Database backup and import
When you create or update a database, you can specify the backup path. The import API operation lets you import data from various source types and specified locations.
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Back up a database
When you create or update a database, you can specify the (optional) periodicBackupPath parameter
with a backup path.
This parameter enables periodic and on-demand backup operations for the specified database.
For Redis Cloud Pro databases, back up a database with POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/databases/{databaseId}/backup. For Redis Cloud Essentials databases, use POST /fixed/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/databases/{databaseId}/backup.
On-demand database backup is an asynchronous operation.
The backup database API does not require a body. Instead, the periodicBackupPath must be set to a valid path with available storage capacity to store the backup files for the specific database. You can set an adhocBackupPath in the body to specify a different backup location for this backup.
See Set up backup storage locations to learn how to configure your backup storage locations.
Import data to a database
You can import data into an existing database from multiple storage sources, including AWS S3, Redis, and FTP. Database import is an asynchronous operation.
Use POST /v1/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/databases/{databaseId}/import to import data to an existing Redis Cloud Pro database. For Redis Cloud Essentials databases, use POST /fixed/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/databases/{databaseId}/backup
The requirements for data import are:
- The URI of the data
- The source URI must be accessible to the importing database
- The data format must be a Redis backup file or a Redis database
- The subscription ID and database ID of the destination database
The duration of the import process depends on the amount of data imported and the network bandwidth between the data source and the importing database.
You can specify the backup location with the sourceType and importFromUri values for these sources:
| Data location | sourceType |
importFromUri |
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| Amazon AWS S3 | aws-s3 | s3://bucketname/[path/]filename.rdb[.gz] |
| FTP | ftp | ftp://[username][:password]@[:port]/[path/]filename.rdb[.gz] |
| Google Blob Storage | google-blob-storage | gs://bucketname/[path/]filename.rdb[.gz] |
| Microsoft Azure Blob Storage | azure-blob-storage | abs://:storage_account_access_key@storage_account_name/[container/]filename.rdb[.gz] |
| Redis server | redis | redis://[db_password]@[host]:[port] |
| Web server | HTTP | HTTP://[username][:password]@[:port]/[path/]filename.rdb[.gz] |
See Import data to learn how to set up your storage locations for data import.