Snapshots help protect persistent volume data. Kubly can create snapshots, restore snapshots, and configure snapshot schedules when the platform supports the required Kubernetes snapshot components.
- Lists snapshots for a deployment.
- Creates a snapshot from a volume.
- Restores a snapshot.
- Configures snapshot schedules.
- You want a recovery point before making a risky change.
- You need scheduled backups for a stateful app.
- You need to restore volume data after an issue.
- A deployment with a persistent volume.
- VolumeSnapshot support configured by your platform operator.
- A snapshot class and compatible storage backend.
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- Open the deployment detail page.
- Open the snapshots tab.
- Create a snapshot or review existing snapshots.
- Wait for snapshot completion status.
- To restore, select the snapshot and start the restore action.
- For scheduled protection, configure the snapshot schedule if the option is available.
- Assuming snapshots are available when snapshot CRDs or snapshot classes are not configured.
- Restoring to the wrong target volume.
- Treating snapshots as the only backup plan for critical production data.
- Create a manual snapshot before schema migrations or large data changes.
- Check snapshot status before relying on it for recovery.
- Ask your operator about retention policy and storage costs.