Changing the Backup Method of an Instance (RDS for PostgreSQL)

Function

This API is used to change the backup method of an instance.

Before calling this API, learn how to authenticate it.
Before calling this API, learn about the request header parameters.

Authorization Information

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

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
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
rds:instance:modifyBackupPolicy	permission_management	instance	g:EnterpriseProjectId rds:BackupEnabled g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>	-	-

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

rds:instance:modifyBackupPolicy

permission_management

instance

g:EnterpriseProjectId

rds:BackupEnabled

g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

Constraints

To use this function in certain regions, submit a service ticket to request required permissions.
This API is available only for RDS for PostgreSQL.

URI

URI format
PUT /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/config

Parameter description

**Table 1** Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Definition Project ID of a tenant in a region. To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
instance_id	Yes	Definition Instance ID. You can obtain the value of this parameter from id in Table 4 by calling the API for querying DB instances. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request

**Table 2** Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
default_backup_method	Yes	String	Definition New backup method. Constraints N/A Range EBACKUP: CBR snapshot backup PHYSICALBACKUP: physical backup (OBS) Default Value N/A

Example Request

Change the backup method of an instance to snapshot backup.

POST https://{Endpoint}/v3/54623db08b174c858ba779d2aa7923a3/instances/a22fc42100e94f1fa699259b025a54e0in01/backups/config    
{    
   "default_backup_method" : "EBACKUP"  
}