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Create a backup for a managed app

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You can create a backup for a specific managed application. You can use the backup to restore or clone the app.

Before you begin

You must have the ID of the managed app you want to create a backup for. If needed you can use the workflow List the managed apps to locate the application.

1. Create a backup

Perform the following REST API call.

HTTP method Path

POST

/accounts/{account_id}/k8s/v1/managedApps/{managedApp_id}/appBackups

Additional input parameters

In addition to the parameters common with all REST API calls, the following parameters are also used in the curl examples for this step.

Parameter Type Required Description

managed app id

Path

Yes

Identifies the managed application where the backup will be created.

JSON

Body

Yes

Provides the parameters for the backup. See the example below.

JSON input example
{
  "type": "application/astra-appBackup",
  "version": "1.0",
  "name": "backup-david-1"
}
JSON
Curl example: Create a backup for the app
curl --location -i --request POST 'https://astra.netapp.io/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/k8s/v1/managedApps/<MANAGED_APP_ID>/appBackups' --header 'Content-Type: application/astra-appBackup+json' --header 'Accept: */*' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' --d @JSONinput
Curl