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Backup and restore a web app from a backup using CLI

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This sample script creates a web app in App Service with its related resources. It then creates a one-time backup for it, and also a scheduled backup for it. Finally, it restores the web app from backup.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

Sample script

Launch Azure Cloud Shell

The Azure Cloud Shell is a free interactive shell that you can use to run the steps in this article. It has common Azure tools preinstalled and configured to use with your account.

To open the Cloud Shell, just select Try it from the upper right corner of a code block. You can also launch Cloud Shell in a separate browser tab by going to https://shell.azure.com.

When Cloud Shell opens, verify that Bash is selected for your environment. Subsequent sessions will use Azure CLI in a Bash environment, Select Copy to copy the blocks of code, paste it into the Cloud Shell, and press Enter to run it.

Sign in to Azure

Cloud Shell is automatically authenticated under the initial account signed-in with. Use the following script to sign in using a different subscription, replacing <Subscription ID> with your Azure Subscription ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

subscription="<subscriptionId>" # add subscription here

az account set -s $subscription # ...or use 'az login'

For more information, see set active subscription or log in interactively

Run the script

# Backup and restore a web app from a backup
# set -e # exit if error
# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="East US"
resourceGroup="msdocs-app-service-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="backup-restore.sh"
appServicePlan="msdocs-app-service-plan-$randomIdentifier"
webapp="msdocs-web-app-$randomIdentifier"
storage="webappstorage$randomIdentifier"
container="appbackup$randomIdentifier"
backup="backup$randomIdentifier"
expirydate=$(date -I -d "$(date) + 1 month")

# Create a resource group.
echo "Creating $resourceGroup in "$location"..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tag $tag

# Create a Storage Account
echo "Creating $storage"
az storage account create --name $storage --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location" \
--sku Standard_LRS

# Create a storage container
echo "Creating $container on $storage..."
key=$(az storage account keys list --account-name $storage --resource-group $resourceGroup -o json --query [0].value | tr -d '"')

az storage container create --name $container --account-key $key --account-name $storage

# Generate a SAS token for the storage container, valid for one month.
# NOTE: You can use the same SAS token to make backups in App Service until --expiry
sastoken=$(az storage container generate-sas --account-name $storage --name $container --account-key $key \
--expiry $expirydate --permissions rwdl --output tsv)

# Construct the SAS URL for the container
sasurl=https://$storage.blob.core.windows.net/$container?$sastoken

# Create an App Service plan in Standard tier. Standard tier allows one backup per day.
echo "Creating $appServicePlan"
az appservice plan create --name $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location" \
--sku S1

# Create a web app
echo "Creating $webapp"
az webapp create --name $webapp --plan $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup

# Create a one-time backup
echo "Creating $backup"
az webapp config backup create --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp \
--backup-name $backup --container-url $sasurl

# List statuses of all backups that are complete or currently executing.
az webapp config backup list --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp

# Schedule a backup every day and retain for 10 days
az webapp config backup update --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp \
--container-url $sasurl --frequency 1d --retain-one true --retention 10

# Show the current scheduled backup configuration
az webapp config backup show --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp

# List statuses of all backups that are complete or currently executing
az webapp config backup list --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp

# (OPTIONAL) Change the backup schedule to every 2 days
az webapp config backup update --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp \
--container-url $sasurl --frequency 2d --retain-one true --retention 10

# Restore the app by overwriting it with the backup data

az webapp config backup restore --resource-group $resourceGroup --webapp-name $webapp \
--backup-name $backup --container-url $sasurl --overwrite

# fails - https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/19492

Clean up resources

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it using the az group delete command - unless you have an ongoing need for these resources. Some of these resources may take a while to create, as well as to delete.

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

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

Command Notes
az webapp config backup list Gets a list of backups for a web app.
az webapp config backup restore Restores a web app from a backup.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional App Service CLI script samples can be found in the Azure App Service documentation.