Create a snapshot for an app

10/30/2023 Contributors

You can create a snapshot for a specific application.

Before you begin

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

1. Create a snapshot

Perform the following REST API call.

HTTP method	Path
POST	/accounts/{account_id}/k8s/v1/apps/{app_id}/appSnaps

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
app id	Path	Yes	Identifies the managed application where the snapshot will be created.
JSON	Body	Yes	Provides the parameters for the snapshot. See the example below.

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

app id

Path

Yes

Identifies the managed application where the snapshot will be created.

JSON

Body

Yes

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

JSON input example

{
  "type": "application/astra-appSnap",
  "version": "1.1",
  "name": "snapshot-david-1"
}

Curl example: Create a snapshot for the app

curl --location -i --request POST 'https://astra.netapp.io/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/k8s/v1/apps/<APP_ID>/appSnaps' --header 'Content-Type: application/astra-appSnap+json' --header 'Accept: */*' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' --data @JSONinput