Create Backups

Start an on-demand backup job for the specified resources.

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Usage

Input

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
resource_ids	Resource IDs to create backups for	list(string)	Yes	None
service	Service to which the resource IDs belong	string	Yes	None
backup_vault_name	Backup vault in which to store the backups	string	No	Default
retention_days	Number of days to retain the backups	int	No	14
iam_role	Role ARN used to create the backup	string	No	AWSBackupDefaultServiceRole
wait	Wait for backups to complete before proceeding	bool	No	False
region	Region for operation. Leave blank for session default	string	No	Session Default
debug	Increase log verbosity	bool	No	False
silent	Decrease log verbosity	bool	No	False
output	Output format table	string	No	None
session	Established session	object	No	None

Output

Returns a list of resources that failed the backups:

['i-1234567890abcdef0', 'i-abcdef1234567890']

Examples

Create backups for EC2 instances and wait for completion:

aaws backup create_backups --service ec2 --resource_ids i-1234567890abcdef0 i-abcdef1234567890 --wait

Examples

Create backups for EC2 instances and wait for completion:

from avtomat_aws import backup

response = backup.create_backups(service="ec2",
                                 resource_ids=["i-1234567890abcdef0", "i-abcdef1234567890"],
                                 wait=True)