Enable Backup for GKE API

This page describes how to enable Backup for GKE.

Before you begin

Before you start, make sure that you have performed the following tasks:

  • Enable the Google Kubernetes Engine API.
    • Enable Google Kubernetes Engine API
  • If you want to use the Google Cloud CLI for this task, install and then initialize the gcloud CLI. If you previously installed the gcloud CLI, get the latest version by running gcloud components update.

Enable the Backup for GKE API

The Backup for GKE service is automatically enabled in any project where the GKE API is enabled. This lets you to improve the data protection posture of your GKE clusters by making use of the Backup for GKE service.

Enabling the Backup for GKE API alone doesn't modify any existing GKE cluster configurations or affect the running workloads. Also, it doesn't automatically create backups or incur additional costs. Costs are only incurred when you create and store backups using the Backup for GKE service.

If you manually disabled the Backup for GKE service, you can enable the Backup for GKE service by using the Google Cloud CLI, Google Cloud console, or Terraform.

gcloud

To enable the Backup for GKE service, run the following command:

gcloud services enable gkebackup.googleapis.com

Console

In the Google Cloud console, enable the Backup for GKE API:

Enable the API

Terraform

Create an appropriate "google_project_service" resource to enable the gkebackup.googleapis.com service:

resource "google_project_service" "my_service" {
   project = "my_project"
   service = "gkebackup.googleapis.com"
}

For more information, see google_project_service.

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