Velero Helm Plugin

This repository contains velero plugin which can backup helm releases deployed by tiller.

Using the plugin

To use the plugin just add it to velero.

$ velero plugin add dennor/velero-plugin-helm:latest

Example of backup and restore

1. Deploy example chart nginx-chart

$ helm install --name nginx-example-release ./examples/nginx-chart

2. Once it's the release is deployed and ready create a backup

$ velero backup create nginx-example-release-backup -l "OWNER=TILLER,NAME=nginx-example-release"
$ velero backup describe nginx-example-release-backup

3. "Accidentally" delete the release.

$ helm delete --purge nginx-example-release
$ kubectl delete crd examplecrds.nginx-example-release.io
$ kubectl delete secret nginx-example-release-nginx

4. Restore release

$ velero restore create --from-backup nginx-example-release-backup

Build image

$ make clean
$ make container IMAGE=dennor/velero-plugin-helm:latest