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      You can use Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage with CloudCasa to set up a backup policy for your Kubernetes environment that sends data directly to your Backblaze B2 bucket.

      Before you begin: You must set up the following programs:

      • An active Kubernetes environment
      • The Kubernetes command line tool, kubectl
      • A CloudCasa account

      Enable Backblaze B2

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the user menu in the upper-right corner of the page, select My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      Note
      Copy the S3 endpoint that is displayed for use in another step.
      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
        A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public. Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading. Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily share files. You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value later.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.
      Note
      If this is your first time creating a public bucket, complete the following tasks to ensure that you have the correct permissions to create a public bucket:

      1. Verify your email address.
      2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.
      Note
      Backblaze does not recommend using server-side encryption if you use client-side encryption through Kasten. Server-side encryption adds latency to the restores of files from Backblaze B2.

      Create an App key

      Application keys control access to your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the buckets that are contained in your account.
      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name. Please note: You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. Key names are limited to 100 characters and can contain letters, numbers, and "-", but not I18N characters, such as é, à, and ü.
      4. Select All or a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) dropdown menu.
      5. Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
      6. Optionally, select the Allow List All Bucket Names checkbox (required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations).
      7. Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix. Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
      8. Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires. The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
      9. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Add Backblaze B2 to CloudCasa

      1. Open the CloudCasa Dashboard.
      2. Select the Configuration tab in the top menu, and select My Storage.
      3. Select Add Storage in the upper-right menu.
      4. Enter a friendly name for your storage, and select S3 as the provider type.
        Additional fields for Backblaze B2 bucket details appear.
      5. Enter the following details:
        • Backblaze B2 bucket name
        • App key
        • Key ID
        • S3 endpoint
      6. Click Save.

      Configure Backblaze as a Backup Destination

      1. Select the Configuration tab in the top menu, and click Settings in the left menu.
      2. Click My Storage.
      3. Select the Backblaze B2 bucket that you configured.
      4. Click Save.

      Add a Cluster to CloudCasa

      1. Select the Protection tab in the top menu, and click Add Cluster.
      2. Enter a name for your cluster.
      3. Select Advanced Options, and ensure that Backblaze Cloud Storage is selected.
      4. Click Register Cluster.
      5. Copy the command that is displayed to run in your terminal on a Kubernetes cluster through Kubectl.
      6. Click OK.
      7. Run the command to relate the cluster to your CloudCasa environment.
        The cluster appears as saved and in an Active state.
      Note
      This process also installs the CloudCasa backup agent on your Kubernetes cluster.

      Create and Run a Cluster Backup Policy

      1. Select the Backups tab in the cluster profile that you just created.
      2. Enter a name for the backup, and ensure that the correct cluster is selected.
      3. Click Next.
      4. Configure the Backup Settings as desired, and click Next.
      5. Configure the Schedule Policy as desired, and click Create Policy.
      6. Save the Backup job.
      7. Select Run now to immediately run the new backup job.

      For more information about CloudCasa, click here.

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