Create a scheduled backup for a web app using PowerShell

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

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Sample script

Note

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$webappname="mywebapp$(Get-Random -Minimum 100000 -Maximum 999999)"
$storagename="$($webappname)storage"
$container="appbackup"
$location="West Europe"

# Create a resource group.
New-AzResourceGroup -Name myResourceGroup -Location $location

# Create a storage account.
$storage = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup `
-Name $storagename -SkuName Standard_LRS -Location $location

# Create a storage container.
New-AzStorageContainer -Name $container -Context $storage.Context

# Generates an SAS token for the storage container, valid for 1 year.
# NOTE: You can use the same SAS token to make backups in Web Apps until -ExpiryTime
$sasUrl = New-AzStorageContainerSASToken -Name $container -Permission rwdl `
-Context $storage.Context -ExpiryTime (Get-Date).AddYears(1) -FullUri

# Create an App Service plan in Standard tier. Standard tier allows one backup per day.
New-AzAppServicePlan -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup -Name $webappname `
-Location $location -Tier Standard

# Create a web app.
New-AzWebApp -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup -Name $webappname `
-Location $location -AppServicePlan $webappname

# Schedule a backup every day, beginning in one hour, and retain for 10 days
Edit-AzWebAppBackupConfiguration -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup -Name $webappname `
-StorageAccountUrl $sasUrl -FrequencyInterval 1 -FrequencyUnit Day -KeepAtLeastOneBackup `
-StartTime (Get-Date).AddHours(1) -RetentionPeriodInDays 10

# List statuses of all backups that are complete or currently executing.
Get-AzWebAppBackupList -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup -Name $webappname

# (OPTIONAL) Change the backup schedule to every 2 days
$configuration = Get-AzWebAppBackupConfiguration -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup `
-Name $webappname
$configuration.FrequencyInterval = 2
$configuration | Edit-AzWebAppBackupConfiguration

Clean up deployment

After the script sample has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group, web app, and all related resources.

Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name myResourceGroup -Force

Script explanation

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

Command	Notes
New-AzResourceGroup	Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
New-AzStorageAccount	Creates a Storage account.
New-AzStorageContainer	Creates an Azure storage container.
New-AzStorageContainerSASToken	Generates an SAS token for an Azure storage container.
New-AzAppServicePlan	Creates an App Service plan.
New-AzWebApp	Creates a web app.
Edit-AzWebAppBackupConfiguration	Edits the backup configuration for web app.
Get-AzWebAppBackupList	Gets a list of backups for a web app.
Get-AzWebAppBackupConfiguration	Gets the backup configuration for web app.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure PowerShell module, see Azure PowerShell documentation.

Additional Azure PowerShell samples for Azure App Service Web Apps can be found in the Azure PowerShell samples.