Creating a Backup for a Resource¶
Function¶
This API is used to create a backup for a specified resource.
URI¶
URI format
POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/providers/{provider_id}/resources/{resource_id}/action
Parameter description
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
project_id
Yes
String
Project ID
provider_id
Yes
String
Backup provider ID, which specifies whether the backup object is a server or disk. This parameter has a fixed value. For CSBS, the value is fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.
resource_id
Yes
String
ID of a backup server. For details about how to obtain the server ID, see the Elastic Cloud Server API Reference.
Important
Backup provider IDs mentioned in this document are all fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.
Request¶
Parameter description
Parameter description of field protect_param
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
backup_name
No
String
Backup name. The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
description
No
String
Backup description. The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
incremental
No
Boolean
Backup type. Value True indicates incremental backup and value False indicates full backup. For the initial backup, full backup is always adopted, in spite of which value is set.
resource_type
No
String
Entity object type of the backup object
The current value is OS::Nova::Server indicating that the backup object is an ECS. If this parameter is not passed, the backup object type defaults to OS::Nova::Server.
tags
No
List<resource_tag>
Tag list
This list cannot be an empty list.
The list can contain up to 10 keys.
Keys in this list must be unique.
extra_info
No
Dict
Additional information about the backup object
Parameter description of field resource_tag
¶ Parameter
Mandatory
Type
Description
key
Yes
String
Tag key
It consists of up to 36 characters.
It cannot be an empty string.
Spaces before and after a key will be deprecated.
It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
value
Yes
String
Tag value
It consists of up to 43 characters.
It can be an empty string.
Spaces before and after a tag value will be deprecated.
It can contain only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
Example request
POST https://{endpoint}/v1/b942cc8342734d15bcb246babb1953cf/providers/fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da/resources/9506416d-db6c-406e-8bca-c0f43793d914/action { "protect" : { "backup_name" : "backup", "description" : "backup des", "extra_info" : { } } }
Response¶
Parameter description
Parameter description of field protect_resp
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
status
String
Backup status
Value range: waiting_protect, protecting, available, waiting_restore, restoring, error, waiting_delete, deleting, and deleted
created_at
String
Creation time, for example, 2017-04-18T01:21:52.701973
id
String
Backup record ID
resource_graph
String
Resource diagram, which displays the inclusion relationship between backups and sub-backups
project_id
String
Project ID
protection_plan
plan_resp
Backup plan information
For details, see Table 7.
extra_info
String
Additional information
Parameter description of field plan_resp
Parameter description of field resource
¶ Parameter
Type
Description
id
String
Backup object ID
type
String
Entity object type of the backup object. The value is fixed at OS::Nova::Server, indicating that the object type is ECS.
name
String
Backup object name
extra_info
Dict
Additional information about the backup object
Example response
{ "checkpoint" : { "status" : "protecting", "created_at" : "2017-04-18T01:21:52.701973", "id" : "4468f4b8-7c78-4222-a2ca-346b5d557dd2", "resource_graph" : null, "project_id" : "b942cc8342734d15bcb246babb1953cf", "extra_info" : null, "protection_plan" : { "id" : "fake_04f8ea0f-2000-4389-a5ce-93a3e20d0faf", "resources" : [ { "type" : "OS::Nova::Server", "id" : "9506416d-db6c-406e-8bca-c0f43793d914", "name" : "resource_9506416d-db6c-406e-8bca-c0f43793d914", "extra_info" : { } } ], "name" : "server protect plan for 9506416d-db6c-406e-8bca-c0f43793d914" } } }
Status Codes¶
Normal
Status Code
Description
200
OK
Abnormal
Status Code
Description
400
Invalid request parameters.
401
Authentication failed.
403
No operation permission.
404
Requested object not found.
500
Service internal error.
503
Service unavailable.
Error Codes¶
For details, see Error Codes.