Logical Backup Examples

Logical (mariadb-dump) backup examples for MariaDB Cloud via the SkySQL Backup API, with both one-time and scheduled backup workflows for SQL-level data export.

Go to the MariaDB Cloud API Key management page and generate an API key. Export the value from the token field to an environment variable $API_KEYexport API_KEY='... key data ...'

Use it on subsequent request, e.g: bash curl --request

GET 'https://api.skysql.com/skybackup/v1/backups/schedules' \
    --header "X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}"

Logical Dump Backup

curl --location 'https://api.skysql.com/skybackup/v1/backups/schedules' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}' \
--data '{
    "backup_type": "dump",
    "schedule": "once",
    "service_id": "dbtgf28044362"
}'

• API_KEY : SKYSQL API KEY, see MariaDB Cloud API Keys

• SERVICE_ID : MariaDB Cloud service identifier, format dbtxxxxxx. You can fetch the service ID from the Fully qualified domain name(FQDN) of your service. E.g: in dbpgf17106534.sysp0000.db2.skysql.com, 'dbpgf17106534' is the service ID.You will find the FQDN in the Connect window

Logical Cron Backup

To set up an cron Logical(dump) backup, you need to make the following API call:

curl --location 'https://api.skysql.com/skybackup/v1/backups/schedules' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}' \
--data '{
    "backup_type": "dump",
    "schedule": "0 3 * * *",
    "service_id": "dbtgf28044362"
}'

• API_KEY : SKYSQL API KEY, see MariaDB Cloud API Keys

• SCHEDULE : Cron schedule, see Cron

• SERVICE_ID : MariaDB Cloud service identifier, format dbtxxxxxx

Backup status can be fetched using 'https://api.skysql.com/skybackup/v1/backups'. See the 'Backup Status' section for an example.