Configuring an Automated Backup Policy

Function

This API is used to configuring an automated backup policy.

Constraints

This API supports GaussDB(for Cassandra) instances.

URI

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/policy

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.
instance_id	Yes	String	Instance ID

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
backup_policy	Yes	object	Backup policy objects, including backup retention period (days) and start time For details, see Table 4.
database_tables	No	Array of objects	Database and table information in the backup policy. This parameter is available only to GaussDB(for Cassandra). For details, see Table 5. If this parameter is empty, an automated backup policy for an instance is set. If this parameter is not empty, an automated backup policy for a databases or table is set.

Table 4 BackupPolicy

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
keep_days	Yes	Integer	Backup retention days. The value ranges from 0 to 35. The value 0 indicates that the automated backup policy is disabled.
start_time	No	String	Backup time window. Automated backup will be triggered during the backup time window. This parameter is mandatory if the automated backup policy is enabled. If the policy is disabled, you do not need to transfer this parameter. The value must be the UTC time in the hh:mm-HH:MM format. The HH value must be 1 greater than the hh value. The values of mm and MM must be the same and must be set to 00, 15, 30, or 45. Example value: 23:00-00:00
period	No	String	Backup period. After a backup period is specified, data will be automatically backed up on the selected days every week. This parameter is mandatory if the automated backup policy is enabled. If the policy is disabled, you do not need to transfer this parameter. The value is a list of digits separated by commas (,). Each digit indicates a day of the week. The restrictions on the backup period are as follows: If you set keep_days to 0, this parameter is not transferred. If you set keep_days to 1 to 6, set this parameter to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. If you set keep_days to 7 to 35, select at least one day of the week for the backup cycle. Example value: 1,2,3,4

Table 5 PutDatabaseTablePolicy

Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
database_name	Yes	String	Database name
table_names	No	Array of strings	Table names. If this parameter is empty, a backup policy for an instance is set. If this parameter is not empty, a backup policy for a databases or table is set.

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

No response parameters

Example Requests

• URI example

  PUT https://{Endpoint}/v3/375d8d8fad1f43039e23d3b6c0f60a19/instances/9136fd2a9fcd405ea4674276ce36dae8in02/backups/policy
  

• Example request body

  Enabling or modifying the automated backup policy (Set period to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, start_time to 01:00-02:00, and keep_days to 7.)

  {
    "backup_policy" : {
      "keep_days" : 7,
      "start_time" : "01:00-02:00",
      "period" : "1,2,3,4,5,6"
    },
     "database_tables" : [ {
       "database_name" : "databaseNameA",
       "table_names" : [ "table_A", "table_B" ]
     }, {
       "database_name" : "databaseNameB",
       "table_names" : null
     } ]
  }
  

  Disabling automated backup

  {
    "backup_policy" : {
      "keep_days" : 0
    }
  }
  

Example Responses

Status code: 204

No Content

{ }

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

last updated: 2024-05-19 00:03