Learn how to add an OKE Cluster to a Disaster Recovery (DR) Protection Group.

1. From the Resource type menu, select OKE Cluster.
2. Select an OKE Cluster to add from the list of OKE Cluster in your compartment.
3. In Backup, enter the following information:
   • Select the Backup bucket in your compartment (Optional)
   • Enable the Specify the backup schedule if you want to schedule a backup. The following options are available:
     • Select the Schedule type.
     • For scheduling Hourly backup, enter the following information:
       • Start time (UTC): Select the start time from the dropdown menu.
       • Interval (hours): Enter the interval or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the interval respectively.
     • For scheduling Daily backup, enter the following information:
       • Start time (UTC): Select the start time from the dropdown menu.
       • Interval (days): Enter the interval or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the interval respectively.
     • For scheduling Weekly backup, enter the following information:
       • Start time (UTC): Select the start time from the dropdown menu.
       • Days of the week: Select the day(s) from the dropdown menu.
       • Interval (weeks): Enter the interval or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the interval respectively.
     • For scheduling Monthly backup, enter the following information:
       • Start time (UTC): Select the start time from the dropdown menu.
       • Day of the month: Select the day from the dropdown menu.
       • Interval (months): Enter the interval or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the interval respectively.
   • The maximum number of backups you want to retain (Optional): Enter the number or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the number respectively.
   • Enable image replication; Select this option if you want to replicate all the private OCIR images used by workloads in this cluster to the OCIR repositories in the standby region.
     Note
     
     Full Stack DR cannot replicate public images.
   • Select the Image replication secret in your compartment (Optional).
     Note
     
     By default, Full Stack DR uses imagePullSecrets to replicate images across regions. However, you can select the Image replication secret option if you want to use a secret from the OCI vault for image replication.
   • Namespace (Optional): Specify the namespaces to backup.
     Note
     
     If you do not specify any namespaces, then Full Stack DR will back up the entire cluster.
   • Select the + Another namespace to add other namespaces. Select a role and peer region for additional settings. The following configurations are required when executing plans however you can also configure these at a later time.
4. Select a Peer OKE cluster in your compartment (Optional) role and peer region for additional settings.
5. In the Show advanced options, configure the following settings:
   • Node pool scaling: Specify the number of nodes for each node pool that you want to scale up or scale down during the DR operations. Enter the following information:
     • Node pool in your compartment: Select a cluster from the dropdown menu.
     • Minimum node count: Enter the count or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the count respectively.
     • Maximum node count: Enter the count or move the arrow up or down to increase or decrease the count respectively.
     • Select the + Another node pool to add other node pool.
   • Instance jump host: This instance is used to access the API service.
     Note
     
     Ensure that this instance has access to the cluster's public or private API endpoint. If you do not specify this instance, then Full Stack DR creates a container instance at the run time for its operations.

     Select the Instance to manage OKE cluster in your compartment.

   • Load balancer mappings: If your workloads use the OCI Native Ingress Controller, select a Load Balancer in the standby region that maps to each Load Balancer used by the primary cluster.
     • Select the Source load balancer in your compartment.
     • Select the Destination load balancer in your compartment.
     • Select the + Another load balancer to add other load balancer mapping.
   • Vault mappings: If your workloads use OCI Vault to store Kubernetes secrets, select a vault in the standby region that maps to each vault used by the primary cluster. Enable replication for each vault or manually copy secrets to the vault in the standby region.
     • Select the Source vault in your compartment.
     • Select the Destination vault in your compartment.
     • Select the + Another vault mapping to add other vault mapping.
6. Accept the warning that adding or removing members requires you to refresh and verify all existing plans in the protection group.
7. Click Add to add the OKE cluster to the DR Protection Group.
   The OKE cluster is added to the DR Protection Group.