Creating a Snapshot

Function

This API is used to create snapshots for a specified cluster.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/snapshots
Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

snapshot

Yes

Snapshot object

Snapshot object

Table 3 Snapshot

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

Snapshot name, which must be unique and start with a letter. It consists of 4 to 64 characters, which are case-insensitive and contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) only.

cluster_id

Yes

String

ID of the cluster for which you want to create a snapshot. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining the Cluster ID.

description

No

String

Snapshot description. If no value is specified, the description is empty. Enter a maximum of 256 characters. The following special characters are not allowed: !<>'=&"

Response Parameters

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

snapshot

SnapshotResp object

Snapshot object

Table 5 SnapshotResp

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Snapshot ID

Example Request

POST https://{Endpoint}/v1.0/89cd04f168b84af6be287f71730fdb4b/snapshots

{
  "snapshot" : {
    "name" : "snapshot-3",
    "cluster_id" : "44b277eb-39be-4921-be31-3d61b43651d7",
    "description" : "Snapshot-3 description"
  }
}

Example Response

{
    "snapshot": {
        "id": "2a4d0f86-67cd-408a-8b66-017454fb7793"
    }
}

Status Code

Status Code

Description

200

The snapshot is created.

400

Request error.

401

Authentication failed.

403

You do not have required permissions.

404

No resources found.

500

Internal service error.

503

Service unavailable.