MCP Toolbox for Databases

--- title: cloud-sql-create-backup type: docs weight: 10 description: "Creates a backup on a Cloud SQL instance." --- The `cloud-sql-create-backup` tool creates an on-demand backup on a Cloud SQL instance using the Cloud SQL Admin API. {{< notice info dd>}} This tool uses a `source` of kind `cloud-sql-admin`. {{< /notice >}} ## Examples Basic backup creation (current state) ```yaml tools: backup-creation-basic: kind: cloud-sql-create-backup source: cloud-sql-admin-source description: "Creates a backup on the given Cloud SQL instance." ``` ## Reference ### Tool Configuration | **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** | | -------------- | :------: | :----------: | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | kind | string | true | Must be "cloud-sql-create-backup". | | source | string | true | The name of the `cloud-sql-admin` source to use. | | description | string | false | A description of the tool. | ### Tool Inputs | **parameter** | **type** | **required** | **description** | | -------------------------- | :------: | :----------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | project | string | true | The project ID. | | instance | string | true | The name of the instance to take a backup on. Does not include the project ID. | | location | string | false | (Optional) Location of the backup run. | | backup_description | string | false | (Optional) The description of this backup run. | ## See Also - [Cloud SQL Admin API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/admin-api) - [Toolbox Cloud SQL tools documentation](../cloudsql) - [Cloud SQL Backup API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/backup-recovery/backups)