Overview

Vui provides a web interface to interact with Velero, simplifying the following operations:

• Switching between different clusters (requires core)
• Backup management
• Restore management
• Schedule management
• Retrieving backup location information
• Retrieving snapshot location information
• Storage class mapping
• Restic features (check locks, unlock, unlock --remove-all)

Below is a brief description of the modules that make up the VUI project:

• Velero-API is the agent to be installed on each cluster. Velero-API is designed to communicate with Kubernetes and the Velero client within the Kubernetes environment.
• Velero-UI is the web interface. The UI interface can be used by connecting directly to the agents or to the core for centralized management.
• Velero-Watchdog is the microservice responsible for monitoring the status of Velero in Kubernetes environments and alerting when something is not working:
  • Backups status monitoring
  • Schedules change monitoring
  • Notification alert for immediate action. Available plugins:
    • Email
    • Telegram
    • Slack
• Velero-Core is the core component that enables centralized multi-cluster management. Through the core, you can switch between clusters and view the Velero status of all clusters where the agent is deployed via the core dashboard. Not released

Following are some screenshots of Vui.

Environment

The project is developed, tested and put into production on several clusters with the following configurations:

• Kubernetes v1.28.x
• Velero Server 1.11.1/Client v1.11.1
• Velero Server 1.12.1/Client v1.12.1
• Velero Server 1.13.2/Client v1.13.2