Ansible AWX Backup and Restore on Kubernetes: A Practical Disaster Recovery Guide

Описание и применение

Руководство по резервному копированию и восстановлению Ansible AWX в Kubernetes, включающее создание ресурса AWXBackup, хранение архива на отдельном PVC и копирование резервной копии вне кластера.

Задача

Ensuring reliable backup and recovery of an Ansible AWX deployment on Kubernetes without relying on the original cluster nodes.

Результат

The guide provides a repeatable, cluster‑independent backup strategy for AWX, ensuring that database, secrets, and configuration can be restored even if the original Kubernetes nodes are lost.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Prepare an external PVC for backup storage using a suitable StorageClass.
• 2. Create an AWXBackup manifest specifying the AWX custom resource name and backup PVC.
• 3. Apply the manifest with kubectl apply -f awx-backup.yaml and monitor the resource status.
• 4. Verify completion via kubectl get awxbackup -n awx and kubectl describe awxbackup.
• 5. Retrieve backup PVC name and directory from the AWXBackup status using jsonpath queries.
• 6. Copy the backup archive from the PVC to external storage (e.g., object storage).
• 7. Secure the copy with encryption and apply retention policies.

Доказательства

The AWX Operator 2.19.1 backup role documents these components: 1) Custom deployment-specific values from the AWX custom resource. 2) PostgreSQL database backup. 3) AWX secret key. 4) Administrator password secret. 5) Broadcast WebSocket secret. 6) Database configuration.

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I would not consider the recovery plan complete if the only copy of the backup remains on the same Kubernetes cluster.

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Create a file named awx-backup.yaml…

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