When come to operating Kubernetes, we need to ensure the cluster backup is one of the key operation as part of our backup strategy. We need to properly backup and secure the application data which is typically stored in persistent volumes. On the other hand, we need to backup the etcd data because it is the operational data store that is used by Kubernetes in order to operate accordingly. In this post we are looking at how to schedule the etcd data backup using out of the box Kubernetes features.
