Understanding Kubernetes Maintenance — A Beginner’s Guide

A brief overview of the topics of etcd backup and restore, cluster upgrades

routerhan
4 min readJul 25, 2023

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Welcome to the next chapter of our journey into Kubernetes! In this new series, we will explore the critical aspects of maintaining a Kubernetes cluster.

Maintaining a Kubernetes cluster is essential to ensure its stability, reliability, and security. We will dive into various real-life scenarios, such as cluster backup and restore, and upgrading the cluster version.

Before we dive into the details of each maintenance scenario, let’s briefly understand why etcd backup, and upgrading Kubernetes is vital for the health and security of your cluster.

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Importance of Etcd Backup & Restore

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routerhan

R&D Software Engineer @IBM Germany. This blog is an independent research of cloud computing.