Amazon Backup · Schema

Amazon Backup Plan

Represents an AWS Backup plan with its associated rules, schedule, and lifecycle configuration.

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Properties

Name Type Description
backupPlanArn string The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the backup plan.
backupPlanId string Uniquely identifies a backup plan.
backupPlanName string The display name of a backup plan.
creationDate string The date and time the resource backup plan was created.
lastExecutionDate string The last time a job to back up resources was run with this rule.
rules array An array of BackupRule objects, each of which specifies a scheduled task to back up a selection of resources.
advancedBackupSettings array Advanced backup settings for the backup plan.
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JSON Schema

amazon-backup-plan-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.com/schemas/amazon/backup/backup-plan.json",
  "title": "Amazon Backup Plan",
  "description": "Represents an AWS Backup plan with its associated rules, schedule, and lifecycle configuration.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["backupPlanName", "rules"],
  "properties": {
    "backupPlanArn": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the backup plan.",
      "pattern": "^arn:aws:backup:[a-z0-9-]+:[0-9]{12}:backup-plan:.+$"
    },
    "backupPlanId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Uniquely identifies a backup plan."
    },
    "backupPlanName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The display name of a backup plan.",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 50
    },
    "creationDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "The date and time the resource backup plan was created."
    },
    "lastExecutionDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "The last time a job to back up resources was run with this rule."
    },
    "rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "An array of BackupRule objects, each of which specifies a scheduled task to back up a selection of resources.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["ruleName", "targetBackupVaultName"],
        "properties": {
          "ruleName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A display name for a backup rule."
          },
          "targetBackupVaultName": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of a logical container where backups are stored."
          },
          "scheduleExpression": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A cron expression in UTC specifying when Backup initiates a backup job."
          },
          "startWindowMinutes": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "A value in minutes after a backup is scheduled before a job will be canceled."
          },
          "completionWindowMinutes": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "A value in minutes after a backup job is successfully started before it must be completed."
          },
          "lifecycle": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "The lifecycle defines when a protected resource is transitioned to cold storage and when it expires.",
            "properties": {
              "moveToColdStorageAfterDays": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Number of days after creation that a recovery point is moved to cold storage."
              },
              "deleteAfterDays": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Number of days after creation that a recovery point is deleted."
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "advancedBackupSettings": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Advanced backup settings for the backup plan.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "resourceType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The type of AWS resource to be backed up."
          },
          "backupOptions": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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