Web Apps - Backup
Description for Creates a backup of an app.
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/{name}/backup?api-version=2024-04-01
URI Parameters
Name | In | Required | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
name
|
path | True |
string |
Name of the app. |
resource
|
path | True |
string |
Name of the resource group to which the resource belongs. Regex pattern: |
subscription
|
path | True |
string |
Your Azure subscription ID. This is a GUID-formatted string (e.g. 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000). |
api-version
|
query | True |
string |
API Version |
Request Body
Name | Required | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
properties.storageAccountUrl | True |
string |
SAS URL to the container. |
kind |
string |
Kind of resource. |
|
properties.backupName |
string |
Name of the backup. |
|
properties.backupSchedule |
Schedule for the backup if it is executed periodically. |
||
properties.databases |
Databases included in the backup. |
||
properties.enabled |
boolean |
True if the backup schedule is enabled (must be included in that case), false if the backup schedule should be disabled. |
Responses
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
200 OK |
OK |
|
Other Status Codes |
App Service error response. |
Security
azure_auth
Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow
Type:
oauth2
Flow:
implicit
Authorization URL:
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
Scopes
Name | Description |
---|---|
user_impersonation | impersonate your user account |
Examples
Backup web app
Sample request
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/testrg123/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/sitef6141/backup?api-version=2024-04-01
{
"properties": {
"storageAccountUrl": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storagesample;AccountKey=<account-key>",
"backupName": "abcdwe",
"enabled": true,
"databases": [
{
"databaseType": "SqlAzure",
"name": "backenddb",
"connectionStringName": "backend",
"connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"
},
{
"databaseType": "SqlAzure",
"name": "statsdb",
"connectionStringName": "stats",
"connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"
}
],
"backupSchedule": {
"frequencyInterval": 7,
"frequencyUnit": "Day",
"keepAtLeastOneBackup": true,
"retentionPeriodInDays": 30,
"startTime": "2022-09-02T17:33:11.641Z"
}
}
}
Sample response
{
"id": "/subscriptions/34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345/resourceGroups/testrg123/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/sitef6141",
"name": "sitef6141",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"properties": {
"id": 12345,
"storageAccountUrl": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=storagesample;AccountKey=<account-key>",
"blobName": "sitef6141_2024-04-01",
"name": "sitef6141_2024-04-01",
"status": "InProgress",
"sizeInBytes": 56091883,
"created": "2022-09-03T17:33:11.641Z",
"log": "Succeeded",
"databases": [
{
"databaseType": "SqlAzure",
"name": "backenddb",
"connectionStringName": "backend",
"connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"
},
{
"databaseType": "SqlAzure",
"name": "statsdb",
"connectionStringName": "stats",
"connectionString": "DSN=data-source-name[;SERVER=value] [;PWD=value] [;UID=value] [;<Attribute>=<value>]"
}
],
"scheduled": true,
"lastRestoreTimeStamp": "2022-09-04T17:33:11.641Z",
"finishedTimeStamp": "2022-09-02T17:33:11.641Z",
"websiteSizeInBytes": 56091883
}
}
Definitions
Name | Description |
---|---|
Backup |
Backup description. |
Backup |
Backup status. |
Backup |
Description of a backup which will be performed. |
Backup |
Description of a backup schedule. Describes how often should be the backup performed and what should be the retention policy. |
Database |
Database backup settings. |
Database |
Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql). |
Default |
App Service error response. |
Details | |
Error |
Error model. |
Frequency |
The unit of time for how often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to Day and FrequencyInterval should be set to 7) |
BackupItem
Backup description.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
string |
Resource Id. |
kind |
string |
Kind of resource. |
name |
string |
Resource Name. |
properties.blobName |
string |
Name of the blob which contains data for this backup. |
properties.correlationId |
string |
Unique correlation identifier. Please use this along with the timestamp while communicating with Azure support. |
properties.created |
string |
Timestamp of the backup creation. |
properties.databases |
List of databases included in the backup. |
|
properties.finishedTimeStamp |
string |
Timestamp when this backup finished. |
properties.id |
integer |
Id of the backup. |
properties.lastRestoreTimeStamp |
string |
Timestamp of a last restore operation which used this backup. |
properties.log |
string |
Details regarding this backup. Might contain an error message. |
properties.name |
string |
Name of this backup. |
properties.scheduled |
boolean |
True if this backup has been created due to a schedule being triggered. |
properties.sizeInBytes |
integer |
Size of the backup in bytes. |
properties.status |
Backup status. |
|
properties.storageAccountUrl |
string |
SAS URL for the storage account container which contains this backup. |
properties.websiteSizeInBytes |
integer |
Size of the original web app which has been backed up. |
type |
string |
Resource type. |
BackupItemStatus
Backup status.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Created |
string |
|
DeleteFailed |
string |
|
DeleteInProgress |
string |
|
Deleted |
string |
|
Failed |
string |
|
InProgress |
string |
|
PartiallySucceeded |
string |
|
Skipped |
string |
|
Succeeded |
string |
|
TimedOut |
string |
BackupRequest
Description of a backup which will be performed.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
id |
string |
Resource Id. |
kind |
string |
Kind of resource. |
name |
string |
Resource Name. |
properties.backupName |
string |
Name of the backup. |
properties.backupSchedule |
Schedule for the backup if it is executed periodically. |
|
properties.databases |
Databases included in the backup. |
|
properties.enabled |
boolean |
True if the backup schedule is enabled (must be included in that case), false if the backup schedule should be disabled. |
properties.storageAccountUrl |
string |
SAS URL to the container. |
type |
string |
Resource type. |
BackupSchedule
Description of a backup schedule. Describes how often should be the backup performed and what should be the retention policy.
Name | Type | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
frequencyInterval |
integer |
7 |
How often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to 7 and FrequencyUnit should be set to Day) |
frequencyUnit | Day |
The unit of time for how often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to Day and FrequencyInterval should be set to 7) |
|
keepAtLeastOneBackup |
boolean |
True |
True if the retention policy should always keep at least one backup in the storage account, regardless how old it is; false otherwise. |
lastExecutionTime |
string |
Last time when this schedule was triggered. |
|
retentionPeriodInDays |
integer |
30 |
After how many days backups should be deleted. |
startTime |
string |
When the schedule should start working. |
DatabaseBackupSetting
Database backup settings.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
connectionString |
string |
Contains a connection string to a database which is being backed up or restored. If the restore should happen to a new database, the database name inside is the new one. |
connectionStringName |
string |
Contains a connection string name that is linked to the SiteConfig.ConnectionStrings. This is used during restore with overwrite connection strings options. |
databaseType |
Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql). |
|
name |
string |
DatabaseType
Database type (e.g. SqlAzure / MySql).
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
LocalMySql |
string |
|
MySql |
string |
|
PostgreSql |
string |
|
SqlAzure |
string |
DefaultErrorResponse
App Service error response.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
error |
Error model. |
Details
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
string |
Standardized string to programmatically identify the error. |
message |
string |
Detailed error description and debugging information. |
target |
string |
Detailed error description and debugging information. |
Error
Error model.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
code |
string |
Standardized string to programmatically identify the error. |
details |
Details[] |
Detailed errors. |
innererror |
string |
More information to debug error. |
message |
string |
Detailed error description and debugging information. |
target |
string |
Detailed error description and debugging information. |
FrequencyUnit
The unit of time for how often the backup should be executed (e.g. for weekly backup, this should be set to Day and FrequencyInterval should be set to 7)
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
Day |
string |
|
Hour |
string |