Creating a Repository Backup Snapshot

A backup copy of the Repository Services is created by starting a daemon process that will stream all of the repository to a file, and then upload the file to its S3 bucket. This daemon can be
launched and monitored from a set of HTTP Rest calls. Note: All Backup/Restore services will require an administrator's session token.

First, log-in as an administrator to get an administrator's session token:

curl -i -k -H sessionToken:YourSessionToken -H Accept:application/json -H Content-Type:application/json -d '{
  "email": "<admin username>",
  "password": "<admin password>"
}' https://staging-auth.elasticbeanstalk.com/auth/v1/session

Once you have the admin token the backup daemon can be started with the following command:
Request

curl -i -k -H sessionToken:<your admin token> -H Accept:application/json -H Content-Type:application/json -d '{
}' https://staging-reposervice.elasticbeanstalk.com/repo/v1/startBackupDaemon

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:38:56 GMT
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Length: 256
Connection: keep-alive
{
	"id":"6695",
	"type":"BACKUP",
	"status":"STARTED",
	"errorMessage":null,
	"progresssMessage":"Starting...",
	"progresssCurrent":0,
	"progresssTotal":0,
	"errorDetails":null,
	"backupUrl":null,
	"totalTimeMS":0,
	"startedBy":"platform@sagebase.org",
	"startedOn":1313707136615
}

Once the daemon is started, its progress can be monitored using its 'id' returned from the '/startBackupDaemon' call:

Repository Administration

Creating a Repository Backup Snapshot