Generally Available: Configure AKS backup using a single Azure CLI command

Azure Backup now provides a simplified experience to configure backup for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters using a single Azure CLI command.

Enabling backup for AKS clusters through CLI requires multiple manual steps, including installation of the Backup extension, provisioning of storage resources, creation of backup vaults and policies, enabling Trusted Access between the cluster and vault, and initialization of the backup instance.

To simplify this backup configuration, Microsoft provides an alternate approach to enable backup protection for an AKS cluster by running a single command.

This command automatically performs the required configuration workflow by:

• Installing the Backup extension (if required)
• Creating or reusing backup storage resources
• Creating or reusing a backup vault and policy
• Enabling Trusted Access between the backup vault and AKS cluster
• Initializing and creating the backup instance

You can optionally provide a backup configuration file to use existing backup vaults, policies, or storage accounts during configuration.

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