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Updated on 15 September, 2025

Retrieves information about a Vultr backup including its description, size, status, and creation date

Get information about a Vultr backup. This data source provides a list of backups which contain the description, size, status, and the creation date for your Vultr backup.

Example Usage

Get the information for a backup by description:

hcl 
data "vultr_backup" "my_backup" {
  filter {
    name = "description"
    values = ["my-backup-description"]
  }
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

  • filter - (Required) Query parameters for finding backups.

The filter block supports the following:

  • name - Attribute name to filter with.
  • values - One or more values filter with.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

  • id - The ID of the backup
  • description - The description of the backup.
  • size - The size of the backup in bytes.
  • status - The status of the backup.
  • date_created - The date the backup was added to your Vultr account.

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