfigMap (generated from flexible number of environment variables)
  • ServiceAccount (optional)
  • PersistentVolumeClaim (optional)

Make sure to create a secret for sensitive variables (like passwords and keys). Copy the default values.yaml somewhere, edit the new file accordingly, and proceed with installation. You can always use --set directive for helm upgrade or helm install commands to avoid storing values files in a repository.

Azure CosmosDB offers MongoDB with different architecture types that require their own connection settings.

For Request Unit (RU) architecture:

 yaml# cosmosdb-secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: cosmosdb-mongodb
data:
  DB_HOST: <database-cluster>.mongo.cosmos.azure.com
  DB_NAME: <database-name>
  DB_USER: <database-username>
  DB_PASSWORD: <database-user-password>
  DB_PORT: 27017
  MONGO_URI_OPTIONS: tls=true&authMechanism=SCRAM-SHA-256&retrywrites=false&maxIdleTimeMS=120000&authSource=admin

For vCore architecture:

 yaml# cosmosdb-secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: cosmosdb-mongodb
data:
  DB_HOST: <database-cluster>.mongo.cosmos.azure.com
  DB_NAME: <database-name>
  DB_USER: <database-username>
  DB_PASSWORD: <database-user-password>
  MONGO_USE_SRV: true

Before you proceed, make sure your cluster can download the images from Corewide registry: create an imagePullSecret (referenced as corewide in the example below).

Define backup configuration in values.yaml and use it to install Helm release:

 yamldbType: "mongodb"

imagePullSecrets:
  - name: corewide

env:
  STORAGE_ACCOUNT: mongodb-backup
  STORAGE_TYPE: "azureblob"
  STORAGE_PROVIDER: "azure"
  STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME: mongodb-backup
  STORAGE_ENV_AUTH: true
  BACKUP_FILENAME_PREFIX: daily
  RETENTION_PERIOD: 14d

secretNamesForEnvFrom:
  - cosmosdb-mongodb

serviceAccount:
  create: false # in this example, defined externally
  enable: true
  name: mongodb-backup

podLabels:
  azure.workload.identity/use: "true"

schedule: "0 1 * * *"

Make sure that ServiceAccount mongodb-backup you create has the following annotations to use MS Entra Workload ID:

 yamlannotations:
  azure.workload.identity/client-id: <azure-rm-client-id>
  azure.workload.identity/tenant-id: <azure-rm-tenant-id>

Example values.yaml relying on AWS-level RBAC to authenticate at S3:

 yamldbType: postgres
dbVersion: "16"

imagePullSecrets:
  - name: corewide

env:
  PER_TABLE_BACKUP: true
  STORAGE_BUCKET_DIR: production-backups
  STORAGE_ENV_AUTH: true
  STORAGE_PROVIDER: AWS
  STORAGE_REGION: us-east-1
  STORAGE_TYPE: s3

persistence:
  enable: true
  volumeSize: 500

schedule: 0 7 * * *

secretNamesForEnvFrom:
- postgres-credentials

serviceAccount:
  create: true
  enable: true
  name: database-backups

Note: this configuration creates a Kubernetes ServiceAccount named database-backups that you can reference in IRSA policy to allow backup pods to access S3 bucket.

Before you proceed, make sure your cluster can download the images from Corewide registry: create an imagePullSecret (referenced as corewide in the example).

Prepare a Kubernetes Secret with DO Spaces credentials:

 yaml# spaces-secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: spaces-access-keys
data:
  STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: <base64-encoded-storage-access-key>
  STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: <base64-encoded-storage-access-key-id>

And another with PostgreSQL access credentials:

 yaml# postgres-secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: postgres-backup-credentials
data:
  DB_HOST: <postgres-host>
  DB_PORT: 25060
  DB_NAME: production
  DB_USER: admin
  DB_PASSWORD: <sensitive>
  PGSSLMODE: require

Deploy both:

 bashkubectl create namespace backups
kubectl -n backups apply -f spaces-secret.yaml
kubectl -n backups apply -f postgres-secret.yaml

Before you proceed, make sure your cluster can download the images from Corewide registry: create an imagePullSecret (referenced as corewide in the example below).

Define backup configuration in values.yaml and use it to install Helm release:

 yamldbType: "postgres"
dbVersion: "15"

imagePullSecrets:
  - name: corewide

successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3

env:
  STORAGE_TYPE: s3
  STORAGE_BUCKET_DIR: backups
  STORAGE_PROVIDER: DigitalOcean
  STORAGE_ENDPOINT: nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
  BACKUP_FILENAME_PREFIX: daily

secretNamesForEnvFrom:
  - postgres-backup-credentials
  - spaces-access-keys

schedule: "0 1 * * *"
Parameter Type Description Default
dbType string A database type to backup (supported: postgres, postgres-legacy, mysql, mongodb) postgres
dbVersion string A database version to backup
appVersion string Docker image version to override the default appVersion from the chart
image map A block that describes Docker image pod configuration
image.repository string Address of Docker image repository oci.corewide.com/docker/db-backup
image.pullPolicy string Conditions for pulling new container images Always
imagePullSecrets list Reference to secret with access credentials of Docker image Container Registry []
podAnnotations map Annotations to attach to pods deployed by the chart {}
podSecurityContext map Security context parameters to pass to pods deployed by the chart {}
podLabels map Provide custom labels to created pod {}
securityContext map Security context parameters to pass to containers in pods deployed by the chart {}
resources map Container resource parameters to pass to application pods {}
nodeSelector map Node selector to attach to pods deployed by the chart {}
tolerations list(map) List of toleration policies to attach to pods deployed by the chart []
affinity map Set of node affinity parameters for pods deployed by the chart {}
successfulJobsHistoryLimit int How many completed jobs will be kept 7
failedJobsHistoryLimit int How many failed jobs will be kept 3
env map Environment variables to pass to the containers of application pods {}
secretNamesForEnvFrom list(string) List of secrets to populate container environment with []
schedule string A schedule to run backup "0 0 * * *"
serviceAccount map A block that describes ServiceAccount configuration
serviceAccount.enable string Specifies whether a service account should be used true
serviceAccount.create string Specifies whether a service account should be created false
serviceAccount.annotations map Annotations to add to the service account {}
serviceAccount.name string The name of the service account to use. If not set and serviceAccount.create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
persistence map A block that describes PersistenceVolumeClaim configuration
persistence.enable string Specifies whether PersistenceVolumeClaim should be created false
persistence.storageClassName string Specifies a storageClass name for persistent volume that will be created. If empty, the default one will be used
persistence.volumeSize int A persistent volume storage size, Gi 20
persistence.accessMode string Access mode of the attached volume ReadWriteOnce

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