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In this article:

  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • CronTab
  • Response
  • BackupRetentionPolicy
  • CronTab
  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. BackupRetentionPolicy
  4. Create

Managed Service for PostgreSQL API, REST: BackupRetentionPolicy.Create

Written by
Tania Lushnikova
Updated at February 21, 2025
  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • CronTab
  • Response
  • BackupRetentionPolicy
  • CronTab

Add a new retention policy.

HTTP requestHTTP request

POST https://mdb.api.cloud.yandex.net/managed-postgresql/v1/clusters/{clusterId}/retention_policies

Path parametersPath parameters

Field

Description

clusterId

string

Required field. ID of the PostgreSQL cluster.
To get the PostgreSQL cluster ID use a ClusterService.List request.

Body parametersBody parameters

{
  "cron": {
    "dayOfMonth": "string",
    "month": "string",
    "dayOfWeek": "string"
  },
  "retainForDays": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "policyName": "string"
}

Field

Description

cron

CronTab

CronTab schedule.

retainForDays

string (int64)

Retention duration.

description

string

Policy description.

policyName

string

Required field. Required. Policy name.

CronTabCronTab

Message to describe a crontab schedule.

Field

Description

dayOfMonth

string

month

string

dayOfWeek

string

ResponseResponse

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "policy": {
    "policyId": "string",
    "clusterId": "string",
    "policyName": "string",
    "createdAt": "string",
    "cron": {
      "dayOfMonth": "string",
      "month": "string",
      "dayOfWeek": "string"
    },
    "retainForDays": "string",
    "description": "string"
  }
}

Field

Description

policy

BackupRetentionPolicy

Newly created BackupRetentionPolicy.

BackupRetentionPolicyBackupRetentionPolicy

Message to describe a retention policy for cluster backups.

Field

Description

policyId

string

Required field. Required. Policy ID.

clusterId

string

Required field. PostgreSQL cluster ID.

policyName

string

Required field. Required. Policy name.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

cron

CronTab

CronTab schedule.

retainForDays

string (int64)

Retention duration.

description

string

Human-readable description.

CronTabCronTab

Message to describe a crontab schedule.

Field

Description

dayOfMonth

string

month

string

dayOfWeek

string

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