GKE Backup DR skill: what it does and how to install it
Configures Google Cloud Backup for GKE plans and restores, including volume data, secrets, retention and customer-managed encryption.
Summary generated from the skill's documentation.
Install
$ npx skills add google/skills --skill gke-backup-drRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Guides setup of the BackupRestore cluster add-on, backup plans and restore plans using gcloud. Covers backup scope, volume and secret inclusion, retention and CMEK encryption, then provides commands to trigger backups, restore them and check status. It also explains conflict policies and restore risks.
When to use it. For protecting stateful GKE workloads, planning disaster recovery or restoring a cluster. It is not for database backups.
History
Repo stars
20.9kAbout +2.7k since 9 Jul 2026
Before 1 Oct 2026 the curve is estimated from public event data.
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | 20,939 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 20,924 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 20,865 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 20,592 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 20,557 |
| 24 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 20,498 |
| 17 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 20,452 |
| 10 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 19,878 |
| 3 Sept 2026 (estimated) | 18,833 |
| 27 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,776 |
| 20 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,765 |
| 13 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,765 |
| 6 Aug 2026 (estimated) | 18,294 |
| 30 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,271 |
| 23 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,271 |
| 16 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,260 |
| 9 Jul 2026 (estimated) | 18,248 |
Installs
5.5k
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Installs via skills.sh
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