Backing up and restoring the management subsystem on OpenShift and Cloud Pak for Integration
You can use the following instructions to backup and restore your Management subsystem on OpenShift and Cloud Pak for Integration.
- To complete a backup and restore of your Management subsystem, you must have the
custom resource
configured with thedatabaseBackup
subsection in the management subsystem custom resource. - Backups can be scheduled or generated manually (on-demand). You can then list what backups are available and then use one to restore your Management subsystem if required.
- Postgres replica pods depend on a successful completed backup. If backup configuration is not correct, replica pods won't come up.
- In v10.0.1.1-eus and later, a new parameter called
protocol
is required indatabaseBackup
section - Restoring a backup restores the registration credentials (client_ID, client_secret) that were in use at the time that the selected backup was created. For information on the registration credentials, see Changing the registration client_id and client_secret for applications.
Types of backups supported
- Cloud-based S3 storage
- IBM Cloud Object Storage
- AWS S3
- SFTP
- In v10.0.1.1-eus, SFTP backup/restore procedure is automatically handled by apiconnect operator.
- In v10.0.1.0 and later, local Backups can be stored remotely on an sftp server, and retrieved later from the sftp server for restore operations. See Using an sftp server for backup files (v10.0.1.0).
- Local storage backups
Support for Cloud Pak for Integration
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration is deployed on OpenShift, and uses the API Connect distribution for OpenShift. The backup and restore instructions in this section apply to both API Connect on OpenShift, and API Connect within a Cloud Pak for Integration environment.
When you perform configuration tasks you can use either a graphical user interface or a command
line. The IBM Cloud Pak Platform UI differs from the
OpenShift web console. The configuration topics in this section provide
instructions for both interfaces. Note that Cloud Pak for Integration uses the OpenShift command
line utility oc
. Command line instructions for configuration are identical for both
platforms.