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Velero

Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes.

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Overview

Velero is an open source tool to safely backup and restore, perform disaster recovery, and migrate Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes. It provides hooks to capture application state and can move Kubernetes objects and persistent volume data between clusters and to different cloud providers.

✨ Key Features

  • Kubernetes cluster backup and restore
  • Disaster recovery
  • Cluster migration
  • Persistent volume snapshots
  • Pre and post-backup hooks

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Open-source and community-driven
  • Vendor-neutral
  • Extensible via plugin architecture

Unique Value: Provides a free, open-source, and extensible way to manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes applications across clusters and clouds.

🎯 Use Cases (3)

Migrating applications between Kubernetes clusters Replicating production environments for development and testing Disaster recovery for Kubernetes applications

✅ Best For

  • Cross-cloud provider cluster migration
  • Backup and restore of stateful applications

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Bare-metal to Kubernetes migration without containerization

🏆 Alternatives

Kasten K10 Portworx Backup TrilioVault

Offers flexibility and avoids vendor lock-in compared to commercial, platform-specific solutions.

💻 Platforms

API

🔌 Integrations

AWS Google Cloud Microsoft Azure Various storage providers via plugins

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Velero is open-source and free to use.

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