Create a scheduled backup for an App Service app using CLI

This sample script creates an app in App Service with its related resources, and then creates a scheduled backup for it.

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If you choose to install and use the CLI locally, you need Azure CLI version 2.0 or later. To find the version, run az --version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install the Azure CLI.

Sample script

#!/bin/bash

groupname="myResourceGroup"
planname="myAppServicePlan"
webappname=mywebapp$RANDOM
storagename=mywebappstorage$RANDOM
location="chinanorth"
container="appbackup"
expirydate=$(date -I -d "$(date) + 1 month")

# Create a Resource Group 
az group create --name $groupname --location $location

# Create a Storage Account
az storage account create --name $storagename --resource-group $groupname --location $location \
--sku Standard_LRS

# Create a storage container
az storage container create --account-name $storagename --name $container

# Generates an SAS token for the storage container, valid for one month.
# NOTE: You can use the same SAS token to make backups in App Service until --expiry
sastoken=$(az storage container generate-sas --account-name $storagename --name $container \
--expiry $expirydate --permissions rwdl --output tsv)

# Construct the SAS URL for the container
sasurl=https://$storagename.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn/$container?$sastoken

# Create an App Service plan in Standard tier. Standard tier allows one backup per day.
az appservice plan create --name $planname --resource-group $groupname --location $location \
--sku S1

# Create a web app
az webapp create --name $webappname --plan $planname --resource-group $groupname

# Schedule a backup every day and retain for 10 days
az webapp config backup update --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname \
--container-url $sasurl --frequency 1d --retain-one true --retention 10

# Show the current scheduled backup configuration
az webapp config backup show --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname

# List statuses of all backups that are complete or currently executing
az webapp config backup list --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname

# (OPTIONAL) Change the backup schedule to every 2 days
az webapp config backup update --resource-group $groupname --webapp-name $webappname \
--container-url $sasurl --frequency 2d --retain-one true --retention 10

Clean up deployment

After the sample script has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

az group delete --name myResourceGroup

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional App Service CLI script samples can be found in the Azure App Service documentation.