Velero Backup installation failed on k8 cluster

Question

I am trying to install Velero for backup on Kubernestes cluster, Minio is installed, accessible and a bucket namely kubedemo is created. Velero is download and path is set, its running fine but When i hit installation command its give me error in log file.

[root@kube-master ~]# velero version
Client:
        Version: v1.0.0
        Git commit: 72f5cadc3a865019ab9dc043d4952c9bfd5f2ecb
<error getting server version: namespaces "velero" not found>


[root@kube-master ~]# velero install --provider aws --bucket kubedemo --secret-file ./minio.credentials --use-restic --backup-location-config region=minio,s3ForcePathStyle=true,s3Url=http://192.x.x.x:9000
    CustomResourceDefinition/downloadrequests.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/downloadrequests.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/downloadrequests.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/deletebackuprequests.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/deletebackuprequests.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/deletebackuprequests.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/resticrepositories.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/resticrepositories.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/resticrepositories.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/volumesnapshotlocations.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/volumesnapshotlocations.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/volumesnapshotlocations.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/serverstatusrequests.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/serverstatusrequests.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/serverstatusrequests.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/backups.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/backups.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/backups.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/restores.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/restores.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/restores.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/schedules.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/schedules.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/schedules.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumebackups.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumebackups.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumebackups.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumerestores.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumerestores.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/podvolumerestores.velero.io: created
    CustomResourceDefinition/backupstoragelocations.velero.io: attempting to create resource
    CustomResourceDefinition/backupstoragelocations.velero.io: already exists, proceeding
    CustomResourceDefinition/backupstoragelocations.velero.io: created
    Waiting for resources to be ready in cluster...
    Namespace/velero: attempting to create resource
    Namespace/velero: created
    ClusterRoleBinding/velero: attempting to create resource
    ClusterRoleBinding/velero: created
    ServiceAccount/velero: attempting to create resource
    ServiceAccount/velero: created
    Secret/cloud-credentials: attempting to create resource
    Secret/cloud-credentials: created
    BackupStorageLocation/default: attempting to create resource
    BackupStorageLocation/default: created
    VolumeSnapshotLocation/default: attempting to create resource
    VolumeSnapshotLocation/default: created
    Deployment/velero: attempting to create resource
    An error occurred:
    
    Error installing Velero. Use `kubectl logs deploy/velero -n velero` to check the deploy logs: Error creating resource Deployment/velero: the server could not find the requested resource
    [root@kube-master ~]# kubectl logs deploy/velero -n velero
    Error from server (NotFound): deployments.apps "velero" not found

Here is secret file for credential

[root@kube-master ~]# cat minio.credentials
[default]
aws_access_key_id=minioadmin
aws_secret_access_key=minioadmin

Answer 1

You are missing the required parameter --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.0.0

Answer 2

Are you using GCP's experimental k8 cluster ? Cause I got same error, later I switched to normal cluster .