Manually Creating a Snapshot

Function

This API is used to manually create a snapshot.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/clusters/{cluster_id}/index_snapshot
Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID and Name.

cluster_id

Yes

String

ID of the cluster where index data is to be backed up.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

Table 2 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Snapshot name. The snapshot name must start with a letter and contains 4 to 64 characters consisting of only lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

description

No

String

Description of a snapshot. The value contains 0 to 256 characters, and angle brackets (<) and (>) are not allowed.

indices

No

String

Name of the index to be backed up. Multiple index names are separated by commas (,). By default, data of all indices is backed up. You can use the asterisk (*) to back up data of certain indices. For example, if you enter 2018-06*, then data of indices with the name prefix of 2018-06 will be backed up.

The value contains 0 to 1,024 characters. Uppercase letters, spaces, and certain special characters (including"\<|>/?) are not allowed.

Response

Table 3 describes the response parameters.

Table 3 Parameter description

Parameter

Type

Description

backup

Object

Snapshot object. For details, see Table 4.

Table 4 backup field data structure description

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

ID of the snapshot.

name

String

Snapshot name.

Examples

Example request

POST /v1.0/6204a5bd270343b5885144cf9c8c158d/clusters/ea244205-d641-45d9-9dcb-ab2236bcd07e/index_snapshot
{
    "name":"snapshot_001",
    "indices":"myindex1,myindex2",
    "description":""
}

Example response

{
    "backup":{
       "id" : "9dc4f5c9-33c0-45c7-9378-ae35ae350682",
       "name": "snapshot_101"
    }
}

Status Code

Table 5 describes the status code.

Table 5 Status code

Status Code

Code

Status Code Description

201

Created

The request for creating a resource has been fulfilled.

500

InternalServerError

The server is able to receive the request but it could not understand the request.

406

Not Acceptable

The server cannot fulfill the request according to the content characteristics of the request.

501

Not Implemented

The server does not support the requested function.

403

Forbidden

The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.

The client should not repeat the request without modifications.

400

BadRequest

Invalid request.

Modify the request instead of retrying.