Configuration

Configuration file: rancher-polymorph.yaml

Search order:

1. $RANCHER_POLYMPH_CONFIG
2. ./rancher-polymorph.yaml (current directory)
3. ~/.config/rancher-polymorph/rancher-polymorph.yaml
4. ~/.rancher-polymorph.yaml

Initialize

rancher-polymorph config init

Example

defaults:
  keep_cluster: "c-xxxxx"
  keep_rke1_only: false
  fast: true
  output_dir: ./backups
  report_dir: ./backups
  log_dir: ./backups
  auto_orphans: true
  compress_level: 3

restore:
  kubeconfig: ~/.kube/target-rancher.yaml
  context: ""
  namespace: cattle-resources-system
  operator_namespace: cattle-resources-system
  backup_pod_label: app.kubernetes.io/name=rancher-backup
  backup_container_path: /var/lib/rancher-backup
  restore_name: rancher-restore
  encryption_secret: ""
  storage_secret: ""
  watch_timeout: 30m

s3:
  region: eu-central-1
  bucket: my-rancher-backups
  prefix: migrations/
  profile: default
  endpoint: ""

ui:
  animations: true
  theme: default

Key fields

Section	Field	Purpose
defaults	keep_cluster	Default --keep-cluster for sanitize/TUI
defaults	keep_rke1_only	Keep all RKE1 clusters; drop imported/RKE2
defaults	auto_orphans	Auto-remove ghost cluster IDs found in paths
restore	kubeconfig	Target cluster for restore run
restore	backup_pod_label	Label to find rancher-backup operator pod
s3	bucket, prefix	S3 pull/push defaults

See config.example.yaml in the repository.