From 2e9f7a64c38e0abf1b824bf6561f8b17f757cd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shubham Pampattiwar Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 13:19:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add note for backup repository password configuration Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar address PR feedback Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar reword the note Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar change FS backups to normal backups in the note Signed-off-by: Shubham Pampattiwar --- site/content/docs/main/file-system-backup.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/site/content/docs/main/file-system-backup.md b/site/content/docs/main/file-system-backup.md index 1d443ee86f..178d9c0f30 100644 --- a/site/content/docs/main/file-system-backup.md +++ b/site/content/docs/main/file-system-backup.md @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ for namespace2 would be `https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bucket/kopia/ns2`. There may be additional installation steps depending on the cloud provider plugin you are using. You should refer to the [plugin specific documentation](supported-providers.md) for the must up to date information. +**Note:** Currently, Velero creates a secret named `velero-repo-credentials` in the velero install namespace, containing a default backup repository password. +You can update the secret with your own password encoded as base64 prior to the first backup (i.e., FS Backup, data mover) targeting to the backup repository. The value of the key to update is `Data[repository-password]`. +Backup repository is created during the first execution of backup targeting to it after installing Velero with node agent. If you update the secret password after the first +backup which created the backup repository, then Velero will not be able to connect with the older backups. + ### Configure Node Agent DaemonSet spec After installation, some PaaS/CaaS platforms based on Kubernetes also require modifications the node-agent DaemonSet spec.