Encryption matrix


Prerequisites:

  • Portworx Backup 2.3.0 and above
  • Portworx 2.11.2 and above
  • Stork 23.7.2 and above

Following table explains the encryption support for the backup types provided by Portworx Backup and their behavior:

Backup Type Data Files Encryption Support Encryption Key
Backups to Portworx volumes Data
Yes User-provided
Resource files
Yes User-provided
Generic Backups Data
Yes Volume snapshots are encrypted with default encryption key and not with the user-provided encryption key
Resource files
Yes User-provided
Backups to Cloud providers Data
No -
Resource files
Yes User-provided
NOTE: Portworx Backup encrypts your backups (data and resource files) in-transit regardless of the backup location type (NFS or object store).

Last edited: Friday, Sep 15, 2023