Creating snapshots

POST /v3/{project_id}/snapshots

Creates a volume snapshot, which is a point-in-time, complete copy of a volume.

Source: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/block-storage/v3/index.html?expanded=create-a-snapshot-detail#create-a-snapshot

Request

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`project_id`	path	string	The UUID of the project in a multi-tenancy cloud.
`snapshot`	body	object	A `snapshot` object.
`volume_id`	body	string	The UUID of the volume.
`name`	body	string	The name of the snapshot.
`description` (Optional)	body	string	A description for the snapshot. Default is `None`.
`force` (Optional)	body	boolean	Indicates whether to backup, even if the volume is attached. Default is `false`.
`metadata` (Optional)	body	object	One or more metadata key and value pairs for the snapshot.

Example

# curl -ks -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Auth-Token: gAAAAA<...>' -d '
{
  "snapshot": {
    "name": "snapshot1",
    "volume_id": "cb623b3c-f14a-48d6-a339-d9fda95be662",
    "force": true
  }
}' https://<node_IP_addr>:8776/v3/f5d834d636c642c7bfe8af86139c6f26/snapshots

Response

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Description
`snapshot`	body	object	A `snapshot` object.
`user_id`	body	string	The UUID of the user. New in version 3.41
`volume_id`	body	string	If the snapshot was created from a volume, the volume ID.
`name`	body	string	The name of the snapshot.
`status`	body	string	The status for the snapshot.
`description`	body	string	A description for the snapshot.
`created_at`	body	string	The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601: CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm For example, `2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00`. The `±hh:mm` value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In this example, the offset value is `-05:00`.
`metadata`	body	object	One or more metadata key and value pairs for the snapshot, if any.
`id`	body	string	The snapshot UUID.
`size`	body	integer	The size of the volume, in gibibytes (GiB).
`count` (Optional)	body	integer	The total count of requested resource before pagination is applied. New in version 3.45
`updated_at`	body	string	The date and time when the resource was updated. If the resource has not been updated, this field will be `null`. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601: CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm For example, `2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00`. The `±hh:mm` value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In this example, the offset value is `-05:00`.

Status codes

Success

Code	Reason
`202 - Accepted`	Request was accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. A ‘location’ header is included in the response which contains a link to check the progress of the request.

Example

{
  "snapshot": {
    "status": "creating",
    "size": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "name": "snapshot1",
    "volume_id": "cb623b3c-f14a-48d6-a339-d9fda95be662",
    "created_at": "2020-03-11T14:42:02.823364",
    "description": null,
    "id": "a370cf02-f469-4acc-be91-2b27a856806d",
    "updated_at": null
  }
}