Versioning
The Veeam Backup for AWS REST API is available in multiple versions. To work with resources available in a particular version of the REST API specification, you must specify the version in the x-api-version header. For example, to obtain information on EFS backup policies using the latest Veeam Backup for AWS REST API specification, send the following HTTP request to the backup appliance:
Request: GET https://127.0.0.1:11005/api/v1/efs/policies
Request Header: x-api-version:1.6-rev0 |
The Veeam Backup for AWS REST API is backward-compatible with client applications that were created using earlier versions of the REST API specification. This means that you can use any of the supported REST API specifications to perform operations with Veeam Backup for AWS resources if the specification version has been released earlier or with the product version installed on the backup appliance:
Veeam Backup for AWS Version | Supported REST API Version and Revision |
|---|---|
Veeam Backup for AWS 8.0 | Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.6-rev0) Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.5-rev1) |
Veeam Backup for AWS 7.0 | Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.5-rev1) Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.5-rev0) |
Veeam Backup for AWS 6a | |
Veeam Backup for AWS 6.0 | |
Veeam Backup for AWS 5.0, 5a | Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.3-rev0) Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.2-rev0) |
Veeam Backup for AWS 4.0 | Veeam Backup for AWS REST API v1 (1.2-rev0) |
Veeam Backup for AWS 3.0 | |
Veeam Backup for AWS 2.0 |