Greetings,
Hope you are doing well.
You could make use of the RESTful Web service offered by Denodo Platform , which is an HTTP service that publishes the contents of the entire Virtual DataPort server. It is deployed, by default, in the URL: http://server-name:9090/denodo-restfulws. More information, can be found on the following [link](https://community.denodo.com/docs/html/browse/latest/vdp/administration/restful_architecture/restful_web_service/restful_web_service).
Note: if you are using SSL, you could simply use HTTPS and port 9443 instead.
For initiating backups , please check the following [community answer](https://community.denodo.com/answers/question/details?questionId=9064u000000HAh4AAG&title=Backup+Denodo+Server+and+Cache) it mentions the options available to perform backups. As for automating a backup export procedure , you could use the Denodo Scheduler component to schedule a regular extraction job of VDP metadata. Steps are described [here](https://community.denodo.com/answers/question/details?questionId=9060g000000TQgPAAW&title=Export+a+vdb+in+the+Scheduler+Administration+Tool).
Moreover, if you are using Solution Manager, a backup of all configurations including information about environments, clusters, and servers, could be exported as a JSON file. The steps are outlined [here](https://community.denodo.com/docs/html/browse/8.0/en/solution_manager/administration/import_export/import_export#:~:text=click%20Export).
Hope this helps !
