docs/examples/backup/create_backup_from_node.py

import time
from pprint import pprint

from libcloud.backup.types import BackupTargetJobStatusType
from libcloud.backup.types import Provider as BackupProvider
from libcloud.backup.providers import get_driver as get_backup_driver

from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver as get_compute_driver
from libcloud.compute.types import Provider as ComputeProvider

backup_driver = get_backup_driver(
    BackupProvider.DIMENSIONDATA)('username', 'api key')
compute_driver = get_compute_driver(
    ComputeProvider.DIMENSIONDATA)('username', 'api key')

nodes = compute_driver.list_nodes()

# Backup the first node in the pool
selected_node = nodes[0]

print('Enabling backup for node')
new_target = backup_driver.create_target_from_node(selected_node)

print('Starting backup of node')
job = backup_driver.create_target_job(new_target)

print('Waiting for job to complete')
while True:
    if job.status != BackupTargetJobStatusType.RUNNING:
        break
    else:
        job = backup_driver.get_target_job(job.id)

    print('Job is now at %s percent complete' % (job.progress))
    time.sleep(20)

print('Job is completed with status- %s' % (job.status))

print('Getting a list of recovery points')
recovery_points = backup_driver.list_recovery_points(new_target)
pprint(recovery_points)