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doctl nfs snapshot create

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Usage 

doctl nfs snapshot create [flags]

Description

Creates a snapshot of the NFS share with the given share ID.

Example

The following example creates a snapshot for a specified NFS share:

doctl nfs snapshot create --name my-snapshot --region 'atl1' --share-id 0a1b2c3d-4e5f-6a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d

Flags

Option Description
--help, -h Help for this command
--name, -n the name of the NFS snapshot (required)
--region, -r the region where the NFS share resides (required)
--share-id the ID of the NFS share to snapshot (required)
--wait Wait for action to complete
Default: false
Command Description
doctl nfs snapshot Display commands for NFS share's snapshots

Global Flags

Option Description
--access-token, -t API V2 access token
--api-url, -u Override default API endpoint
--config, -c Specify a custom config file
Default:
    --context Specify a custom authentication context name
    --http-retry-max Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
    Default: 5
    --http-retry-wait-max Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 30
    --http-retry-wait-min Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 1
    --interactive Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
    Default: false
    --output, -o Desired output format [text|json]
    Default: text
    --trace Show a log of network activity while performing a command
    Default: false
    --verbose, -v Enable verbose output
    Default: false

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