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

**Table 1** 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.

Backup provider IDs mentioned in this document are all fc4d5750-22e7-4798-8a46-f48f62c4c1da.

Request

Parameter description
Table 2 Parameter description
Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

protect

Yes

protect_param

Backup parameters

For details, see Table 3.

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
protect	Yes	protect_param	Backup parameters For details, see Table 3.

Parameter description of field protect_param

**Table 3** 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

**Table 4** 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
Table 5 Parameter description
Parameter

Type

Description

checkpoint

protect_resp

Backup response

For details, see Table 6.

**Table 5** Parameter description
Parameter	Type	Description
checkpoint	protect_resp	Backup response For details, see Table 6.

Parameter description of field protect_resp

**Table 6** 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

**Table 7** Parameter description of field **plan_resp**
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Backup policy ID
name	String	Backup policy name
resources	List<resource>	Backup object list For details, see Table 8.

Parameter description of field resource

**Table 8** 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

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.

Creating a Backup for a Resource

Function

URI

Request

Response

Status Codes

Error Codes