Example 2: Implementing Automatic Backup for a Vault
Scenarios
This section describes how to use APIs to set a backup policy and apply the policy to a vault for automatic backup.
Involved APIs
- Creating a Policy: Define when a backup task runs and how long the backups are retained.
- Applying a Policy to a Vault: Apply a policy to a vault.
Procedure
- Create a backup policy.
- API
URI format: POST /v3/{project_id}/policies
For details, see Creating a Policy.
- Sample request
POST: https://{endpoint}/v3/0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564/policies
Obtain the value of {endpoint} from Regions and Endpoints.
Body:
{ "policy": { "name": "dh_test_policy", "trigger": { "properties": { "pattern": ["FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA;BYHOUR=23;BYMINUTE=00"] } }, "operation_definition": { "retention_duration_days": 30 } } }
- Sample response
{ "policy": { "id": "30d7cf2d-14fc-415b-b7da-858b37f47250", "name": "dh_test_policy", "operation_type": "backup", "operation_definition": { "retention_duration_days": 30 }, "enabled": true, "trigger": { "id": "7954175b-ef2c-432c-b936-f6c83df7a593", "name": "default", "type": "time", "properties": { "pattern": [ "FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=SU,MO,TU,WE,TH,FR,SA;BYHOUR=23;BYMINUTE=00" ], "start_time": "2020-08-17 08:39:44" } }, "associated_vaults": null } }
- API
- Apply the policy to a vault.
- API
POST /v3/{project_id}/vaults/{vault_id}/associatepolicy
For details, see Applying a Policy to a Vault.
- Sample request
POST: https://{endpoint}/v3/0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564 /vaults/ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67/associatepolicy
Obtain the value of {endpoint} from Regions and Endpoints.
Body:
{ "policy_id": "30d7cf2d-14fc-415b-b7da-858b37f47250" }
- Sample response
{ "associate_policy": { "vault_id": "ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67", "policy_id": "30d7cf2d-14fc-415b-b7da-858b37f47250" } }
- API
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