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Cloud Pak for Security: What tools can be used to copy backups?

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Question

What methods are there for copying backups in Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)?

Cause

The recommended method for backing up Cloud Pak for Security is using the script backup-cp4s.sh.

Answer

kubectl CLI tool provides an option to copy files and directories to and from containers. However, file copy can also be accomplished with the Red Hat OpenShift commands.
Note: The following instructions are intended for the cp4s-backup-restore pod. Other pods would probably receive errors, such as: 
time="<DATE>" level=error msg="exec failed: unable to start container process: exec: \"tar\": executable file not found in $PATH"
  1. Identify backup pod name: 
    oc get pods | grep cp4s-backup-restore
  2. oc CLI tool provides two options:
    1. Copy command:
      oc cp CP4S_POD_ID:/opt/data/backup LOCAL/CP4Sbackup`date +%Y-%m-%d`
      Note: Where CP4S_POD_ID is the pod you would like to copy files from, similar to cp4s-backup-restore-1aaa11a1a-aaaaa. LOCAL the path you would like to copy to.
    2. Rsync command: 
      oc rsync CP4S_POD_ID:/opt/data/backup LOCAL/CP4Sbackup`date +%Y-%m-%d`
      Note: Where CP4S_POD_ID is the pod you would like to copy files from, similar to cp4s-backup-restore-1aaa11a1a-aaaaa. LOCAL the path you would like to copy to.

Related Information

Backup and restore

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Modified date:
11 January 2023

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