Addons /

Backup addon

Initiates a backup for the given addon

Required permission

Project > Addons > General > Update

Path parameters

projectId
string required
ID of the project
addonId
string required
ID of the addon

Request body

{object}

name
string
The name of the backup. If not provided, a default name will be generated containing the current date.
min length
3
max length
39
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+((-|\s|\/|:)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
backupType
string
The type of backup to perform. Defaults to `snapshot`.
one of
dump, snapshot
compressionType
string
The compression algorithm of the backup. Only applicable for dump backups. Defaults to `gz`.
one of
gz, zstd
additionalDestinations
[array]
List of destinations for which a backup should additionally be created. Only applicable for snapshot backups.

{object}

destinationId
string required
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
retentionTime
integer
The time the backup is retained for, in days. `hourly` backups have a maximum retention of 7 days, `daily` backups have a maximum retention of 60 days and `weekly` backups have a maximum retention of 120 days.
min
1
max
120
type
string required
one of
custom

Response body

{object}
Response object.

data
{object} required
Result data.

id
string required
The identifier for the backup.
name
string required
The name of the backup.
status
string required
The current status of the backup.
one of
scheduled, in-progress, completed, aborting, aborted, failed, not-supported
createdAt
string required
The time the backup was initiated.
completedAt
string
The time the backup was completed.
config
{object} required
Data about the backup configuration.

source
{object}
Data about the source of the backup.

type
string
The type of backup.
one of
fileUpload, liveInstance, snapshot, externalDump, sameAddon

size
string required
The size of the backup, in bytes
addonVersion
string
The version of the addon at the time of the backup. If the backup type is `snapshot`, the addon will be restored to this version when the backup is restored.

lastRestore
{object}
Details about the most recent restore of this backup.

restoreTimestamp
string required
The time the backup was initiated.
status
string required
The current status of the restore.
one of
scheduled, in-progress, completed, aborting, aborted, failed, not-supported
completedAt
string
The time the restore was completed.

API

CLI

JS Client

POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/addons/{addonId}/backups

Example request

Request body

curl

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer NORTHFLANK_API_TOKEN" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"name":"Example Backup","backupType":"snapshot","compressionType":"gz","additionalDestinations":[{"retentionTime":7}]}' \
  https://api.northflank.com/v1/projects/{projectId}/addons/{addonId}/backups

Example response

200 OK

Details about the newly created backup.

JSON

{
  "data": {
    "id": "example-backup",
    "name": "Example Backup",
    "status": "completed",
    "createdAt": "2021-01-20T11:19:53.175Z",
    "completedAt": "2021-01-20T11:19:54.494Z",
    "config": {
      "source": {
        "type": "snapshot"
      },
      "size": "1234",
      "addonVersion": "4.4.8"
    },
    "lastRestore": {
      "restoreTimestamp": "2021-01-20T11:19:54.494Z",
      "status": "completed",
      "completedAt": "2021-01-20T11:19:54.494Z"
    }
  }
}