Amazon Backup · Example Payload

Create Backup Plan Example

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Create Backup Plan Example is an example object payload from Amazon Backup, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "url": "https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/backup/plans",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "Authorization": "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=..."
    },
    "body": {
      "BackupPlan": {
        "BackupPlanName": "DailyBackupPlan",
        "Rules": [
          {
            "RuleName": "DailyRule",
            "TargetBackupVaultName": "Default",
            "ScheduleExpression": "cron(0 5 ? * * *)",
            "StartWindowMinutes": 60,
            "CompletionWindowMinutes": 180,
            "Lifecycle": {
              "MoveToColdStorageAfterDays": 30,
              "DeleteAfterDays": 365
            },
            "CopyActions": [
              {
                "DestinationBackupVaultArn": "arn:aws:backup:us-west-2:123456789012:backup-vault:Default",
                "Lifecycle": {
                  "DeleteAfterDays": 365
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "BackupPlanTags": {
        "Environment": "Production",
        "CostCenter": "Engineering"
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "BackupPlanId": "bp-12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
      "BackupPlanArn": "arn:aws:backup:us-east-1:123456789012:backup-plan:bp-12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
      "VersionId": "version1",
      "CreationDate": "2026-04-19T12:00:00Z"
    }
  }
}