[pve-devel] About PVE Backup Integration Guide

[Fiona Ebner]

Am 01.04.25 um 10:07 schrieb Fiona Ebner:
> Note there is a v6 of the patch series now [0].

Also available as packages now:

http://download.proxmox.com/temp/backup-provider-api-v6/

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> Am 01.04.25 um 09:02 schrieb Prashant Patil:
>>      2. Do we need to implement our own backup provider plugin? Which
>>         all functions we need to implement?
> 
> Yes. You need to implement all methods, but you can decide which backup
> and restore mechanisms you want to implement. One for VMs and one for
> containers.

I suggest you take a look at the examples for these too:

https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250331132020.105324-17-f.ebner@proxmox.com/
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250331132020.105324-18-f.ebner@proxmox.com/

Best Regards,
Fiona