gcloud alpha container backup-restore backups create

NAME
gcloud alpha container backup-restore backups create - creates a backup
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha container backup-restore backups create(BACKUP :--backup-plan=BACKUP_PLAN--location=LOCATION)[--delete-lock-days=DELETE_LOCK_DAYS][--description=DESCRIPTION][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--retain-days=RETAIN_DAYS][--async    |--wait-for-completion][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA) Creates a Backup for GKE backup.
EXAMPLES
To create a backupmy-backup in projectmy-project in locationus-central1 under backup planmy-backup-plan, run:
gcloudalphacontainerbackup-restorebackupscreatemy-backup--project=my-project--location=us-central1--backup-plan=my-backup-plan

To create a backupmy-backup in projectmy-project in locationus-central1 under backup planmy-backup-plan and not wait for theresulting operation to finish, run:

gcloudalphacontainerbackup-restorebackupscreatemy-backup--project=my-project--location=us-central1--backup-plan=my-backup-plan--async

To create a backupmy-backup in projectmy-project in locationus-central1 under backup planmy-backup-plan and wait for the Backup

tocomplete,run:
gcloudalphacontainerbackup-restorebackupscreatemy-backup--project=my-project--location=us-central1--backup-plan=my-backup-plan--wait-for-completion
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Backup resource - Name of the backup to create. Once the backup is created, thisname can't be changed. This must be 63 or fewer characters long and must beunique within the project, location, and backup plan. The name may be providedeither as a relative name, e.g.projects/<project>/locations/<location>/backupPlans/<backupPlan>/backups/<backup>or as a single ID name (with the parent resources provided via options orthrough properties), e.g.BACKUP --project=<project>--location=<location> --backup_plan=<backupPlan>. Thearguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set inother ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

BACKUP
ID of the backup or fully qualified identifier for the backup.

To set thename attribute:

  • provide the argumentbackup on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--backup-plan=BACKUP_PLAN
Backup Plan name.

To set thebackup-plan attribute:

  • provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--backup-plan on the command line;
  • set the propertygkebackup/backup_plan.
--location=LOCATION
Google Cloud location.

To set thelocation attribute:

  • provide the argumentbackup on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line;
  • set the propertygkebackup/location.
FLAGS
--delete-lock-days=DELETE_LOCK_DAYS
Delete lock days specifies the number of days from the createTime of this Backupbefore which deletion will be blocked. Must be >= the value in the backupplan. If not specified, inherited from the backup plan. Manual creation of abackup with this field unspecified causes the service to use the value ofbackupPlan.RetentionPolicy.backupDeleteBlockDays. Creation of a backup with thisfield set to a value SMALLER thanbackupPlan.RetentionPolicy.backupDeleteBlockDays results in an invalid responsefrom the service. This field MUST be an int value between 0-90(inclusive). Thisfield may only be INCREASED in an update command, or an invalid response will bereturned by the service.
--description=DESCRIPTION
Optional text description for the backup being created.
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.

Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.

--retain-days=RETAIN_DAYS
Retain days specifies the desired number of days from the createTime of thisbackup after which it will be automatically deleted. If not specified or set to0, it means the backup will NOT be automatically deleted. Manual creation of abackup with this field unspecified causes the service to use the value ofbackupPlan.retentionPolicy.backupRetainDays. Creation of a Backup with thisfield set to a value SMALLER than delete_lock_days results in an invalidresponse from the service. This field may ONLY be increased in an Updaterequest, or an invalid response will be returned by the service immediately.Default to 0 if not provided.
At most one of these can be specified:
--async
Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--wait-for-completion
Wait for the created backup to complete.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. This variant is also available:
gcloudbetacontainerbackup-restorebackupscreate

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.