---
title: "POST /volumeBackups.create"
method: POST
path: "/volumeBackups.create"
tags: ["volumeBackups"]
---

# POST /volumeBackups.create

`POST /volumeBackups.create`

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `volumeName` string, required
  - `prefix` string, required
  - `serviceType` 'application' | 'postgres' | 'mysql' | 'mariadb' | 'mongo' | 'redis' | 'compose' | 'libsql'
  - `appName` string
  - `serviceName` string, nullable
  - `turnOff` boolean
  - `cronExpression` string, required
  - `keepLatestCount` number, nullable
  - `enabled` boolean, nullable
  - `applicationId` string, nullable
  - `postgresId` string, nullable
  - `mariadbId` string, nullable
  - `mongoId` string, nullable
  - `mysqlId` string, nullable
  - `redisId` string, nullable
  - `libsqlId` string, nullable
  - `composeId` string, nullable
  - `createdAt` string
  - `destinationId` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid input data
- `401` — Authorization not provided
- `403` — Insufficient access
- `500` — Internal server error

## Changes

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- **2026-07-31** `ef58cac4be06` — 1 breaking
  - added the pattern `^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]*$` to the request property `volumeName`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/dokploy/apis/dokploy-api/changes/volumeBackups.create/post.md)

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