Backup for GKE locations

This page describes how resource locations impact the operation of the Backup for GKE service.

Backup for GKE provides two types of top-level resources ( BackupPlans and RestorePlans ). These resources are always created within a resource hierarchy that includes project ID and location. As a regional service, Backup for GKE locations are always Google Cloud regions .

Backup for GKE resource regions have these implications:

• BackupPlan

  • Defines the region where all backup artifacts produced by the BackupPlan will be stored (both config backups and volume backups). If the cluster being backed up using a BackupPlan is in a different region than the BackupPlan , this could incur inter-region data transfer fees when performing those backups.

  • Defines the allowed region for CMEK keys (see About CMEK encryption ). If you want to register a CMEK key for encrypting backup artifacts, the key must have the same region as the BackupPlan .

• RestorePlan

  • Defines the region where backup artifacts will be restored. The target cluster referenced in a RestorePlan must be either a zonal or regional cluster within the same region as the RestorePlan . If the RestorePlan region is different than the BackupPlan region, this could incur inter-region data transfer fees when performing those restores.

Backup for GKE is available in the following regions:

You can also get a list of current regions supported by Backup for GKE by running the following command:

 gcloud  
beta  
container  
backup-restore  
locations  
list  
 \ 
  
--project = 
 PROJECT_ID 
 

Replace PROJECT_ID with the ID of your Google Cloud project.