Hossain Mahmud

We are pleased to announce the relase of Stash v2023.10.9 , packed with new features and important bug fixes. You can check out the full changelog here . In this post, we’ll highlight the key updates. New Features You can now manage your restic keys (passwords) using Stash CLI (#189 ). Here are some examples: List all restic keys associated with a specific repository: kubectl stash key list -n <namespace> <repo-name> Add a new restic key to a specific repository:

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By Hossain Mahmud

18-Aug-2023

Introducing Stash v2023.08.18

We are pleased to announce the relase of Stash v2023.08.18 which includes a few bug fixes and improvments. You can find the complete changelog here . In this post, we are going to highlight the changes. Bug Fixes Resolved a bug causing MySQL 5.x.x restoration failure in group replication mode. The issue occurred while restoring databases with MyISAM storage engine tables. To address this, we now exclude system databases from the backup process.

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By Hossain Mahmud

9-Jun-2023

Writing Unit Tests for Custom Kubernetes Controllers in Go

Introduction In the world of Kubernetes, custom controllers play a crucial role in extending the functionality of the platform to meet specific application requirements. However, developing reliable and testable controllers can be challenging. In this blog post, we will explore how to write effective unit tests for custom Kubernetes controllers using Golang. We’ll walk through the process step by step, providing code examples and explanations along the way. Prerequisites Before we begin, make sure you have a basic understanding of Golang, Kubernetes, and KubeBuilder.

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By Hossain Mahmud

31-May-2023

Introducing Stash v2023.05.31

We are announcing Stash v2023.05.31 which includes various bug fixes and enhancements. You can find the complete changelog here . In this post, we are going to highlight the key changes. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that was causing the BackupSession to remain in the Running phase, even after a MongoDB shard backup failure. #1806 Fixed a bug that was causing the failure of shard backup for MongoDB 5.0.3 due to an authorization error.

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By Hossain Mahmud

20-Mar-2023

Introducing Stash v2023.03.20

We are announcing Stash v2023.03.20 which includes a few bug fixes. You can find the complete changelog here . In this post, we are going to highlight the changes. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug that was causing backup failures due to the inability to apply the retention policy to a locked repository (#198 ). Fixed a bug that was preventing the unlock command from working on the local repository (#179 ).

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By Hossain Mahmud

28-Feb-2023

Introducing Stash v2023.02.28

We are announcing Stash v2023.02.28 which includes a few bug fixes. You can find the complete changelog here . In this post, we are going to highlight the changes. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug causing batch backup to get stuck in the Running phase when using the VolumeSnapshotter driver (#1500 ). Fixed a bug that prevented the autobackup template from fully resolving. What Next? Please try the latest release and give us your valuable feedback.

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By Hossain Mahmud

5-Jan-2023

Introducing Stash v2023.01.05

We are announcing Stash v2023.01.05 which includes a bug fix and few improvements. You can find the complete changelog here . In this post, we are going to highlight the changes. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug for which the temporary volume created by Stash was not updating correctly (#1498 ). Improvments We have added stash prefix to the temporary volume to prevent overwriting to existing volume with the name tmp-dir (#196 ).

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By Hossain Mahmud

14-Jul-2022

Using EKS IRSA and Kube2iam with Stash

Summary On July 6, 2022, Appscode held a webinar on Using EKS IRSA and Kube2iam with Stash. Key contents of the webinar are: Setup IRSA Backup and Restore a database using IRSA Setup Kub2iam Backup and Restore a database using Kub2iam Q & A Session Description of the Webinar Initially, they demonstrated the IAM roles for service accounts (IRSA) setup on EKS and deployed a MariaDB instance to show the credential-less backup and recovery using IRSA.

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By Hossain Mahmud

30-Jun-2022

Using GKE Workload Identity with Stash

Summary On June 29, 2022, Appscode held a webinar on Using GKE Workload Identity with Stash. Key contents of the webinars are: Stash overview Setup GKE workload identity Backup and Restore a database using workload identity Q & A Session Description of the Webinar Initially, they gave an overview of Stash. They discussed the features, supported applications, and supported platforms by Stash. Later, they demonstrated the workload identity setup on GKE and deployed a MariaDB instance to show the credential-less backup and recovery using workload identity.

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By Hossain Mahmud

27-Jun-2022

Introducing Stash v2022.06.27

We are announcing Stash v2022.06.27 which include a critical bug fix for PostgreSQL and MongoDB addon. This release fixes a bug that was causing the license checker to fail in the backup and restore jobs for PostgreSQL (#1077 ) and MongoDB (#1593 ) databases. This bug was introduced in Stash v2022.06.21 release. So, if you deployed Stash v2022.06.21 previously, you are recommended to upgrade to today’s release. You can find the complete changelog here .

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By Hossain Mahmud

9-Mar-2022

Stash: Introducing a Better Cloud-Native Backup Experience

Summary On March 9, 2022, Appscode held a webinar on Stash: Introducing a Better Cloud-Native Backup Experience. Key contents of the webinars are: Cross-namespaced Backup and Recovery Stash Kubectl Plugin Triggering instant backup Pause, Resume backup Download snapshot locally Debugging helper Sending Backup notification to Slack Q & A Session Description of the Webinar Initially, they gave an overview of Stash. They discussed the features, supported applications, and supported platforms by Stash.

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By Hossain Mahmud

11-Oct-2021

Stash v2021.10.11 - Introducing NATS & ETCD Add-ons

We are very excited to announce Stash v2021.10.11. In this release, we are introducing NATS and ETCD add-ons for Stash. We have also added TLS support for Redis Add-on. In this post, we are going to highlight the major changes. You can find the complete changelog here. Introducing NATS Add-on In this release, we have added NATS to our Stash add-ons family. Now, you can backup your NATS Jetstream server running inside Kubernetes using Stash.

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