The backup setup does not work due to a failure to connect to Azure Government

Description

Following an Automation Suite on AKS installation or upgrade, the backup setup does not work because of a failure to connect to Azure Government.

Solution

You can fix the issue by taking the following steps:

1. Create a file named velerosecrets.txt, with the following contents:

   AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<secretforserviceprincipal>
   AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<clientidforserviceprincipal>
   AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenantidforserviceprincipal> 
   AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<subscriptionidforserviceprincipal>
   AZURE_CLOUD_NAME=AzureUSGovernmentCloud
   AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=<infraresourcegroupoftheakscluster>

2. Encode the data in the velerosecrets.txt file as Base64:

   export b64velerodata=$(cat velerosecrets.txt | base64)

3. Update the velero-azure secret in the velero namespace, as shown in the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: velero-azure
     namespace: velero
   data:
     cloud: <insert the $b64velerodata value here>

4. Restart the velero deployment:

   kubectl rollout restart deploy -n velero