aid: aws-backup
name: AWS Backup
description: >-
  AWS Backup is a fully managed, policy-based data protection service that
  centralizes and automates backup of data across AWS services including
  EBS volumes, EC2 instances, RDS databases, DynamoDB tables, EFS file
  systems, FSx file systems, Storage Gateway volumes, S3, and on-premises
  data via the AWS Backup gateway. The AWS Backup API allows programmatic
  management of backup plans, vaults, recovery points, restore jobs, and
  cross-account, cross-Region copies, authenticated with AWS Signature
  Version 4 (SigV4).
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Backup
  - Data Protection
  - Disaster Recovery
  - AWS
  - Managed Service
  - Compliance
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aws-backup/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: aws-backup:api
    name: AWS Backup API
    description: >-
      REST API for centrally configuring and managing AWS Backup including
      backup plans, backup selections, backup vaults, recovery points,
      restore jobs, framework reports, audit reports, and the AWS Backup
      gateway for on-premises virtual machines. All requests are signed
      with AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4).
    humanURL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
    baseURL: https://backup.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Backup
      - Data Protection
      - Disaster Recovery
      - AWS
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/api-reference.html
      - type: Actions
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/API_Operations.html
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/authentication.html
      - type: Endpoints
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/backup.html

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/backup/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/backup/pricing/
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com