Backing up etcd

**spursn17uk** · April 16, 2019, 9:04am

hi is there a good resource for how to back up etcd in teh kubernetes docs?

di i need to install etcd before i can take a backup etc. im using katacoda to prcatice

**macintoshprime** · April 16, 2019, 12:14pm

I found this resource to be rather helpful.

**spursn17uk** · April 16, 2019, 1:51pm

Many Thanks

**rata** · April 17, 2019, 4:00pm

Beside that, you can consider etcd-manager that kops is using (and has backups) or even this: https://github.com/heptio/velero

**macintoshprime** · April 17, 2019, 4:03pm

Velero is great from what I hear.