Restoring a Backup

Function

This API is used to restore backup data.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/backups/{backup_id}/restore

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
backup_id	Yes	String	Backup ID
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
restore	Yes	BackupRestore object	Request body of restoring a backup

**Table 4** BackupRestore
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
mappings	No	Array of BackupRestoreServerMapping objects	Restored mapping relationship. This parameter is mandatory for VM restoration and optional for disk restoration.
power_on	No	Boolean	Whether the server is powered on after restoration. By default it is powered on after restoration. Default: true
server_id	No	String	ID of the target VM to be restored. This parameter is mandatory for VM restoration.
volume_id	No	String	ID of the target disk to be restored. This parameter is mandatory for disk restoration.

**Table 5** BackupRestoreServerMapping
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
backup_id	Yes	String	Disk backup ID
volume_id	Yes	String	ID of the disk to which data is restored

Response Parameters

None

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/{f841e01fd2b14e7fa41b6ae7aa6b0594}/backups/a5200268-74a5-4806-acc6-95793ab0228b/restore

{
  "restore" : {
    "mappings" : [ {
      "backup_id" : "5d822633-2bbf-4af8-a16e-5ab1c7705235",
      "volume_id" : "eccbcfdd-f843-4bbb-b2c0-a5ce861f9376"
    } ],
    "power_on" : true,
    "server_id" : "94eba8b2-acc9-4d82-badc-127144cc5526"
  }
}