# alias tp='tridentctl-protect'

appvault-secret.yaml

apiVersion: v1
stringData:
  accessKeyID: "<access key id created for a user to access ONTAP S3 bucket>"
  secretAccessKey: "corresponding Secret Access Key"
#data:
# base 64 encoded values
#  accessKeyID: <base64 access key id created for a user to access ONTAP S3 bucket>
#  secretAccessKey: <base 64  Secret Access Key>
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: appvault-secret
  namespace: trident-protect
type: Opaque

appvault.yaml

apiVersion: protect.trident.netapp.io/v1
kind: AppVault
metadata:
  name: ontap-s3-appvault
  namespace: trident-protect
spec:
  providerConfig:
    azure:
      accountName: ""
      bucketName: ""
      endpoint: ""
    gcp:
      bucketName: ""
      projectID: ""
    s3:
      bucketName: <bucket-name for storing the snapshots and backups>
      endpoint: <endpoint IP for S3>
      secure: "false"
      skipCertValidation: "true"
  providerCredentials:
    accessKeyID:
      valueFromSecret:
        key: accessKeyID
        name: appvault-secret
    secretAccessKey:
      valueFromSecret:
        key: secretAccessKey
        name: appvault-secret
  providerType: OntapS3

# oc create -f appvault-secret.yaml -n trident-protect
# oc create -f appvault.yaml -n trident-protect

postgres.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: postgres
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: postgres
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: postgres
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: postgres
        image: postgres:14
        env:
        - name: POSTGRES_USER
          #value: "myuser"
          value: "admin"
        - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
          #value: "mypassword"
          value: "adminpass"
        - name: POSTGRES_DB
          value: "mydb"
        - name: PGDATA
          value: "/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata"
        ports:
        - containerPort: 5432
        volumeMounts:
        - name: postgres-storage
          mountPath: /var/lib/postgresql/data
      volumes:
      - name: postgres-storage
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: postgres-pvc
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
  name: postgres-pvc
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 5Gi
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: postgres
spec:
  selector:
    app: postgres
  ports:
  - protocol: TCP
    port: 5432
    targetPort: 5432
  type: ClusterIP

Now create the Trident protect application CR for the postgres app. Include the objects in the namespace postgres and create it in the postgres namespace.
# tp create app postgres-app --namespaces postgres -n postgres

# tp create snapshot postgres-snap1 --app postgres-app --appvault ontap-s3-appvault -n postgres
Snapshot "postgres-snap1" created.

# tp create schedule schedule1 --app postgres-app --appvault ontap-s3-appvault --backup-retention 2 --snapshot-retention 2 --granularity Daily --hour 15 --minute 33 --data-mover Restic -n postgres
Schedule "schedule1" created.

# tp create schedule schedule2 --app postgres-app --appvault ontap-s3-appvault --backup-retention 2 --snapshot-retention 2 --granularity Daily --hour 15 --minute 33 --data-mover Restic -n postgres --dry-run > hourly-snapshotschedule.yaml

cat hourly-snapshotschedule.yaml

apiVersion: protect.trident.netapp.io/v1
kind: Schedule
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: schedule2
  namespace: postgres
spec:
  appVaultRef: ontap-s3-appvault
  applicationRef: postgres-app
  backupRetention: "2"
  dataMover: Restic
  dayOfMonth: ""
  dayOfWeek: ""
  enabled: true
  granularity: Hourly
  #hour: "15"
  minute: "33"
  recurrenceRule: ""
  snapshotRetention: "2"
status: {}

# oc delete deployment/postgres -n postgres
# oc get pod,pvc -n postgres
No resources found in postgres namespace.

# tp create sir postgres-sir --snapshot postgres/hourly-3f1ee-20250214183300 -n postgres
SnapshotInplaceRestore "postgres-sir" created.

# tp create snapshotrestore postgres-restore --snapshot postgres/hourly-3f1ee-20250214183300 --namespace-mapping postgres:postgres-restore -n postgres-restore
SnapshotRestore "postgres-restore" created.

# tp create backup postgres-backup1 --app postgres-app --appvault ontap-s3-appvault -n postgres
Backup "postgres-backup1" created.

# tp create schedule schedule1 --app postgres-app --appvault ontap-s3-appvault --backup-retention 2 --snapshot-retention 2 --granularity Daily --hour 15 --minute 33 --data-mover Restic -n postgres
Schedule "schedule1" created.

# tp create backuprestore backup-restore-cluster2 --namespace-mapping postgres:postgres --appvault ontap-s3-appvault --path postgres-app_4d798ed5-cfa8-49ff-a5b6-c5e2d89aeb89/backups/postgres-backup-cluster1_ec0ed3f3-5500-4e72-afa8-117a04a0b1c3 -n postgres
BackupRestore "backup-restore-cluster2" created.