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Cisco Identity Services Engine

Cisco Identity Services Engine Backup And Restore API

The Backup And Restore API from Cisco Identity Services Engine — 5 operation(s) for backup and restore.

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Cisco Identity Services Engine Backup And Restore API is one of 197 APIs that Cisco Identity Services Engine publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Backup And Restore. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 5 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://{server}:{port}/ers/config.

6 operations 5 paths 12 schemas 1 GET4 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://{server}:{port}/ers/config
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 GET, 4 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Backup And Restore 6
POST
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/backup
Take the config DB backup now by providing the name of the backup,repository name and encryption key. The API returns the task ID. Use the Task Service status API to get the status of the backup job
configBackup body → 200201202400401403404
POST
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/cancel-backup
Cancel the running backup
cancelBackup → 200201401403404405
GET
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/last-backup-status
Gives the last backup status
getLastConfigBackupStatus → 200401403404
POST
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/restore
Restore a config DB backup by giving the name of the backup file, repository name and encryption key. The API returns the task ID. Use the Task Service status API to get the status of the restore job
restoreConfigBackup body → 200201202400401403404
PUT
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/schedule-config-backup
Update scheduled configuration backup
updateScheduledConfigBackup body → 200201400401403404405
POST
/api/v1/backup-restore/config/schedule-config-backup
Schedules the configuration backup on the ISE node as per the input parameters.
createScheduledConfigBackup body → 200201400401403404405

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConfigBackupStatus (14 properties), ScheduleConfigBackupRequest (11 properties), ConfigRestore (4 properties), ConfigBackup (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OperationNotExecuted
object
2 properties 2 required
BackupRestoreTask
object
2 properties
ConfigBackup
object
3 properties 3 required
BackupRestoreTaskResponse
object
2 properties
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
ConfigScheduleStatusResponse
object
2 properties
ScheduleConfigBackupRequest
object
11 properties 6 required
ConfigScheduleStatus
object
1 property
ConfigBackupStatusResponse
object
2 properties
ConfigBackupStatus
object
14 properties
CancelBackupResponse
object
2 properties
ConfigRestore
object
4 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cisco-ise-backup-and-restore-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Cisco Identity Services Engine ACI Data API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Acibindings API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Acisettings API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Active Directories API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Activedirectory API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine AD Groups API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Admin Groups API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Admin Users API
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Cisco Identity Services Engine Adminuser API
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API Details
ID
cisco-ise:cisco-ise-backup-and-restore-api
Base URL
https://{server}:{port}/ers/config
Docs
https://developer.cisco.com/docs/identity-services-engine/latest/
Provider
Cisco Identity Services Engine
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