Provides a RDS Backup resource.

For information about RDS Backup and how to use it, see What is Backup.

-> NOTE: Available since v1.149.0.

Example Usage

Basic Usage

resource "alicloud_db_instance" "example" {
  engine                   = "MySQL"
  engine_version           = "5.6"
  instance_type            = "rds.mysql.t1.small"
  instance_storage         = "30"
  instance_charge_type     = "Postpaid"
  db_instance_storage_type = "local_ssd"
}

resource "alicloud_rds_backup" "example" {
  db_instance_id = alicloud_db_instance.example.id
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• backup_method - (Optional, ForceNew) The type of backup that you want to perform. Default value: Physical. Valid values: Logical, Physical and Snapshot.
• backup_strategy - (Optional) The policy that you want to use for the backup task. Valid values:
  • db: specifies to perform a database-level backup.
  • instance: specifies to perform an instance-level backup.
• backup_type - (Optional, ForceNew) The method that you want to use for the backup task. Default value: Auto. Valid values:
  • Auto: specifies to automatically perform a full or incremental backup.
  • FullBackup: specifies to perform a full backup.
• db_instance_id - (Required, ForceNew) The db instance id.
• db_name - (Optional) The names of the databases whose data you want to back up. Separate the names of the databases with commas (,).
• remove_from_state - (Optional) Remove form state when resource cannot be deleted. Valid values: true and false.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id - The resource ID in terraform of Backup.
• backup_id - The backup id.
• store_status - Indicates whether the data backup file can be deleted. Valid values: Enabled and Disabled.

Timeouts

The timeouts block allows you to specify timeouts for certain actions:

• create - (Defaults to 20 mins) Used when creating the backup.
• delete - (Defaults to 20 mins) Used when deleting the backup.

Import

RDS Backup can be imported using the id, e.g.

$ terraform import alicloud_rds_backup.example <db_instance_id>:<backup_id>