calicoctl datastore migrate export

This sections describes the calicoctl datastore migrate export command.

Read the calicoctl Overview for a full list of calicoctl commands.

Display the help text for ‘calicoctl datastore migrate export’ command

Run calicoctl datastore migrate export --help to display the following help menu for the command.

  1. Usage:
  2.   calicoctl datastore migrate export [--config=<CONFIG>]
  4. Options:
  5.   -h --help                 Show this screen.
  6.   -c --config=<CONFIG>      Path to the file containing connection
  7.                             configuration in YAML or JSON format.
  8.                             [default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]
  10. Description:
  11.   Export the contents of the etcdv3 datastore.  Resources will be exported
  12.   in yaml and json format. Save the results of this command to a file for
  13.   later use with the import command.
  15.   The resources exported include the following:
  16.     - IPAMBlocks
  17.     - BlockAffinities
  18.     - IPAMHandles
  19.     - IPAMConfigurations
  20.     - IPPools
  21.     - BGPConfigurations
  22.     - BGPPeers
  23.     - ClusterInformations
  24.     - FelixConfigurations
  25.     - GlobalNetworkPolicies
  26.     - GlobalNetworkSets
  27.     - HostEndpoints
  28.     - KubeControllersConfigurations
  29.     - NetworkPolicies
  30.     - Networksets
  31.     - Nodes
  33.   The following resources are not exported:
  34.     - WorkloadEndpoints
  35.     - Profiles

Exported resources

The export subcommand exports the following Calico resources:

  • IPAMBlocks
  • BlockAffinities
  • IPAMHandles
  • IPAMConfigurations
  • IPPools
  • BGPConfigurations
  • BGPPeers
  • ClusterInformations
  • FelixConfigurations
  • GlobalNetworkPolicies
  • GlobalNetworkSets
  • HostEndpoints
  • NetworkPolicies
  • Networksets
  • Nodes

The export subcommand does not export the following resources since they should be generated:

  • WorkloadEndpoints
  • Profiles

Examples

Export the contents of an etcdv3 datastore to a file named etcd-migration.

  1. calicoctl datastore migrate export > etcd-migration

General options

  1. -c --config=<CONFIG>     Path to the file containing connection
  2.                          configuration in YAML or JSON format.
  3.                          [default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]

See also