Velero 1.13: Backup and Disaster Recovery Enhancements

Introduction

Velero 1.13, released on September 28, 2024, advances backup and disaster recovery with improved backup performance, enhanced restore capabilities, better storage integration, and expanded plugin support. This release makes Velero more powerful for protecting Kubernetes workloads.

Backup Improvements

• Backup performance improvements reduce time for backup operations.
• Incremental backup support enables efficient backup of changed data.
• Scheduling enhancements enable more flexible backup scheduling.
• Selective backup improvements enable backing up specific resources.

Restore Enhancements

1. Restore performance improvements reduce time for restore operations.
2. Selective restore capabilities enable restoring specific resources.
3. Namespace mapping improvements enable flexible namespace mapping during restore.
4. Resource filtering enhancements enable fine-grained control over restored resources.

Storage Integration

• Object storage improvements provide better integration with S3, GCS, and Azure Blob.
• Storage provider enhancements enable better integration with storage providers.
• Snapshot improvements provide better integration with volume snapshot providers.
• Backup storage optimization enables efficient storage of backups.

Plugin Support

• Volume snapshot plugin improvements enable better volume snapshot support.
• Object storage plugin enhancements enable better object storage integration.
• Custom plugin support enables integration with additional backup systems.
• Plugin management improvements enable easier plugin installation and management.

Getting Started

# Install Velero
velero install \
    --provider aws \
    --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.7.0 \
    --bucket my-backup-bucket \
    --secret-file ./credentials-velero

Create a Backup:

velero backup create my-backup \
    --include-namespaces production \
    --schedule="0 2 * * *"

Summary

Velero 1.13 continues to be the standard for Kubernetes backup and disaster recovery, providing teams with comprehensive protection for their workloads.