Activating the service
The minimum folder role required to activate the service is backup.editor (see its description for details).
When you activate the service, the backup provider starts. For more information about the backup provider and data sent to it, see Service activation and backup provider.
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In the management console, select the folder where you want to create a VM or Yandex BareMetal server with a Cloud Backup connection.
BareMetal is at the Preview stage.
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From the list of services, select Cloud Backup.
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Click Activate.
If there is no Activate button, and you have access to creating a VM with a Cloud Backup connection, it means the service has already been activated.
After activation, the system automatically creates the following backup policies:
Default daily: Daily incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.Default weekly: Weekly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.Default monthly: Monthly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.
If you do not have the Yandex Cloud (CLI) command line interface yet, install and initialize it.
The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.
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View the description of the CLI command to activate the service:
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Activate the service in the default folder:
yc backup provider activate --asyncWhere
--asyncdisplays the operation progress info. This is an optional parameter.Result:
id: cdgmnefxiatx******** description: activate provider created_at: "2024-10-14T09:03:47.960564Z" created_by: ajec1gaqcmtr******** modified_at: "2024-10-14T09:03:47.960564Z" done: true metadata: '@type': type.googleapis.com/yandex.cloud.backup.v1.ActivateProviderMetadata folder_id: b1go3el0d8fs******** response: '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Empty value: {}
After activation, the system automatically creates the following backup policies:
Default daily: Daily incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.Default weekly: Weekly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.Default monthly: Monthly incremental backup with the last 15 backups retained.
If you prefer not to create them, use the --skip-default-policy parameter.