- We've added a new command, `velero install`, to make it easier to get up and running with Velero. This CLI command replaces the static YAML installation files that were previously part of release tarballs. See the updated [install instructions][3] for more information.
- We've made a number of improvements to the plugin framework:
- For Azure installation, the `cloud-credentials` secret can now be created from a file containing a list of environment variables. Note that `velero install` always uses this method of providing credentials for Azure. For more details, see [Run on Azure][0].
- We've added a new phase, `PartiallyFailed`, for both backups and restores. This new phase is used for backups/restores that successfully process some but not all of their items.
- We removed all legacy Ark references, including API types, prometheus metrics, restic & hook annotations, etc.
- The restic integration remains a **beta feature**. Please continue to try it out and provide feedback, and we'll be working over the next couple of releases to bring it to GA.
* All legacy Ark data types and pre-1.0 compatibility code has been removed. Users should migrate any backups created pre-v0.11.0 with the `velero migrate-backups` command, available in [v0.11.1][2].
*`BlockStore` plugins are now named `VolumeSnapshotter` plugins
* Plugin APIs have moved to reduce the import surface:
* Plugin gRPC servers live in `github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/plugin/framework`
* Plugin interface types live in `github.com/heptio/velero/pkg/plugin/velero`
* RestoreItemAction interface now takes the original item from the backup as a parameter
* RestoreItemAction plugins can now return additional items to restore
* RestoreItemAction plugins can now skip restoring an item
* Plugins may now send stack traces with errors to the Velero server, so that the errors may be put into the server log
* Plugins must now be "namespaced," using `example.domain.com/plugin-name` format
* For external ObjectStore and VolumeSnapshotter plugins. this name will also be the provider name in BackupStorageLoction and VolumeSnapshotLocation objects
*`--log-level` flag is now passed to all plugins
#### Validation
* Configs for Azure, AWS, and GCP are now checked for invalid or extra keys, and the server is halted if any are found
* Change base images to ubuntu:bionic (#1488, @skriss)
* Expose the timestamp of the last successful backup in a gauge (#1448, @fabito)
* check backup existence before download (#1447, @fabito)
* Use `latest` image tag if no version information is provided at build time (#1439, @nrb)
* switch from `restic stats` to `restic snapshots` for checking restic repository existence (#1416, @skriss)
* GCP: add optional 'project' config to volume snapshot location for if snapshots are in a different project than the IAM account (#1405, @skriss)
* Disallow bucket names starting with '-' (#1407, @nrb)
* Shorten label values when they're longer than 63 characters (#1392, @anshulc)
* Fail backup if it already exists in object storage. (#1390, @ncdc,carlisia)
* Add PartiallyFailed phase for backups, log + continue on errors during backup process (#1386, @skriss)
* Remove deprecated "hooks" for backups (they've been replaced by "pre hooks") (#1384, @skriss)
* Restic repo ensurer: return error if new repository does not become ready within a minute, and fix channel closing/deletion (#1367, @skriss)
* Support non-namespaced names for built-in plugins (#1366, @nrb)
* Change container base images to debian:stretch-slim and upgrade to go 1.12 (#1365, @skriss)
* Azure: allow credentials to be provided in a .env file (path specified by $AZURE_CREDENTIALS_FILE), formatted like (#1364, @skriss):
```
AZURE_TENANT_ID=${AZURE_TENANT_ID}
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=${AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID}
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=${AZURE_CLIENT_ID}
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=${AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET}
AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP}
```
* Instantiate the plugin manager with the per-restore logger so plugin logs are captured in the per-restore log (#1358, @skriss)
* Add gauge metrics for number of existing backups and restores (#1353, @fabito)
* Set default TTL for backups (#1352, @vorar)
* Validate that there can't be any duplicate plugin name, and that the name format is `example.io/name`. (#1339, @carlisia)
* AWS/Azure/GCP: fail fast if unsupported keys are provided in BackupStorageLocation/VolumeSnapshotLocation config (#1338, @skriss)
*`velero backup logs`&`velero restore logs`: show helpful error message if backup/restore does not exist or is not finished processing (#1337, @skriss)
* Add support for allowing a RestoreItemAction to skip item restore. (#1336, @sseago)
* Improve error message around invalid S3 URLs, and gracefully handle trailing backslashes. (#1331, @skriss)
* Set backup's start timestamp before patching it to InProgress so start times display in `velero backup get` while in progress (#1330, @skriss)
* Added ability to dynamically disable controllers (#1326, @amanw)
* Remove deprecated code in preparation for v1.0 release (#1323, @skriss):
