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Deleting a Manual Backup

Function

This API is used to delete a manual backup.

Constraints

This API supports the following instances:

  • GeminiDB Cassandra
  • GeminiDB Mongo
  • GeminiDB Influx
  • GeminiDB Redis

Authorization Information

Each account has permissions to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions and Supported Actions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    gaussdbfornosql:instance:deleteBackup

    Write

    -

    -

    nosql:backup:delete

    -

URI

DELETE /v3/{project_id}/backups/{backup_id}

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

backup_id

Yes

String

Definition

Backup file ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token

You can obtain the token by calling the IAM API by following Obtaining a User Token Through Password Authentication.

Constraints

N/A

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Definition

Task ID.

Default Value

N/A

Example Requests

  • URI example 
    DELETE https://gaussdb-nosql.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/054e292c9880d4992f02c0196d3ea468/backups/5b0ae36cb8a746b68685a8fb588d8a15br06

Example Responses

Status code: 202

Accepted

{
  "job_id" : "f85104b5-4a9c-4e0f-9505-fc5409d8f7ae"
}

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Backups and Restorations