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  1. CLI reference
  2. Overview

yc backup

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at January 27, 2026

Manage Yandex Cloud Backup resources

Command UsageCommand Usage

Syntax:

yc backup <group>

Command TreeCommand Tree

  • yc backup agent — Manage backup agents

    • yc backup agent debug-info — Displays backup agent installation logs. Attention! This command could be executed only on instances with oslogin support. This command will execute ssh connection on given instance, and fetch agent logs.

    • yc backup agent install — Installs backup agent on instance. Attention! This command could be executed only on instances with oslogin support. Supported os families are: ubuntu, centos, debian, redos. This command will execute ssh connection on given instance, install needed packages, download agent installer script and launch downloaded agent installer script.

    • yc backup agent reinstall — Reinstalls backup agent on instance. Attention! This command could be executed only on instances with oslogin support. Supported os families are: ubuntu, centos, debian, redos. This command will execute ssh connection on given instance, install needed packages, download agent reinstaller script and launch downloaded agent reinstaller script.

  • yc backup backup — Manage backups

    • yc backup backup batch-delete — Batch deletion of all backups from arhcive

    • yc backup backup delete — Delete backup

    • yc backup backup get — Get full information about backup

    • yc backup backup list — Lists available backups

    • yc backup backup list-archives — Lists available archives

    • yc backup backup recover — Start recovery of the backup

  • yc backup policy — Manage policies

    • yc backup policy apply — Apply policy to vm(-s)

    • yc backup policy create — Create policy

    • yc backup policy delete — Delete policy(-es)

    • yc backup policy execute — Execute policy for vm

    • yc backup policy get — Show policy by id

    • yc backup policy list — Lists available policies

    • yc backup policy list-applications — Lists policy applications

    • yc backup policy revoke — Revoke policy from vm(-s)

    • yc backup policy update — Update the policy

  • yc backup provider — Manage backup provider

    • yc backup provider activate — Activate backup provider
  • yc backup vm — Manage resources

    • yc backup vm delete — Delete the resource

    • yc backup vm get — Show information about selected vm(-s)

    • yc backup vm list — Lists available resources

    • yc backup vm list-applicable-policies — Shows policies that could be applied to the instance

    • yc backup vm list-policies — Shows policies applied to the instance

    • yc backup vm list-tasks — Show information about tasks

Global FlagsGlobal Flags

Flag

Description

--profile

string

Set the custom configuration file.

--debug

Debug logging.

--debug-grpc

Debug gRPC logging. Very verbose, used for debugging connection problems.

--no-user-output

Disable printing user intended output to stderr.

--retry

int

Enable gRPC retries. By default, retries are enabled with maximum 5 attempts.
Pass 0 to disable retries. Pass any negative value for infinite retries.
Even infinite retries are capped with 2 minutes timeout.

--cloud-id

string

Set the ID of the cloud to use.

--folder-id

string

Set the ID of the folder to use.

--folder-name

string

Set the name of the folder to use (will be resolved to id).

--endpoint

string

Set the Cloud API endpoint (host:port).

--token

string

Set the OAuth token to use.

--impersonate-service-account-id

string

Set the ID of the service account to impersonate.

--no-browser

Disable opening browser for authentication.

--format

string

Set the output format: text (default), yaml, json, json-rest.

--jq

string

Query to select values from the response using jq syntax

-h, --help

Display help for the command.

  • Run the backup process
  • Reconnecting a Yandex BareMetal server to Cloud Backup

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