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community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy – Copies an EC2 snapshot and returns the new Snapshot ID.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.aws collection (version 1.5.0).

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 community.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy.

New in version 1.0.0: of community.aws

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

Copies an EC2 Snapshot from a source region to a destination region.

Requirements 

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

boto
boto3
python >= 2.6

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
aws_access_key aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key string	AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the aws_access_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
aws_ca_bundle path	The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. Only used for boto3 based modules. Note: The CA Bundle is read ‘module’ side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.
aws_config dictionary	A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. Parameters can be found at https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config. Only the ‘user_agent’ key is used for boto modules. See http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto for more boto configuration.
aws_secret_key aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key string	AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the aws_secret_key and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean	Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) “resource:action” API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used. Choices: no ← (default) yes
description string	An optional human-readable string describing purpose of the new Snapshot.
ec2_url aliases: aws_endpoint_url, endpoint_url string	Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
encrypted boolean	Whether or not the destination Snapshot should be encrypted. Choices: no ← (default) yes
kms_key_id string	KMS key id used to encrypt snapshot. If not specified, AWS defaults to `alias/aws/ebs`.
profile aliases: aws_profile string	Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0. Using profile will override aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token and support for passing them at the same time as profile has been deprecated. aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token will be made mutually exclusive with profile after 2022-06-01.
region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region string	The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region
security_token aliases: aws_security_token, access_token string	AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. If profile is set this parameter is ignored. Passing the security_token and profile options at the same time has been deprecated and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
source_region string / required	The source region the Snapshot should be copied from.
source_snapshot_id string / required	The ID of the Snapshot in source region that should be copied.
tags dictionary	A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new Snapshot; ‘{“key”:”value”}’ and ‘{“key”:”value”,”key”:”value”}’
validate_certs boolean	When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0. Choices: no yes ← (default)
wait boolean	Wait for the copied Snapshot to be in ‘Available’ state before returning. Choices: no ← (default) yes
wait_timeout integer	How long before wait gives up, in seconds. Default: 600

Notes 

Note

If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_PROFILE or AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION, AWS_CA_BUNDLE
Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

Examples 

- name: Basic Snapshot Copy
  community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx

- name: Copy Snapshot and wait until available
  community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 1200   # Default timeout is 600
  register: snapshot_id

- name: Tagged Snapshot copy
  community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    tags:
        Name: Snapshot-Name

- name: Encrypted Snapshot copy
  community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes

- name: Encrypted Snapshot copy with specified key
  community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:eu-central-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:key/746de6ea-50a4-4bcb-8fbc-e3b29f2d367b

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
snapshot_id string	snapshot id of the newly created snapshot Returned: when snapshot copy is successful Sample: “snap-e9095e8c”

Authors

Deepak Kothandan (@Deepakkothandan) <deepak.kdy@gmail.com>

community.aws.ec2_snapshot_copy – Copies an EC2 snapshot and returns the new Snapshot ID.

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values