Create Database Backup

Use the Create Database Backup API to create the database backup file. These are compressed files of the master server's MySQL database. These files are stored at the /var/virtualizor directory. The API response will contain "done" with message "true" on successful creation of the backup file.

This feature is only available for the Master Server database. Please do not restore the Database if its for an older version. It will cause Virtualizor to malfunction.

See also, Database Backup Guide

HTTP Request

https://hostname:4085/index.php?act=databackup

Parameters

Name	Method	Value	Description	Required
act	GET	databackup	The action will return succ as true on success	Yes
dbdown	POST	1	The value should be set to 1 for creating the database backup file	Yes

Sample Code

<?php

    require_once('/usr/local/virtualizor/sdk/admin.php');

    $key =  'your_api_key';
    $pass = 'your_api_pass';
    $ip = 'your_server_ip';

    $admin = new Virtualizor_Admin_API($ip, $key, $pass);

    $post = array();
    $post['dbdown'] = 1 ;

    $output = $admin->databackup($post);

    print_r(json_encode($output));
?>

Output

{
    "title": "Database Backup",
    "done": {
        "succ": true
    },
    "filename": {
        "2": "virtualizor-2018-09-18_16.33.18.sql.gz",
        "3": "virtualizor-2018-09-18_17.23.28.sql.gz",
        "4": "virtualizor-2018-09-18_17.29.19.sql.gz",
        "5": "virtualizor-2018-09-18_17.37.15.sql.gz"
    },
    "backup_servers": {
        "1": {
            "bid": "1",
            "name": "slate_doc_server",
            "type": "SSH"
        }
    },
    "timenow": 1537288640,
    "time_taken": "0.223"
}