The Backup feature is used to back up your Instance data. It creates an image of a snapshot that contains all your volumes. You can create backups of your Instances using either the Scaleway CLI tool or the Instances API.
To complete the actions presented below, you must have:
Use the following commands to create a backup of your Instance using the Scaleway CLI.
server-id with the unique identifier of the Instance.fr-par-1 with the Availability Zone your Instance is deployed in.By default, the name of the image is built according to the name of the server and the date. You can specify a name for the image in the request:
A backup request will create an image object. You can view it using:
An image contains one snapshot for each volume of the Instance. These snapshots are visible within the image response as root_volume and extra_volumes fields.
A backup is created using the Instances API with the following command:
Replace <region> with the geographical region of the Instance. For Instances located in Paris, for example, this value would be fr-par-1. Replace <uid> with the unique identifier of the Instance.
By default, the name of the image is built according to the name of the server and the date:
Alternatively, you can specify a name for the image in the request:
A backup request will create an image object (visible in the href_result: /images/<image_uuid>)
An image contains one snapshot for each volume of the Instance. These snapshots are visible within the image response, as root_volume and extra_volumes fields.
To delete a backup, run the following command:
It is also recommended to remove every snapshot related to the image by running the following command for each snapshot that is no longer needed:
Run the following call to delete the image that contains a backup:
It is also recommended to remove every snapshot related to the image by running the following API call for each snapshot that is no longer needed: