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doctl compute droplet-action enable-backups

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage

doctl compute droplet-action enable-backups <droplet-id> [flags]

Enables backups on a Droplet. This automatically creates and stores a disk image of the Droplet. By default, backups happen daily.

The following example enables backups on a Droplet with the ID 386734086 with a backup policy flag:

doctl compute droplet-action enable-backups 386734086 --backup-policy-plan weekly --backup-policy-weekday SUN --backup-policy-hour 4

Option	Description
`--backup-policy-hour`	Backup policy hour. Default: `0`
`--backup-policy-plan`	Backup policy frequency plan.
`--backup-policy-weekday`	Backup policy weekday.
`--format`	Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: `ID`, `Status`, `Type`, `StartedAt`, `CompletedAt`, `ResourceID`, `ResourceType`, `Region`.
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--no-header`	Return raw data with no headers Default: `false`
`--wait`	Wait for action to complete Default: `false`

Command	Description
doctl compute droplet-action	Display Droplet action commands

Option	Description
`--access-token`, `-t`	API V2 access token
`--api-url`, `-u`	Override default API endpoint
`--config`, `-c`	Specify a custom config file Default:
`--context`	Specify a custom authentication context name
`--http-retry-max`	Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error Default: `5`
`--http-retry-wait-max`	Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `30`
`--http-retry-wait-min`	Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `1`
`--interactive`	Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) Default: `false`
`--output`, `-o`	Desired output format [text\|json] Default: `text`
`--trace`	Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: `false`
`--verbose`, `-v`	Enable verbose output Default: `false`