How to Add a Blueprint Target Using Execution Hooks From the Policy API

Setting the Blueprint Subject in Policy API

The blueprint subject can be manually patched or added to the YAML manifest by adding the type of the hook, actionName, and blueprint and then specifying the subject under the hooks field, as shown in the code block below.

hooks:
  preHook:
    actionName: backupPrehook
    blueprint: mongo-hooks
    subject:
      name: mongodb-app-consistent
      namespace: mongodb-app-consistent
      type: deployment

After adding the blueprint subjects, the policy should look like the following code block.

apiVersion: config.kio.kasten.io/v1alpha1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: mongodb-app-consistent-backup
  namespace: kasten-io
spec:
  actions:
    - action: backup
      backupParameters:
        hooks:
          preHook:
            actionName: backupPrehook
            blueprint: mongo-hooks
            subject:
              name: mongodb-app-consistent
              namespace: mongodb-app-consistent
              type: deployment
          onFailure:
            actionName: backupPosthook
            blueprint: mongo-hooks
            subject:
              name: mongodb-app-consistent
              namespace: mongodb-app-consistent
              type: deployment
        profile:
          name: test-jai1
          namespace: kasten-io
  frequency: '@hourly'
  retention:
    daily: 7
    hourly: 24
    monthly: 12
    weekly: 4
    yearly: 7
  selector:
    matchExpressions:
      - key: k10.kasten.io/appNamespace
        operator: In
        values:
          - mongodb-app-consistent

Note: The target resource (blueprint subject) can be set in the import+restore policy from the UI itself. However, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes doesn’t have this option in the backup/export policy form in the UI yet. This may be added to the product in a future release. Until then, Subjects have to be manually added to the policy manifest, as explained above.