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      Deploy an ARK: Survival Evolved Server with One-Click Apps


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      Ark: Survival Evolved One-Click App

      ARK: Survival Evolved is a multiplayer action-survival game released in 2017. The game places you on a series of fictional islands inhabited by dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. In ARK, the main objective is to survive. ARK is an ongoing battle where animals and other players have the ability to destroy you. To survive, you must build structures, farm resources, breed dinosaurs, and even set up trading hubs with neighboring tribes.

      Hosting an ARK server gives you control of the entire game. You can define the leveling speed, the amount of players, and the types of weapons that are available.

      Deploy an ARK: Survival Evolved One-Click App

      One-Click Apps allow you to easily deploy software on a Linode using the Linode Cloud Manager. To access Linode’s One-Click Apps:

      1. Log in to your Linode Cloud Manager account.

      2. From the Linode dashboard, click on the Create button in the top left-hand side of the screen and select Linode from the dropdown menu.

      3. The Linode creation page will appear. Select the One-Click tab.

      4. Under the Select App section, select the app you would like to deploy:

        Select a One-Click App to deploy

      5. Once you have selected the app, proceed to the app’s Options section and provide values for the required fields.

      The ARK Options section of this guide provides details on all available configuration options for this app.

      ARK Options

      You can configure your ARK One-Click App by providing values for the following fields:

      Field                                 Description
      RCON PasswordYour password for RCON, a protocol which allows ARK administrators to remotely execute commands on the game server. Required.
      SSH KeyYour SSH public key. The public key will be stored in the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file on your Linode, and you will be able to use it to login as root over SSH. Advanced Configuration.
      Server NameYour ARK server’s name. Advanced Configuration.
      Message of the DayA message that is displayed whenever a player logs on to the server. Advanced Configuration.
      Server PasswordYour ARK server’s password, if you want the game server to be password protected. Advanced Configuration.
      Hardcore Mode EnabledEnables Hardcore mode, which resets a player to level 1 after dying. Advanced Configuration.
      XP MultiplierIncreases or decreases the amount of experience awarded for various actions. Advanced Configuration.
      Server PvEDisables player vs player combat and enables player vs environment combat. Advanced Configuration.

      Linode Options

      After providing the app specific options, provide configurations for your Linode server:

      ConfigurationDescription
      Select an ImageDebian 9 is currently the only image supported by ARK: Survival Evolved One-Click Apps, and it is pre-selected on the Linode creation page. Required.
      RegionThe region where you would like your Linode to reside. In general, it’s best to choose a location that’s closest to you. For more information on choosing a DC, review the How to Choose a Data Center guide. You can also generate MTR reports for a deeper look at the network routes between you and each of our data centers. Required.
      Linode PlanYour Linode’s hardware resources. Your ARK server should be sized based on the amount of traffic you are expecting on your server as well as the game play performance you are looking for. We recommend using a 8GB Linode as the smallest plan to ensure good performance of your game server. A 8GB Dedicated plan will provide better game performance as well. If you decide that you need more or fewer hardware resources after you deploy your app, you can always resize your Linode to a different plan. Required.
      Linode LabelThe name for your Linode, which must be unique between all of the Linodes on your account. This name will be how you identify your server in the Cloud Manager’s Dashboard. Required.
      Root PasswordThe primary administrative password for your Linode instance. This password must be provided when you log in to your Linode via SSH. It must be at least 6 characters long and contain characters from two of the following categories: lowercase and uppercase case letters, numbers, and punctuation characters. Your root password can be used to perform any action on your server, so make it long, complex, and unique. Required.

      When you’ve provided all required Linode Options, click on the Create button. ARK should install between 5-15 minutes after your Linode has successfully provisioned.

      Getting Started After Deployment

      Ensure that you have installed Steam on your personal computer and bought the ARK: Survival Evolved game on your Steam account before getting started with this section.

      After the Ark: Survival Evolved Server One-Click App has finished installing, you will be able to access your server by copying your Linode’s IPv4 address and entering it into the favorite servers list in your computer’s Steam client:

      1. Click on the Linodes link in the sidebar. You will see a list of all your Linodes.

      2. Find the Linode you just created when deploying your app and select it.

      3. Navigate to the Networking tab.

      4. Your IPv4 address will be listed under the Address column in the IPv4 table. Copy the address.

      5. On your personal computer, open Steam. Click on View > Servers, then click on the Favorites tab.

        The Steam favorite servers dialog box.

      6. Click on Add a Server, then paste in your Linode’s IP address. Click on Add This Address to Favorites.

        Add your server to your list of favorite servers.

      7. Once you have added your Linode’s IP address to your Steam favorites list, open ARK: Survival Evolved. Click on Join ARK. At the bottom of the screen, click on the Session Filter drop down list and select Favorites. Your ARK Linode should appear:

        ARK server list containing the Linode that was added to Steam favorites.

        Click on the server and then select Join at the bottom of the screen. You will be loaded into your server.

      Software Included

      The ARK: Survival Evolved One-Click App will install the following required software on your Linode:

      SoftwareDescription
      ARK: Survival EvolvedGame server.
      LinuxGSMA command line tool for the deployment and management of Linux game servers.
      UFWFirewall utility. Ports 27015/udp, 7777:7778/udp and 27020/tcp will allow outgoing and incoming traffic.
      Fail2banFail2Ban is an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks.

      More Information

      You may wish to consult the following resources for additional information on this topic. While these are provided in the hope that they will be useful, please note that we cannot vouch for the accuracy or timeliness of externally hosted materials.

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      How to Back Up and Restore a Kubernetes Cluster on DigitalOcean Using Heptio Ark


      Introduction

      Heptio Ark is a convenient backup tool for Kubernetes clusters that compresses and backs up Kubernetes objects to object storage. It also takes snapshots of your cluster’s Persistent Volumes using your cloud provider’s block storage snapshot features, and can then restore your cluster’s objects and Persistent Volumes to a previous state.

      StackPointCloud’s DigitalOcean Ark Plugin allows you to use DigitalOcean block storage to snapshot your Persistent Volumes, and Spaces to back up your Kubernetes objects. When running a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean, this allows you to quickly back up your cluster’s state and restore it should disaster strike.

      In this tutorial we’ll set up and configure the Ark client on a local machine, and deploy the Ark server into our Kubernetes cluster. We’ll then deploy a sample Nginx app that uses a Persistent Volume for logging, and simulate a disaster recovery scenario.

      Prerequisites

      Before you begin this tutorial, you should have the following available to you:

      On your local computer:

      In your DigitalOcean account:

      • A DigitalOcean Kubernetes cluster, or a Kubernetes cluster (version 1.7.5 or later) on DigitalOcean Droplets
      • A DNS server running inside of your cluster. If you are using DigitalOcean Kubernetes, this is running by default. To learn more about configuring a Kubernetes DNS service, consult Customizing DNS Service from the official Kuberentes documentation.
      • A DigitalOcean Space that will store your backed-up Kubernetes objects. To learn how to create a Space, consult the Spaces product documentation.
      • An access key pair for your DigitalOcean Space. To learn how to create a set of access keys, consult How to Manage Administrative Access to Spaces.
      • A personal access token for use with the DigitalOcean API. To learn how to create a personal access token, consult How to Create a Personal Access Token.

      Once you have all of this set up, you’re ready to begin with this guide.

      Step 1 — Installing the Ark Client

      The Heptio Ark backup tool consists of a client installed on your local computer and a server that runs in your Kubernetes cluster. To begin, we’ll install the local Ark client.

      In your web browser, navigate to the Ark GitHub repo releases page, find the latest release corresponding to your OS and system architecture, and copy the link address. For the purposes of this guide, we’ll use an Ubuntu 18.04 server on an x86-64 (or AMD64) processor as our local machine.

      Then, from the command line on your local computer, navigate to the temporary /tmp directory and cd into it:

      Use wget and the link you copied earlier to download the release tarball:

      • wget https://link_copied_from_release_page

      Once the download completes, extract the tarball using tar (note the filename may differ depending on the current release version and your OS):

      • tar -xvzf ark-v0.9.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz

      The /tmp directory should now contain the extracted ark binary as well as the tarball you just downloaded.

      Verify that you can run the ark client by executing the binary:

      You should see the following help output:

      Output

      Heptio Ark is a tool for managing disaster recovery, specifically for Kubernetes cluster resources. It provides a simple, configurable, and operationally robust way to back up your application state and associated data. If you're familiar with kubectl, Ark supports a similar model, allowing you to execute commands such as 'ark get backup' and 'ark create schedule'. The same operations can also be performed as 'ark backup get' and 'ark schedule create'. Usage: ark [command] Available Commands: backup Work with backups client Ark client related commands completion Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh) create Create ark resources delete Delete ark resources describe Describe ark resources get Get ark resources help Help about any command plugin Work with plugins restic Work with restic restore Work with restores schedule Work with schedules server Run the ark server version Print the ark version and associated image . . .

      At this point you should move the ark executable out of the temporary /tmp directory and add it to your PATH. To add it to your PATH on an Ubuntu system, simply copy it to /usr/local/bin:

      • sudo mv ark /usr/local/bin/ark

      You're now ready to configure the Ark server and deploy it to your Kubernetes cluster.

      Step 2 — Installing and Configuring the Ark Server

      Before we deploy Ark into our Kubernetes cluster, we'll first create Ark's prerequisite objects. Ark's prerequisites consist of:

      • A heptio-ark Namespace

      • The ark Service Account

      • Role-based access control (RBAC) rules to grant permissions to the ark Service Account

      • Custom Resources (CRDs) for the Ark-specific resources: Backup, Schedule, Restore, Config

      A YAML file containing the specs for the above Kubernetes objects can be found in the official Ark Git repository. While still in the /tmp directory, download the Ark repo using git:

      • git clone https://github.com/heptio/ark.git

      Once downloaded, navigate into the ark directory:

      The prerequisite resources listed above can be found in the examples/common/00-prereqs.yaml YAML file. We'll create these resources in our Kubernetes cluster by using kubectl apply and passing in the file:

      • kubectl apply -f examples/common/00-prereqs.yaml

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/backups.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/schedules.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/restores.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/configs.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/downloadrequests.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/deletebackuprequests.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/podvolumebackups.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/podvolumerestores.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/resticrepositories.ark.heptio.com created customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/backupstoragelocations.ark.heptio.com created namespace/heptio-ark created serviceaccount/ark created clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/ark created

      Now that we've created the necessary Ark Kubernetes objects in our cluster, we can download and install the Ark DigitalOcean Plugin, which will allow us to use DigitalOcean Spaces as a backupStorageProvider (for Kubernetes objects), and DigitalOcean Block Storage as a persistentVolumeProvider (for Persistent Volume backups).

      Move back out of the ark directory and fetch the plugin from StackPointCloud's repo using git:

      • cd ..
      • git clone https://github.com/StackPointCloud/ark-plugin-digitalocean.git

      Move into the plugin directory:

      • cd ark-plugin-digitalocean

      We'll now save the access keys for our DigitalOcean Space as a Kubernetes Secret. First, open up the examples/credentials-ark file using your favorite editor:

      • nano examples/credentials-ark

      Replace <AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID> and <AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY> with your Spaces access key and secret key:

      examples/credentials-ark

      [default]
      aws_access_key_id=your_spaces_access_key_here
      aws_secret_access_key=your_spaces_secret_key_here
      

      Save and close the file.

      Now, create the cloud-credentials Secret using kubectl, inserting your Personal Access Token using the digitalocean_token data item:

      • kubectl create secret generic cloud-credentials
      • --namespace heptio-ark
      • --from-file cloud=examples/credentials-ark
      • --from-literal digitalocean_token=your_personal_access_token

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      secret/cloud-credentials created

      To confirm that the cloud-credentials Secret was created successfully, you can describe it using kubectl:

      • kubectl describe secrets/cloud-credentials --namespace heptio-ark

      You should see the following output describing the cloud-credentials secret:

      Output

      Name: cloud-credentials Namespace: heptio-ark Labels: <none> Annotations: <none> Type: Opaque Data ==== cloud: 115 bytes digitalocean_token: 64 bytes

      We can now move on to creating an Ark Config object named default. To do this, we'll edit a YAML configuration file and then create the object in our Kubernetes cluster.

      Open examples/10-ark-config.yaml in your favorite editor:

      • nano examples/10-ark-config.yaml

      Insert your Space's name and region in the highlighted fields:

      examples/10-ark-config.yaml

      ---
      apiVersion: ark.heptio.com/v1
      kind: Config
      metadata:
        namespace: heptio-ark
        name: default
      persistentVolumeProvider:
        name: digitalocean
      backupStorageProvider:
        name: aws
        bucket: space_name_here
        config:
          region: space_region_here
          s3ForcePathStyle: "true"
          s3Url: https://space_region_here.digitaloceanspaces.com
      backupSyncPeriod: 30m
      gcSyncPeriod: 30m
      scheduleSyncPeriod: 1m
      restoreOnlyMode: false
      

      persistentVolumeProvider sets DigitalOcean Block Storage as the the provider for Persistent Volume backups. These will be Block Storage Volume Snapshots.

      backupStorageProvider sets DigitalOcean Spaces as the provider for Kubernetes object backups. Ark will create a tarball of all your Kubernetes objects (or some, depending on how you execute it), and upload this tarball to Spaces.

      When you're done, save and close the file.

      Create the object in your cluster using kubectl apply:

      • kubectl apply -f examples/10-ark-config.yaml

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      config.ark.heptio.com/default created

      At this point, we've finished configuring the Ark server and can create its Kubernetes deployment, found in the examples/20-deployment.yaml configuration file. Let's take a quick look at this file:

      • cat examples/20-deployment.yaml

      You should see the following text:

      examples/20-deployment.yaml

      ---
      apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
      kind: Deployment
      metadata:
        namespace: heptio-ark
        name: ark
      spec:
        replicas: 1
        template:
          metadata:
            labels:
              component: ark
            annotations:
              prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
              prometheus.io/port: "8085"
              prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
          spec:
            restartPolicy: Always
            serviceAccountName: ark
            containers:
              - name: ark
                image: gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest
                command:
                  - /ark
                args:
                  - server
                volumeMounts:
                  - name: cloud-credentials
                    mountPath: /credentials
                  - name: plugins
                    mountPath: /plugins
                  - name: scratch
                    mountPath: /scratch
                env:
                  - name: AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE
                    value: /credentials/cloud
                  - name: ARK_SCRATCH_DIR
                    value: /scratch
                  - name: DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN
                    valueFrom:
                      secretKeyRef:
                        key: digitalocean_token
                        name: cloud-credentials
            volumes:
              - name: cloud-credentials
                secret:
                  secretName: cloud-credentials
              - name: plugins
                emptyDir: {}
              - name: scratch
                emptyDir: {}
      

      We observe here that we're creating a Deployment called ark that consists of a single replica of the gcr.io/heptio-images/ark:latest container. The Pod is configured using the cloud-credentials secret we created earlier.

      Create the Deployment using kubectl apply:

      • kubectl apply -f examples/20-deployment.yaml

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      deployment.apps/ark created

      We can double check that the Deployment has been successfully created using kubectl get on the heptio-ark Namespace :

      • kubectl get deployments --namespace=heptio-ark

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      NAME DESIRED CURRENT UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE ark 1 1 1 0 8m

      The Ark server Pod may not start correctly until you install the Ark DigitalOcean plugin. To install the ark-blockstore-digitalocean plugin, use the ark client we installed earlier:

      • ark plugin add quay.io/stackpoint/ark-blockstore-digitalocean:latest

      You can specify the kubeconfig to use with the --kubeconfig flag. If you don't use this flag, ark will check the KUBECONFIG environment variable and then fall back to the kubectl default (~/.kube/config).

      At this point Ark is running and fully configured, and ready to back up and restore your Kubernetes cluster objects and Persistent Volumes to DigitalOcean Spaces and Block Storage.

      In the next section, we'll run a quick test to make sure that the backup and restore functionality works as expected.

      Step 3 — Testing Backup and Restore Procedure

      Now that we've successfully installed and configured Ark, we can create a test Nginx Deployment and Persistent Volume, and run through a backup and restore drill to ensure that everything is working properly.

      The ark-plugin-digitalocean repository contains a sample Nginx deployment called nginx-pv.yaml.

      Let's take a quick look:

      • cat examples/nginx-pv.yaml

      You should see the following text:

      Output

      --- kind: PersistentVolumeClaim apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: nginx-logs namespace: nginx-example labels: app: nginx spec: storageClassName: do-block-storage accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 5Gi --- apiVersion: apps/v1beta1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: nginx-deployment namespace: nginx-example spec: replicas: 1 template: metadata: labels: app: nginx spec: volumes: - name: nginx-logs persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: nginx-logs containers: - image: nginx:1.7.9 name: nginx ports: - containerPort: 80 volumeMounts: - mountPath: "/var/log/nginx" name: nginx-logs readOnly: false --- apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: labels: app: nginx name: my-nginx namespace: nginx-example spec: ports: - port: 80 targetPort: 80 selector: app: nginx type: LoadBalancer

      In this file, we observe specs for:

      • An Nginx Deployment consisting of a single replica of the nginx:1.7.9 container image
      • A 5Gi Persistent Volume Claim (called nginx-logs), using the do-block-storage StorageClass
      • A LoadBalancer Service that exposes port 80

      Create the deployment using kubectl apply:

      • kubectl apply -f examples/nginx-pv.yml

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      namespace/nginx-example created persistentvolumeclaim/nginx-logs created deployment.apps/nginx-deployment created service/my-nginx created

      Check that the Deployment succeeded:

      • kubectl get deployments --namespace=nginx-example

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      NAME DESIRED CURRENT UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE nginx-deployment 1 1 1 1 1h

      Once Available reaches 1, fetch the Nginx load balancer’s external IP using kubectl get:

      • kubectl get services --namespace=nginx-example

      You should see both the internal CLUSTER-IP and EXTERNAL-IP for the my-nginx Service:

      Output

      NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE my-nginx LoadBalancer 10.32.27.0 203.0.113.0 80:30754/TCP 3m

      Note the EXTERNAL-IP and navigate to it using your web browser.

      You should see the following NGINX welcome page:

      Nginx Welcome Page

      This indicates that your Nginx Deployment and Service are up and running.

      Before we simulate our disaster scenario, let’s first check the Nginx access logs (stored on a Persistent Volume attached to the Nginx Pod):

      Fetch the Pod’s name using kubectl get:

      • kubectl get pods --namespace nginx-example

      Output

      NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-deployment-77d8f78fcb-zt4wr 1/1 Running 0 29m

      Now, exec into the running Nginx container to get a shell inside of it:

      • kubectl exec -it nginx-deployment-77d8f78fcb-zt4wr --namespace nginx-example -- /bin/bash

      Once inside the Nginx container, cat the Nginx access logs:

      • cat /var/log/nginx/access.log

      You should see some Nginx access entries:

      Output

      10.244.17.1 - - [01/Oct/2018:21:47:01 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 612 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/203.0.113.11 Safari/537.36" "-" 10.244.17.1 - - [01/Oct/2018:21:47:01 +0000] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 570 "http://203.0.113.0/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/203.0.113.11 Safari/537.36" "-"

      Note these down (especially the timestamps), as we will use them to confirm the success of the restore procedure.

      We can now perform the backup procedure to copy all nginx Kubernetes objects to Spaces and take a Snapshot of the Persistent Volume we created when deploying Nginx.

      We'll create a backup called nginx-backup using the ark client:

      • ark backup create nginx-backup --selector app=nginx

      The --selector app=nginx instructs the Ark server to only back up Kubernetes objects with the app=nginx Label Selector.

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      Backup request "nginx-backup" submitted successfully. Run `ark backup describe nginx-backup` for more details.

      Running ark backup describe nginx-backup should provide the following output after a short delay:

      Output

      Name: nginx-backup Namespace: heptio-ark Labels: <none> Annotations: <none> Phase: Completed Namespaces: Included: * Excluded: <none> Resources: Included: * Excluded: <none> Cluster-scoped: auto Label selector: app=nginx Snapshot PVs: auto TTL: 720h0m0s Hooks: <none> Backup Format Version: 1 Started: 2018-09-26 00:14:30 -0400 EDT Completed: 2018-09-26 00:14:34 -0400 EDT Expiration: 2018-10-26 00:14:30 -0400 EDT Validation errors: <none> Persistent Volumes: pvc-e4862eac-c2d2-11e8-920b-92c754237aeb: Snapshot ID: 2eb66366-c2d3-11e8-963b-0a58ac14428b Type: ext4 Availability Zone: IOPS: <N/A>

      This output indicates that nginx-backup completed successfully.

      From the DigitalOcean Cloud Control Panel, navigate to the Space containing your Kubernetes backup files.

      You should see a new directory called nginx-backup containing the Ark backup files.

      Using the left-hand navigation bar, go to Images and then Snapshots. Within Snapshots, navigate to Volumes. You should see a Snapshot corresponding to the PVC listed in the above output.

      We can now test the restore procedure.

      Let's first delete the nginx-example Namespace. This will delete everything in the Namespace, including the Load Balancer and Persistent Volume:

      • kubectl delete namespace nginx-example

      Verify that you can no longer access Nginx at the Load Balancer endpoint, and that the nginx-example Deployment is no longer running:

      • kubectl get deployments --namespace=nginx-example

      Output

      No resources found.

      We can now perform the restore procedure, once again using the ark client:

      • ark restore create --from-backup nginx-backup

      Here we use create to create an Ark Restore object from the nginx-backup object.

      You should see the following output:

      Output

      • Restore request "nginx-backup-20180926143828" submitted successfully.
      • Run `ark restore describe nginx-backup-20180926143828` for more details.

      Check the status of the restored Deployment:

      • kubectl get deployments --namespace=nginx-example

      Output

      NAME DESIRED CURRENT UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE nginx-deployment 1 1 1 1 1m

      Check for the creation of a Persistent Volume:

      • kubectl get pvc --namespace=nginx-example

      Output

      NAME STATUS VOLUME CAPACITY ACCESS MODES STORAGECLASS AGE nginx-logs Bound pvc-e4862eac-c2d2-11e8-920b-92c754237aeb 5Gi RWO do-block-storage 3m

      Navigate to the Nginx Service’s external IP once again to confirm that Nginx is up and running.

      Finally, check the logs on the restored Persistent Volume to confirm that the log history has been preserved post-restore.

      To do this, once again fetch the Pod’s name using kubectl get:

      • kubectl get pods --namespace nginx-example

      Output

      NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-deployment-77d8f78fcb-zt4wr 1/1 Running 0 29m

      Then exec into it:

      • kubectl exec -it nginx-deployment-77d8f78fcb-zt4wr --namespace nginx-example -- /bin/bash

      Once inside the Nginx container, cat the Nginx access logs:

      • cat /var/log/nginx/access.log

      Output

      10.244.17.1 - - [01/Oct/2018:21:47:01 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 612 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/203.0.113.11 Safari/537.36" "-" 10.244.17.1 - - [01/Oct/2018:21:47:01 +0000] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 570 "http://203.0.113.0/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/203.0.113.11 Safari/537.36" "-"

      You should see the same pre-backup access attempts (note the timestamps), confirming that the Persistent Volume restore was successful. Note that there may be additional attempts in the logs if you visited the Nginx landing page after you performed the restore.

      At this point, we've successfully backed up our Kubernetes objects to DigitalOcean Spaces, and our Persistent Volumes using Block Storage Volume Snapshots. We simulated a disaster scenario, and restored service to the test Nginx application.

      Conclusion

      In this guide we installed and configured the Ark Kubernetes backup tool on a DigitalOcean-based Kubernetes cluster. We configured the tool to back up Kubernetes objects to DigitalOcean Spaces, and back up Persistent Volumes using Block Storage Volume Snapshots.

      Ark can also be used to schedule regular backups of your Kubernetes cluster. To do this, you can use the ark schedule command. It can also be used to migrate resources from one cluster to another. To learn more about these two use cases, consult the official Ark documentation.

      To learn more about DigitalOcean Spaces, consult the official Spaces documentation. To learn more about Block Storage Volumes, consult the Block Storage Volume documentation.

      This tutorial builds on the README found in StackPointCloud's ark-plugin-digitalocean GitHub repo.



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