This typically means that no kubeconfig
file can be found for the Ark client to use. Ark looks for a kubeconfig in the
following locations:
- the path specified by the
--kubeconfig
flag, if any - the path specified by the
$KUBECONFIG
environment variable, if any ~/.kube/config
This means that the Ark controllers are not processing the backups/restores, which usually happens because the Ark server is not running. Check the pod description and logs for errors:
kubectl -n heptio-ark describe pods
kubectl -n heptio-ark logs deployment/ark
This means that the secret containing the AWS IAM user credentials for Ark has not been created/mounted properly into the Ark server pod. Ensure the following:
-
The
cloud-credentials
secret exists in the Ark server's namespace -
The
cloud-credentials
secret has a single key,cloud
, whose value is the contents of thecredentials-ark
file -
The
credentials-ark
file is formatted properly and has the correct values:[default] aws_access_key_id=<your AWS access key ID> aws_secret_access_key=<your AWS secret access key>
-
The
cloud-credentials
secret is defined as a volume for the Ark deployment -
The
cloud-credentials
secret is being mounted into the Ark server pod at/credentials
This means that the secrets containing the Azure service principal credentials for Ark has not been created/mounted properly into the Ark server pod. Ensure the following:
- The
cloud-credentials
secret exists in the Ark server's namespace - The
cloud-credentials
secret has seven keys and each one has the correct value (see setup instructions) - The
cloud-credentials
secret is defined as a volume for the Ark deployment - The
cloud-credentials
secret is being mounted into the Ark server pod at/credentials
This means that the secret containing the GCE service account credentials for Ark has not been created/mounted properly into the Ark server pod. Ensure the following:
- The
cloud-credentials
secret exists in the Ark server's namespace - The
cloud-credentials
secret has a single key,cloud
, whose value is the contents of thecredentials-ark
file - The
cloud-credentials
secret is defined as a volume for the Ark deployment - The
cloud-credentials
secret is being mounted into the Ark server pod at/credentials