gcloud alpha spanner backups create - creates a backup of a Cloud Spanner database
gcloud alpha spanner backups create (BACKUP : --instance=INSTANCE) --database=DATABASE (--expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE | --retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD) [--async] [--version-time=TIMESTAMP] [--encryption-type=ENCRYPTION_TYPE [--kms-key=KMS_KEY : --kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING --kms-location=KMS_LOCATION --kms-project=KMS_PROJECT]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]
(ALPHA) Creates a backup of a Cloud Spanner database.
To create a backup asynchronously, run:
$ gcloud alpha spanner backups create BACKUP_ID \ --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --database=DATABASE \ --expiration-date=2020-03-29T10:49:41Z --async
To create a backup synchronously, run:
$ gcloud alpha spanner backups create BACKUP_ID \ --instance=INSTANCE_NAME --database=DATABASE \ --retention-period=2w
- Backup resource - The Cloud Spanner backup to create. The arguments in this
group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways. To set the project attribute:
- —
provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;
- —
provide the argument --project on the command line;
- —
set the property core/project.
This must be specified.
- BACKUP
ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup. To set the backup attribute:
provide the argument backup on the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
- --instance=INSTANCE
The Cloud Spanner instance for the backup. To set the instance attribute:
provide the argument backup on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --instance on the command line;
set the property spanner/instance.
- --database=DATABASE
ID of the database from which the backup will be created.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- --expiration-date=EXPIRATION_DATE
Expiration time of the backup, must be at least 6 hours and at most 30 days from the time the request is received. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on date/time formats.
- --retention-period=RETENTION_PERIOD
Retention period of the backup relative from now, must be at least 6 hours and at most 30 days. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.
- --async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
- --version-time=TIMESTAMP
The backup will contain an externally consistent copy of the database at the timestamp specified by --version-time. If --version-time is not specified, the system will use the creation time of the backup.
- --encryption-type=ENCRYPTION_TYPE
The encryption type of the backup. ENCRYPTION_TYPE must be one of:
- customer-managed-encryption
Use the provided Cloud KMS key for encryption. If this option is selected, kms-key must be set.
- google-default-encryption
Use Google default encryption.
- use-database-encryption
Use the same encryption configuration as the database.
- Key resource - Cloud KMS key to be used to create the Cloud Spanner backup. The
arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
- --kms-key=KMS_KEY
ID of the key or fully qualified identifier for the key. To set the kms-key attribute:
provide the argument --kms-key on the command line.
This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
- --kms-keyring=KMS_KEYRING
KMS keyring id of the key. To set the kms-keyring attribute:
provide the argument --kms-key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --kms-keyring on the command line.
- --kms-location=KMS_LOCATION
Cloud location for the key. To set the kms-location attribute:
provide the argument --kms-key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --kms-location on the command line.
- --kms-project=KMS_PROJECT
Cloud project id for the key. To set the kms-project attribute:
provide the argument --kms-key on the command line with a fully specified name;
provide the argument --kms-project on the command line.
These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.
Run $ gcloud help for details.
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist. These variants are also available:
$ gcloud spanner backups create
$ gcloud beta spanner backups create