Example 1: Creating an ECS Backup

Scenarios

You can back up resources including cloud servers and disks. This section uses an ECS as an example to describe how to create a cloud server backup by calling APIs. For details on how to call APIs, see Calling APIs.

Involved APIs

To create a cloud server backup, you need to create a vault for storing backups, associate the target server with the vault, and then back up the server. The following APIs are required:

Creating a Vault: Create a container for storing backups.
Associating Resources: Determine the cloud server or disk to be backed up.
Creating a Restore Point: Create a backup.
Querying a Restore Point: Confirm that a backup has been created.

Procedure

Create a vault.

Create a vault with simple configurations.

API
URI format: POST /v3/{project_id}/vaults

For details, see "Creating a Vault".

Sample request

POST: https://{endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/vaults

Obtain the value of {endpoint} from the administrator.

Body:

{
    "vault": {
           "billing": {
                  "cloud_type": "public",
                  "consistent_level": "crash_consistent",
                  "object_type": "server",
                  "protect_type": "backup",
                  "size": 200
           },
           "name": "my_vault",
           "resources": []
    }
}

Sample response

{
    "vault": {
        "id": "ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67",
        "name": "my_vault",
        "description": null,
        "resources": [],
        "provider_id": "0daac4c5-6707-4851-97ba-169e36266b66",
        "created_at": "2020-08-17T03:51:24.678916",
        "project_id": "0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564",
        "enterprise_project_id": "0",
        "auto_bind": false,
        "bind_rules": {},
        "user_id": "aa2999fa5ae640f28926f8fd79188934",
        "billing": {
            "allocated": 0,
            "cloud_type": "public",
            "consistent_level": "crash_consistent",
            "frozen_scene": null,
            "charging_mode": "post_paid",
            "order_id": null,
            "product_id": null,
            "protect_type": "backup",
            "object_type": "server",
            "spec_code": "vault.backup.server.normal",
            "used": 0,
            "storage_unit": null,
            "status": "available",
            "size": 200
        },
        "tags": []
    }
}

Associate a server or disk with the vault.
1. Associate resources.
  - API
    URI format: POST /v3/{project_id}/vaults/{vault_id}/addresources
    
    For details, see "Associating Resources".
  - Sample request
    POST: https://{endpoint}/v3/0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564 /vaults/ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67/addresources
    
    Obtain the value of {endpoint} from the administrator.
    
    Body:
```
{
    "resources": [{
           "id": "e8cc6bfd-d324-4b88-9109-9fb0ba70676f",
           "type": "OS::Nova::Server",
           "name": "server-4690-0002" 
    }]
}
```
  - Sample response
```
{
    "add_resource_ids": [
        "e8cc6bfd-d324-4b88-9109-9fb0ba70676f"
    ]
}
```
2. In the request body, select the ID of an ECS that is in the Running state and has not been associated with a vault.

Create a restore point.

API
URI format: POST /v3/{project_id}/checkpoints

For details, see "Creating a Restore Point".

Sample request

POST: https://{endpoint}/v3/0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564/checkpoints

Obtain the value of {endpoint} from the administrator.

Body:

{
    "checkpoint": {
        "parameters": {
            "auto_trigger": false,
            "description": "backupauto",
            "incremental": true,
            "name": "backup_auto",
            "resources": ["e8cc6bfd-d324-4b88-9109-9fb0ba70676f"]
          },
        "vault_id": "ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67"
    }
}

Sample response

{
    "checkpoint": {
        "id": "d9ce6924-d753-4132-bd16-a9f8838ea7d2",
        "project_id": "0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564",
        "status": "protecting",
        "vault": {
            "id": "ea7b8717-2543-478a-a92d-3ca7ee448f67",
            "name": "my_vault",
            "resources": [
                {
                    "id": "e8cc6bfd-d324-4b88-9109-9fb0ba70676f",
                    "type": "OS::Nova::Server",
                    "name": "ecs-9f93-0002",
                    "extra_info": "{}",
                    "resource_size": "40",
                    "backup_size": "0",
                    "backup_count": "0",
                    "protect_status": "available"
                }
            ],
            "skipped_resources": []
        },
        "created_at": "2020-08-17T06:49:06.307378",
        "extra_info": {
            "name": "backup_auto",
            "description": "backupauto",
            "retention_duration": -1
        }
    }
}

Record the ID of the restore point in the response message body.

Verify that the server is backed up successfully.
- API
  URI format: GET /v3/{project_id}/checkpoints/{checkpoint_id}
  
  For details, see "Querying a Restore Point".
  
  Obtain the value of {endpoint} from the administrator.
- Sample request
  GET: https://{endpoint}/v3/0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564/checkpoints/d9ce6924-d753-4132-bd16-a9f8838ea7d2
- Sample response
```
{
    "checkpoint": {
        "id": "d9ce6924-d753-4132-bd16-a9f8838ea7d2",
        "project_id": "0605767b5780d5762fc5c0118072a564",
        "status": "available",
        "vault": null,
        "created_at": "2020-08-17T06:49:06.260790",
        "extra_info": null
    }
}
```