Spaces

Few days ago, DigitalOcean announced PostgreSQL DBaaS , which is really nice, but even better, they promised soon availability of MySQL and Redis managed services. While we are waiting for this, I will describe in this article how to backup your Kubernetes MySQL database to Spaces , DigitalOcean’s S3 compatible storage.

In my case, MySQL database, actually MariaDB is running as a cluster service on my Kubernetes cluster. First you have to create your Spaces storage and you should get an endpoint similar to this one https://mybucket.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com . Next, under menu API, on the left hand side menu, you should create your Spaces keys. These values are needed to configure the backup cronjob.