Clone an app from a backup

11/16/2022 Contributors

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You can create a new application by cloning it from a backup.

Before you begin

Note the following about this workflow:

An app backup is used
The clone operation is performed within the same cluster

To clone an app to a different cluster, you need to update the clusterId parameter in the JSON input as appropriate for your environment.

1. Select the app to clone

Perform the workflow List the apps and select application you want to clone. Several of the resource values are needed for the REST call used to clone the app.

2. Select the backup to use

Perform the workflow List the backups and select backup you want to use.

3. Clone the app

Perform the following REST API call.

HTTP method	Path
POST	/account/{account_id}/k8s/v2/qpps

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
JSON	Body	Yes	Provides the parameters for the cloned app. See the example below.

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

JSON

Body

Yes

Provides the parameters for the cloned app. See the example below.

JSON input example

{
  "type": "application/astra-app",
  "version": "2.0",
  "name": "mysql-clone3",
  "clusterID": "30880586-d579-4d27-930f-a9633e59173b",
  "sourceClusterID": "30880586-d579-4d27-930f-a9633e59173b",
  "namespace": "mysql",
  "backupID": "e24515bd-a28e-4b28-b832-f3c74dbf32fb"
}

Curl example: Clone an app from a backup

curl --location -i --request POST 'https://astra.netapp.io/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/k8s/v2/apps' --header 'Content-Type: application/astra-app+json' --header '*/*' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' --data @JSONinput