# Make pgobackrest optional

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000>\
**Category:** Percona Operator for PostgreSQL\
**Tags:** percona, postgres, kubernetes, postgresql\
**Created:** [August 12, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000 "2022-08-12T09:38:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Clay\_Risser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/clay_risser/32/6583_2.png) [@Clay\_Risser](https://forums.percona.com/u/Clay_Risser)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000/1 "2022-08-12T09:38:31Z")

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Sometimes I want to spin up a database for testing, and I think it’s overkill to require pgobackrest. Is there a way to disable pgobackrest?

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000/2 "2022-08-12T09:48:30Z")

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Hi @Clay_Risser, Operator can’t create cluster without pgobackrest now. You can create task for us in K8SPG project .

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**Author:** ![Clay\_Risser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/clay_risser/32/6583_2.png) [@Clay\_Risser](https://forums.percona.com/u/Clay_Risser)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000/3 "2022-08-15T13:08:01Z")

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Sure, can you send me a link to the project?

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Sarzhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/slava_sarzhan/32/3196_2.png) [@Slava\_Sarzhan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Slava_Sarzhan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/make-pgobackrest-optional/17000/4 "2022-08-16T08:16:16Z")

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Yes, sure. Please have a look at [https://jira.percona.com/projects/K8SPG](https://jira.percona.com/projects/K8SPG)