Examples

After you set up the Velero server, you can clone the examples used in the following sections by running the following:

git clone https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero.git
cd velero

Basic example (without PersistentVolumes)

Start the sample nginx app:

kubectl apply -f examples/nginx-app/base.yaml

Create a backup:

velero backup create nginx-backup --include-namespaces nginx-example

Simulate a disaster:
```
kubectl delete namespaces nginx-example
```
Wait for the namespace to be deleted.

Restore your lost resources:

velero restore create --from-backup nginx-backup

NOTE: For Azure, you must run Kubernetes version 1.7.2 or later to support PV snapshotting of managed disks.

Start the sample nginx app:

kubectl apply -f examples/nginx-app/with-pv.yaml

Create a backup with PV snapshotting:

velero backup create nginx-backup --include-namespaces nginx-example

Simulate a disaster:
```
kubectl delete namespaces nginx-example
```
Because the default reclaim policy for dynamically-provisioned PVs is “Delete”, these commands should trigger your cloud provider to delete the disk that backs the PV. Deletion is asynchronous, so this may take some time. Before continuing to the next step, check your cloud provider to confirm that the disk no longer exists.

Restore your lost resources:

velero restore create --from-backup nginx-backup