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Terraform in Yandex Cloud
  • Getting started
  • Setting up Yandex Cloud Terraform provider authentication
  • Solution library
    • Overview
    • Release notes
          • mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy
          • mdb_mysql_cluster
          • mdb_mysql_cluster_iam_binding
          • mdb_mysql_cluster_v2
          • mdb_mysql_database
          • mdb_mysql_database_v2
          • mdb_mysql_user
          • mdb_mysql_user_v2

In this article:

  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  • Import
  1. Terraform reference
  2. Resources
  3. Managed Service for MySQL
  4. Resources
  5. mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy

yandex_mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy (Resource)

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Updated at July 9, 2026
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  • Example usage
  • Arguments & Attributes Reference
  • Import

Message to describe a retention policy for cluster backups.

Example usageExample usage

//
// Create a new MDB MySQL Backup Retention Policy.
//
// The API does not support updates, so changing any argument
// forces the policy to be replaced (destroyed and recreated).
//
resource "yandex_mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy" "my_policy" {
  cluster_id      = yandex_mdb_mysql_cluster.my_cluster.id
  policy_name     = "keep-weekly-backups"
  description     = "Keep weekly backups for 30 days"
  retain_for_days = 30

  cron = {
    day_of_month = "*"
    day_of_week  = "1"
    month        = "*"
  }
}

resource "yandex_mdb_mysql_cluster" "my_cluster" {
  name        = "test"
  environment = "PRESTABLE"
  network_id  = yandex_vpc_network.foo.id
  version     = "8.0"

  resources {
    resource_preset_id = "s2.micro"
    disk_type_id       = "network-ssd"
    disk_size          = 16
  }

  host {
    zone      = "ru-central1-d"
    subnet_id = yandex_vpc_subnet.foo.id
  }
}

// Auxiliary resources
resource "yandex_vpc_network" "foo" {}

resource "yandex_vpc_subnet" "foo" {
  zone           = "ru-central1-d"
  network_id     = yandex_vpc_network.foo.id
  v4_cidr_blocks = ["10.5.0.0/24"]
}

Arguments & Attributes ReferenceArguments & Attributes Reference

  • cluster_id (Required)(String). ID of the MySQL cluster.
    To get the MySQL cluster ID use a [ClusterService.List] request.
  • created_at (Read-Only) (String). Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
  • cron [Block]. CronTab schedule.
    • day_of_month (String). Day of month in cron format. Valid values: 1-31, , ranges (1-15), steps (/2, 1-15/3), lists (1,15,28).
      Defaults to "*".
    • day_of_week (String). Day of week in cron format. Valid values: 0-7 (0 and 7 both mean Sunday), , ranges (1-5), steps (0-6/2), lists (1,3,5).
      Defaults to "
      ".
    • month (String). Month in cron format. Valid values: 1-12, , ranges (1-6), steps (/3), lists (1,6,12).
      Defaults to "*".
  • description (String). Human-readable description.
  • id (String). Unique identifier for the [BackupRetentionPolicy].
  • policy_id (String). Unique identifier for the [BackupRetentionPolicy].
  • policy_name (Required)(String). Required. Policy name.
  • retain_for_days (Number). Retention duration.
  • timeouts [Block].
    • create (String). A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours).
    • delete (String). A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours). Setting a timeout for a Delete operation is only applicable if changes are saved into state before the destroy operation occurs.
    • read (String). A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours). Read operations occur during any refresh or planning operation when refresh is enabled.
    • update (String). A string that can be parsed as a duration consisting of numbers and unit suffixes, such as "30s" or "2h45m". Valid time units are "s" (seconds), "m" (minutes), "h" (hours).

ImportImport

The resource can be imported by using their resource ID. For getting it you can use Yandex Cloud Web Console or Yandex Cloud CLI.

# terraform import yandex_mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy.<resource Name> <cluster_id>:<policy_id>
terraform import yandex_mdb_mysql_backup_retention_policy.my_policy ...:...

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