ovhcloud_cloud_instance_backup_create.md

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ovhcloud cloud instance backup create

Create a backup of the given instance

ovhcloud cloud instance backup create <instance_id> <backup_name> [flags]

Options

      --distant-backup-name string   Name of the backup in the distant region (for cross region backup)
      --distant-region-name string   Name of the distant region (for cross region backup)
  -h, --help                         help for create

Options inherited from parent commands

      --cloud-project string   Cloud project ID
  -d, --debug                  Activate debug mode (will log all HTTP requests details)
  -e, --ignore-errors          Ignore errors in API calls when it is not fatal to the execution
  -o, --output string          Output format: json, yaml, interactive, or a custom format expression (using https://github.com/PaesslerAG/gval syntax)
                               Examples:
                                 --output json
                                 --output yaml
                                 --output interactive
                                 --output 'id' (to extract a single field)
                                 --output 'nested.field.subfield' (to extract a nested field)
                                 --output '[id, "name"]' (to extract multiple fields as an array)
                                 --output '{"newKey": oldKey, "otherKey": nested.field}' (to extract and rename fields in an object)
                                 --output 'name+","+type' (to extract and concatenate fields in a string)
                                 --output '(nbFieldA + nbFieldB) * 10' (to compute values from numeric fields)
      --profile string         Use a specific profile from the configuration file

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