DataStax OpsCenter Documentation

Managing Schedules and Backups

You can manage job schedules using these methods. Currently, the only type of job is a scheduled backup.

Schedule Management Methods URL
List jobs scheduled to run in OpsCenter. GET /{cluster_id}/job-schedules
Get the description of a scheduled job. GET /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}
Schedule a job. POST /{cluster_id}/job-schedules
Modify a scheduled job. PUT /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}
Delete a scheduled job. DELETE /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}

Using these methods, get the status of and start backups across registered clusters.

Backup Management Methods URL
List backups in the cluster. GET /{cluster_id}/backups
List backups for a keyspace in the cluster. GET /{cluster_id}/backups/{ks_name}
Run a backup. POST /{cluster_id}/backups/run

HTTP Methods

GET /{cluster_id}/job-schedules

Retrieve a list of jobs scheduled to run in OpsCenter. Currently the only type of job is a scheduled backup.

Path arguments:cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
Responses:201 -- Schedule created successfully

Returns a list of JobSchedule objects.

JobSchedule
{
    "first_run_date": <value>,
    "first_run_time": <value>,
    "timezone": <value>,
    "interval": <value>,
    "interval_unit": <value>,
    "job_params": {<type>: <value>, <name>: <value>, ...},
    "id": <value>,
    "last_run": <value>
}

This table describes the property values of a JobSchedule object:

Property Type Description of Values
first_run_date String A date in YYYY-MM-DD format the date for running the job.
first_run_time String A time in hh:mm:ss format specifying the time to begin running the job.
timezone String The time zone, listed in the OpsCenter /meta/timezones directory, for the job schedule. For example, GMT, US/Central, US/Pacific, and US/Eastern.
interval Int The number of times a job runs during an interval_unit. For example, an interval of 2 and an interval_unit of weeks runs a job every two weeks.
interval_unit String The unit of time of an interval. Values are minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
job_params -- An object that describes the job. Only the type field is required and its value is currently limited to backup.
id String A unique ID that references a job schedule. Use only for retrieving a job schedule.
last_run String The date and time of the last successful run. Use only for retrieving a job schedule.

Example:

curl
  http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/job-schedules
  -X GET

Output:

[
  {
    "first_run_date": "2012-04-19",
    "first_run_time": "18:00:00",
    "id": "19119720-115a-4f2c-862f-e10e1fb90eed",
    "interval": 1,
    "interval_unit": "days",
    "job_params": {
      "cleanup_age": 30,
      "cleanup_age_unit": "days",
      "keyspaces": [],
      "type": "backup"
    },
    "last_run": "",
    "next_run": "2012-04-19 18:00:00 GMT",
    "timezone": "GMT"
  },
  ...
]
GET /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}

Get the description of a specific scheduled job.

Path arguments:

Returns a JobSchedule object

Example:

curl
  http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/job-schedules/19119720-115a-4f2c-862f-e10e1fb90eed
  -X GET

Output:

{
  "first_run_date": "2012-04-19",
  "first_run_time": "18:00:00",
  "id": "19119720-115a-4f2c-862f-e10e1fb90eed",
  "interval": 1,
  "interval_unit": "days",
  "job_params": {
    "cleanup_age": 30,
    "cleanup_age_unit": "days",
    "keyspaces": [],
    "type": "backup"
  },
  "last_run": "",
  "next_run": "2012-04-19 18:00:00 GMT",
  "timezone": "GMT"
}
POST /{cluster_id}/job-schedules

Create a new scheduled job. You can create a scheduled job to run one time in the future by specifing an interval=-1 and interval_unit=null.

Path arguments:cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
Body :A dictionary in the format of JobSchedule describing the scheduled job to create.
Responses:201 -- Job schedule created successfully

Returns the ID of the newly created job.

Example

curl
  http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/job-schedules/
  -X POST
  -d
  '{
    "first_run_date": "2012-05-03",
    "first_run_time": "18:00:00",
    "interval": 1,
    "interval_unit": "days",
    "job_params": {
        "cleanup_age": 30,
        "cleanup_age_unit": "days",
        "keyspaces": [],
        "type": "backup"
    },
    "timezone": "GMT"
  }'

Output:

"905391b7-1920-486d-a633-282f22dce604"
PUT /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}

Update an existing scheduled job.

Path arguments:
  • cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
  • schedule_id -- A unique ID identifying the schedule job to update.
Body :

A dictionary in the format of JobSchedule describing the scheduled job to create.
Responses:

200 -- Schedule updated successfully

Returns null.

Example

curl
  http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/job-schedules/905391b7-1920-486d-a633-282f22dce604
  -X PUT
  -d
  '{
    "first_run_date": "2012-05-05",
    "first_run_time": "19:00:00"
  }'
DELETE /{cluster_id}/job-schedules/{schedule_id}

Delete an existing scheduled job.

Path arguments:
  • cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
  • schedule_id -- A unique ID identifying the schedule job to delete.
Responses:

200 -- Schedule deleted successfully

Returns null.

Example

curl
  http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/job-schedules/905391b7-1920-486d-a633-282f22dce604
  -X DELETE
GET /{cluster_id}/backups

Get a list of existing snapshots in the cluster.

Path arguments:cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.

Returns a dictionary describing existing snapshots in the cluster. Each key in the dictionary is the ID of the snapshot and each value is a dictionary describing the snapshot.

Example

curl http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/backups
  -X GET

Output:

{
  "opscenter_adhoc_2012-04-19-17-41-12-UTC": {
    "id": "adhoc",
      "keyspaces": {
          "OpsCenter": {
              "nodes": [
                  "127.0.0.1"
              ],
                "size": 23180
            },
            "system": {
                "nodes": [
                    "127.0.0.1"
                ],
                "size": 48961
            },
            "test": {
                "nodes": [
                    "127.0.0.1"
                ],
                "size": 4543
            }
        },
        "time": 1334857272
    }
}
GET /{cluster_id}/backups/{ks_name}

Get a list of existing snapshots for a specific keyspace in the cluster.

Path arguments:
  • cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
  • ks_name -- The keyspace scheduled for snapshot.

Returns a dictionary describing existing snapshots in the cluster. Each key in the dictionary is the ID of the snapshot and each value is a dictionary describing the snapshot.

Example

curl http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/backups/movies_ks
  -X GET

Output:

{
  "opscenter_adhoc_2012-04-18-15-06-47-UTC": {
  "id": "adhoc",
  "keyspaces": {
    "movies_ks": {
      "nodes": [
        "10.11.12.150",
        "10.11.12.152"
      ],
      "size": 14833
    }
  },
  "time": 1334761607
}
POST /{cluster_id}/backups/run

Run a one time backup immediately.

Path arguments:cluster_id -- A key, which identifies the node's cluster, in the dictionary returned by GET /cluster-configs.
Body :A json dictionary containing the options to use for running this one-time backup.

Returns true to indicate a successful snapshot.

Example

Start a backup of the test keyspace on nodes 10.11.12.150 and 10.11.12.152 to run immediately.

curl http://127.0.0.1:8888/Test_Cluster/backups/run
  -X POST
  -d
  '{"keyspaces":
    {"test":
      {"nodes": ["10.11.12.150", "10.11.12.152"], "size": 29644}
    }
  }'

Output:

The first true response indicates that the snapshot was successful for the specified node.

[
  true,
  [
    null,
    "10.11.12.150"
  ]
],
[
  true,
  [
    null,
    "10.11.12.152"
  ]
]

Note: You can schedule a one-time backup in the future using the POST /{cluster_id}/job-schedules. Specify an interval=-1 and interval_unit=null.