vultr.cloud.snapshot module – Manages snapshots on Vultr

Note

This module is part of the vultr.cloud collection (version 1.13.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install vultr.cloud.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vultr.cloud.snapshot.

New in vultr.cloud 1.7.0

Synopsis

• Create and remove snapshots.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_endpoint string	URL to API endpint (without trailing slash). Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_ENDPOINT. Default: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"
api_key string / required	API key of the Vultr API. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_KEY.
api_retries integer	Amount of retries in case of the Vultr API retuns an HTTP error code, such as - 429 Too Many Requests - 500 Internal Server Error - 504 Gateway Time-out Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRIES. Default: 5
api_retry_max_delay integer	Retry backoff delay in seconds is exponential up to this max. value, in seconds. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_RETRY_MAX_DELAY. Default: 12
api_timeout integer	HTTP timeout to Vultr API. Fallback environment variable VULTR_API_TIMEOUT. Default: 180
description aliases: name string / required	Description of the snapshot.
instance string	The description or ID of the instance from which to take the snapshot. Mutually exclusive with url. instance or url is required if state=present.
state string	State of the snapshot. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
url string	The URL of the snapshot image (RAW) to be uploaded. Mutually exclusive with instance. instance or url is required if state=present.
validate_certs boolean	Validate SSL certs of the Vultr API. Choices: false true ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Also see the API documentation on https://www.vultr.com/api/.

Examples

- name: Ensure a snapshot is present
  vultr.cloud.snapshot:
    description: my snapshot of my instance
    instance: my instance

- name: Ensure a snapshot is present
  vultr.cloud.snapshot:
    description: debian 11 generic
    url: https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bullseye/latest/debian-11-generic-amd64.raw

- name: Ensure a snapshot is absent
  vultr.cloud.snapshot:
    description: my snapshot of my instance
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
vultr_api dictionary	Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification. Returned: success
api_endpoint string	Endpoint used for the API requests. Returned: success Sample: "https://api.vultr.com/v2"
api_retries integer	Amount of max retries for the API requests. Returned: success Sample: 5
api_retry_max_delay integer	Exponential backoff delay in seconds between retries up to this max delay value. Returned: success Sample: 12
api_timeout integer	Timeout used for the API requests. Returned: success Sample: 60
vultr_snapshot dictionary	Response from Vultr API. Returned: success
app_id integer	ID of the app. Returned: success Sample: 0
compressed_size integer	Compressed size of the snapshot. Returned: success Sample: 949678560
date_created string	Date the snapshot was created. Returned: success Sample: "2020-10-10T01:56:20+00:00"
description string	Description of the snapshot. Returned: success Sample: "my vpc"
id string	ID of the snapshot. Returned: success Sample: "cb676a46-66fd-4dfb-b839-443f2e6c0b60"
os_id integer	ID of the OS. Returned: success Sample: 215
size integer	Size of the snapshot. Returned: success Sample: 42949672960
status string	Status of the snapshot. Returned: success Sample: "complete"

Authors

• René Moser (@resmo)

Collection links

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