For OpenShift: Installing and configuring Velero by using the OADP Operator

To protect OpenShift® cluster-scoped resources and namespace-scoped resources, you must use the OpenShift APIs for Data Protection (OADP) operator to install and configure the Velero tool in a dedicated namespace. The suggested name for the IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus Velero namespace is spp-velero.

1. Create an empty namespace called spp-velero.
2. Create a secret file with the following content:

   [default]
   aws_access_key_id=
   aws_secret_access_key=

   The secret file does not need to have a user ID or a password, the fields can remain empty and unspecified.
3. Create a secret from the secret file that was created in the previous step by entering the following command:

   oc create secret generic cloud-credentials 
   --namespace spp-velero 
   --from-file cloud=<path_to_secret_file>

4. Log on to the OpenShift web console as the cluster administrator.
5. In the navigation panel, click Operators > OperatorHub.
6. To install the OADP Operator, enter OADP in the search field. Click the OADP Operator card.
   
7. Click Install.
   
8. In the Install Operator page, change the default namespace name from oadp-operator to spp-velero and click Install.
   
9. In the OADP Operator page, look for the Velero card and click Create Instance to create a Velero custom resource (CR).
   
10. Edit the YAML file. Replace it with the following details and click Create.

    apiVersion: konveyor.openshift.io/v1alpha1
    kind: Velero
    metadata:
      name: spp-velero
      namespace: spp-velero
    spec:
      default_velero_plugins:
        - aws
        - openshift
      enable_restic: false
      olm_managed: true
      use_upstream_images: false
      velero_resource_allocation:
        limits:
          cpu: '1'
          memory: 512Mi
        requests:
          cpu: 500m
          memory: 256Mi

    For example:

    
11. Ensure that Velero is installed and running by issuing the following command at the oc command line:

    oc describe deployment velero -n spp-velero | grep Image

    The following text block is an example of the output that is displayed:

    Image:      quay.io/konveyor/openshift-velero-plugin:oadp-0.2.3
    Image:      quay.io/konveyor/velero-plugin-for-aws:oadp-0.2.3
    Image:      quay.io/konveyor/velero:oadp-0.2.3
    Image:      quay.io/konveyor/velero:oadp-0.2.3