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[WARNING]
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It is not recommended to take a backup of etcd until the initial encryption process is complete. If the encryption process has not completed, the backup might be only partially encrypted.
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Do not back up etcd resources until the initial encryption process is completed. If the encryption process is not completed, the backup might be only partially encrypted.
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After you enable etcd encryption, several changes can occur:
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* The etcd encryption might affect the memory consumption of a few resources.
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* You might notice a transient affect on backup performance because the leader must serve the backup.
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* A disk I/O can affect the node that receives the backup state.
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.Prerequisites
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$ oc edit apiserver
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. Set the `encryption` field to `aescbc` or `aesgcm`:
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. Set the `encryption` field type to `aescbc`:
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[source,yaml]
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spec:
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encryption:
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type: aescbc <1>
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<1> Set to `aescbc`for AES-CBC encryption or `aesgcm` for AES-GCM encryption.
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<1> The `aescbc`type means that AES-CBC with PKCS#7 padding and a 32 byte key is used to perform the encryption.
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