diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d37e42c..e8e0e9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-**/secret.yaml
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+**/secret.yaml
+**/temp.yaml
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diff --git a/velero/credentials b/velero/credentials
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18e3b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/velero/credentials
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[default]
+aws_access_key_id = XXX
+aws_secret_access_key = XXX
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diff --git a/velero/install.sh b/velero/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0cceead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/velero/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+command_exists() {
+    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "Software dependency not met: $1"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+echo "check if velero is installed"
+command_exists "velero"
+echo "install velero to the cluster"
+velero install \
+    --provider aws \
+    --features=EnableCSI \
+    --plugins velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:v1.7.1,velero/velero-plugin-for-csi:v0.5.1 \
+    --bucket yolokube-velero \
+    --secret-file ./credentials \
+    --use-volume-snapshots=false \
+    --backup-location-config region=weur,s3ForcePathStyle="true",s3Url=https://38a7c29ab4f869c340784d3d7aaa0f62.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
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