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# Initiate DR Event

> Initiate a disaster recovery event for a cyber policy. A unique identifier representing the cyber policy or customer view.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/disaster-recovery/dr-api.json post /external/api/v1/policies/cyber/initiate/{cidr_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cloudidr Disaster Recovery (DR) API
  description: API for managing disaster recovery and cyber resilience policies.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://public-api.cloudidr.com
    description: Production server
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /external/api/v1/policies/cyber/initiate/{cidr_id}:
    post:
      summary: Initiate DR Event
      description: >-
        Initiate a disaster recovery event for a cyber policy. A unique
        identifier representing the cyber policy or customer view.
      parameters:
        - name: cidr_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            A unique identifier representing the cyber policy or customer view.
            This ID is used to retrieve detailed view information.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Event Already Triggered - A DR event has already been initiated for
            the provided cyber policy
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                code: 200
                data:
                  id: null
                message: allocation event already triggered
        '201':
          description: Event Created - A new DR event has been successfully created
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                code: 201
                data:
                  id: null
                message: event row created
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - Unable to process access token
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: '401'
                  message: Unauthorized
                  details:
                    timestamp: '2025-03-04T17:01:01'
                    description: Unable to process access token
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not Found - The specified cidr_id does not correspond to any
            existing cyber policy view
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: '404'
                  message: Not Found
                  details:
                    timestamp: '2025-03-04T17:15:55'
                    description: Cidr rFVrfliRmYgD1 not found
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected error occurred
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                error:
                  code: '500'
                  message: Internal Server Error
                  details:
                    timestamp: '2025-03-04T17:17:08'
                    description: Unexpected error. Our team is working on it
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT

````