List ClickHouse Cloud backups, set retention and frequency, attach a customer-owned backup bucket, and restore into a new service via the Cloud API
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Documented steps
List backups (most recent first): GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId}/backups. Each item includes id, status ('done'|'error'|'in_progress'), startedAt/finishedAt, sizeInBytes, durationInSeconds, type ('full'|'incremental'), and backupName.
Fetch one backup with GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId}/backups/{backupId}.
Read current retention settings: GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId}/backupConfiguration returns {backupPeriodInHours, backupRetentionPeriodInHours, backupStartTime}.
Update them with PATCH on the same path. backupRetentionPeriodInHours must be a whole number of days between 24 (1 day) and 1080 (45 days), i.e. a multiple of 24. backupStartTime is HH:MM evaluated in UTC. Setting any field to null resets it to its default.
To send backups to your own bucket, GET .../backupBucket to inspect the current config, then POST .../backupBucket with a provider-specific body - AWS: {"bucketProvider":"AWS","bucketPath":...,"iamRoleArn":...,"iamRoleSessionName":...}; GCP: {"bucketProvider":"GCP","bucketPath":...,"accessKeyId":...,"secretAccessKey":...} (HMAC keys); Azure: {"bucketProvider":"AZURE","containerName":...,"connectionString":...}. Source all secret values from a secret manager, never from source control.
Change it with PATCH .../backupBucket (resend the provider's secrets) or remove it with DELETE .../backupBucket.
Restore by creating a NEW service from a backup: POST /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services with the usual fields plus {"backupId":"<backup-uuid>"}. There is no in-place restore onto the original service.
Poll GET /v1/organizations/{organizationId}/services/{serviceId} on the new service until it reports 'running', then validate row counts against the source before cutting traffic over.
Docs: https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/backups/overview and https://clickhouse.com/docs/cloud/manage/backups/configurable-backups
Known gotchas
Restore is region- and tier-locked: the spec states that when backupId is used, the region and tier of the new instance must match the original. You cannot restore across regions or into a different tier.
Restoring always provisions a new service, which means a new hostname and a new default password - plan a DNS or connection-string cutover rather than expecting an in-place rollback.
backupRetentionPeriodInHours is capped at 1080 hours (45 days) and must be a multiple of 24. Odd hour counts or longer retention are rejected.
Setting backupStartTime resets the backup period to every 24 hours as a side effect. If you also want a custom backupPeriodInHours, set both in the same PATCH.
backupConfiguration and backupBucket writes require an admin-level key; a read-only or developer key is rejected.
backupBucket PATCH generally requires re-sending the provider's secret even when it has not changed - omitting it can fail or clear the stored credential.
Deleting a service eventually purges its backups per retention. Take a restore copy before deleting anything you might need.
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