Kubesafe Concepts¶

This documents talks about Kubesafe concepts: what the software does and how to accomplish key use cases.

Use Cases¶

Recovery Point: A point in time copy of a namespace or application, including its data and configuration. A recovery point may be local (visible on the same cluster where the aplication is running) or remote (visible on a cluster or object store other than the one where the cluster is running).
Back up: (verb) Create a new recovery point.
Backup: (nound) A recovery point.
Snapshot: (noun) A recovery point.
Restore: Replace the contents of a namespace or application with the data and configuration from a recovery point. Because restores are done in place, this action is possible only when the recovery point exists on the cluster where the application is running.
Restore Latest: Restore from the most recent recovery point for a namespace or application.
Clone: Create a new running copy of a namespace or aplication using the data and configuration from a recovery point.
Clone Latest: Clone from the most recent recovery point for a namespace or application.
Protectable: Describes a namespace or application running on the current cluster.
Protected: Describes a namespace or application with at least one recovery point.
Recoverable: Describes a namespace or application having one or more recovery points on the current cluster.