Creating a Backup Policy

Function

This API is used to create a backup policy to back up servers periodically.

URI

• URI format

  POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/policies

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  project_id	Yes	String	Project ID For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

• Parameter description

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  policy	Yes	policy_create	Creation parameters For details, see Table 3.

• Parameter description of field policy_create

  Table 3 Parameter description of field policy_create

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  description	No	String	Backup policy description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
  name	Yes	String	Backup policy name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
  parameters	Yes	policy_param	Backup parameters For details, see Table 4.
  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.
  resources	Yes	List<resource>	Backup object list. The list can be blank. For details, see Table 5.
  scheduled_operations	Yes	List<scheduled_operation_create>	Scheduling period For details, see Table 6.

• Parameter description of field policy_param

  Table 4 Parameter description of field policy_param

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  common	No	common_param	General backup policy parameters, which are blank by default

• Parameter description of field resource

  Table 5 Parameter description of field resource

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  id	Yes	String	ID of the object to be backed up
  type	Yes	String	Entity object type of backup objects The value is fixed at OS::Nova::Server (ECSs).
  name	Yes	String	Backup object name
  extra_info	No	Dict	Additional information about the backup object

• Parameter description of field scheduled_operation_create

  Table 6 Parameter description of field scheduled_operation_create

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  description	No	String	Scheduling period description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
  enabled	Yes	Boolean	Whether the backup policy is enabled If it is set to true, automatic scheduling is enabled. If it is set to false, automatic scheduling is disabled but you can execute the policy manually.
  name	No	String	Scheduling period name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
  operation_type	Yes	String	Operation type, which can be backup Enumeration values: backup
  operation_definition	Yes	operation_definition	Scheduling period parameters For details, see Table 7.
  trigger	Yes	trigger	Scheduling policy

• Parameter description of field operation_definition

  Table 7 Parameter description of field operation_definition

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  max_backups	No	Integer	Maximum number of backups that can be automatically created for a backup object. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, the backups will not be cleared even though the configured retained backup quantity limit is exceeded.
  retention_duration_days	No	Integer	Duration of retaining a backup, in days. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, backups will not be cleared even though the configured retention duration is exceeded.
  permanent	No	Boolean	Whether backups are permanently retained. false: no. true: yes
  plan_id	No	String	Backup policy ID
  provider_id	No	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.

  

  • If permanent is set to true, backups will be retained permanently, despite the settings of max_backups and retention_duration_days.
  • If permanent is set to false, settings of max_backups and retention_duration_days are effective.
  • If none of permanent, max_backups, and retention_duration_days is set, backups will be retained permanently.
• Parameter description of field trigger

  Table 8 Parameter description of field trigger

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  properties	Yes	trigger_properties	Scheduler properties For details, see Table 9.

• Parameter description of field trigger_properties

  Table 9 Parameter description of field trigger_properties

  Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
  pattern	Yes	String	Scheduling policy of the scheduler. The value consists of a maximum of 10,240 characters. The scheduling policy complies with iCalendar RFC 2445, but it supports only four parameters, which are FREQ, BYDAY, BYHOUR, and BYMINUTE. FREQ can be set only to WEEKLY or DAILY. BYDAY can be set to MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, or SU (seven days of a week). BYHOUR ranges from 0 to 23 hours. BYMINUTE ranges from 0 to 59 minutes. The scheduling interval cannot be less than 1 hour. A maximum of 24 time points are allowed in a day.

Response

• Parameter description

  Table 10 Parameter description

  Parameter	Type	Description
  policy	policy_resp	For details, see Table 11.

• Parameter description of field policy_resp

  Table 11 Parameter description of field policy_resp

  Parameter	Type	Description
  created_at	String	Creation time, for example, 2017-04-18T01:21:52.701973
  description	String	Backup policy description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
  id	String	Backup policy ID
  name	String	Backup policy name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
  parameters	policy_param	Parameters of a backup policy For details, see Table 12.
  project_id	String	Project ID For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
  provider_id	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.
  resources	List<resource>	Backup object list For details, see Table 13.
  scheduled_operations	List<scheduled_operation_resp>	Scheduling period list For details, see Table 14.
  status	String	Backup policy status disabled: indicates that the backup policy is unavailable. enabled: indicates that the backup policy is available.

• Parameter description of field policy_param

  Table 12 Parameter description of field policy_param

  Parameter	Type	Description
  common	common_param	Common parameters of a backup policy

• Parameter description of field resource

  Table 13 Parameter description of field resource

  Parameter	Type	Description
  id	String	ID of the object to be backed up
  type	String	Entity object type of backup objects The value is fixed at OS::Nova::Server, indicating that the object type is ECSs.
  name	String	Backup object name
  extra_info	Dict	Additional information about the backup object

• Parameter description of field scheduled_operation_resp

  Table 14 Parameter description of field scheduled_operation_resp

  Parameter	Type	Description
  description	String	Scheduling period description The value consists of 0 to 255 characters and must not contain a greater-than sign (>) or less-than sign (<).
  enabled	Boolean	Whether the backup policy is enabled The default value is true. If it is set to false, automatic scheduling is disabled but manual scheduling is supported.
  name	String	Scheduling period name The value consists of 1 to 255 characters and can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-).
  operation_type	String	Operation type, which can be backup Enumeration values: backup
  operation_definition	operation_definition	Scheduling period parameters For details, see Table 15.
  trigger	trigger_resp	Scheduling policy
  id	String	Scheduling period ID
  trigger_id	String	Scheduler ID

• Parameter description of field operation_definition

  Table 15 Parameter description of field operation_definition

  Parameter	Type	Description
  max_backups	String	Maximum number of backups that can be retained. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, the backups will not be cleared even though the configured retained backup quantity limit is exceeded.
  retention_duration_days	String	Duration of retaining a backup, in days. The value can be -1 or ranges from 0 to 99999. If the value is set to -1, backups will not be cleared even though the configured retention duration is exceeded.
  permanent	String	Whether backups are permanently retained
  plan_id	String	Backup policy ID
  provider_id	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.

  

  • If permanent is set to true, backups will be retained permanently, despite the settings of max_backups and retention_duration_days.
  • If permanent is set to false, settings of max_backups and retention_duration_days are effective.
  • If none of permanent, max_backups, and retention_duration_days is set, backups will be retained permanently.
• Parameter description of field trigger_resp

  Table 16 Parameter description of field trigger_resp

  Parameter	Type	Description
  properties	trigger_properties_resp	Scheduler properties For details, see Parameter description of field trigger_properties_resp.
  id	String	Scheduler ID
  name	String	Scheduler name
  type	String	Scheduling type. The value is fixed at time.

• Parameter description of field trigger_properties_resp

  Table 17 Parameter description of field trigger_properties_resp

  Parameter	Type	Description
  pattern	String	Scheduling policy of the scheduler The value consists of a maximum of 10,240 characters. The scheduling policy complies with iCalendar RFC 2445, but it supports only four parameters, which are FREQ, BYDAY, BYHOUR, and BYMINUTE. FREQ can be set to WEEKLY and DAILY, BYDAY can be set to MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, and SU (seven days of a week), BYHOUR ranges from 0 hours to 23 hours, and BYMINUTE ranges from 0 minutes to 59 minutes. The scheduling interval must not be less than 1 hour. A maximum of 24 time points are allowed in a day.
  start_time	String	Scheduler start time, for example, 2017-04-18T01:21:52
  format	String	Scheduler type

• Example response

  {
    "policy" : {
      "created_at" : "2017-03-07T09:27:40.928000",
      "description" : "My plan",
      "id" : "f766c171-9336-479a-8b30-b83cabf6381e",
      "name" : "my-plan",
      "parameters" : {
        "common" : {
        }
      },
      "project_id" : "tenant",
      "provider_id" : "c714180d-ea34-4b13-9a5e-577c7c416eec",
      "resources" : [ {
        "id" : "45baf976-c20a-4894-a7c3-c94b7376bf55",
        "name" : "resource1",
        "type" : "OS::Nova::Server",
        "extra_info" : {
      }
      }, {
        "id" : "5aa119a8-d25b-45a7-8d1b-88e127885635",
        "name" : "resource2",
        "type" : "OS::Nova::Server"
      } ],
      "scheduled_operations" : [ {
        "description" : "My backup policy",
        "enabled" : true,
        "id" : "9303a23d-e433-48e7-b88a-5ee6442e434e",
        "name" : "my-backup-policy",
        "operation_definition" : {
          "max_backups" : "20",
          "plan_id" : "f766c171-9336-479a-8b30-b83cabf6381e",
          "provider_id" : "c714180d-ea34-4b13-9a5e-577c7c416eec"
        },
        "operation_type" : "backup",
        "trigger" : {
          "id" : "8178846b-766d-4fe6-941f-b38c76b6f3b9",
          "name" : "default",
          "properties" : {
            "pattern" : "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\r\nBEGIN:VEVENT\r\nRRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=TH;BYHOUR=12;BYMINUTE=27\r\nEND:VEVENT\r\nEND:VCALENDAR\r\n",
            "start_time" : "2017-03-07 09:27:41",
            "format" : "ical"
          },
          "type" : "time"
        },
        "trigger_id" : "8178846b-766d-4fe6-941f-b38c76b6f3b9"
      }
  ,
     ],
      "status" : "suspended"
    }
  }

Status Codes

• Normal

  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.