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amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot module – Creates a snapshot from an existing volume

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 2.3.0).

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 amazon.aws.

To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot.

New in version 1.0.0: of amazon.aws

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

Creates an EC2 snapshot from an existing EBS volume.

Requirements 

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

python >= 3.6
boto3 >= 1.15.0
botocore >= 1.18.0

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. Not used by boto 2 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	Description to be applied to the snapshot.
device_name string	Device name of a mounted volume to be snapshotted.
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.
instance_id string	Instance that has the required volume to snapshot mounted.
last_snapshot_min_age integer	If the volume’s most recent snapshot has started less than `last_snapshot_min_age’ minutes ago, a new snapshot will not be created. Default: 0
profile aliases: aws_profile string	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.
snapshot_id string	Snapshot id to remove.
snapshot_tags dictionary	A dictionary of tags to add to the snapshot. If the volume has a `Name` tag this will be automatically added to the snapshot.
state string	Whether to add or create a snapshot. Choices: absent present ← (default)
validate_certs boolean	When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Choices: no yes ← (default)
volume_id string	Volume from which to take the snapshot.
wait boolean	Wait for the snapshot to be ready. Choices: no yes ← (default)
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
When no credentials are explicitly provided the AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses will fall back to its configuration files (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.
Modules based on the original AWS SDK (boto) may read their default configuration from different files. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html for more information.
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be defined in the configuration files.

Examples 

# Simple snapshot of volume using volume_id
- amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot:
    volume_id: vol-abcdef12
    description: snapshot of /data from DB123 taken 2013/11/28 12:18:32

# Snapshot of volume mounted on device_name attached to instance_id
- amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot:
    instance_id: i-12345678
    device_name: /dev/sdb1
    description: snapshot of /data from DB123 taken 2013/11/28 12:18:32

# Snapshot of volume with tagging
- amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot:
    instance_id: i-12345678
    device_name: /dev/sdb1
    snapshot_tags:
        frequency: hourly
        source: /data

# Remove a snapshot
- amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot:
    snapshot_id: snap-abcd1234
    state: absent

# Create a snapshot only if the most recent one is older than 1 hour
- amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot:
    volume_id: vol-abcdef12
    last_snapshot_min_age: 60

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
snapshot_id string	The ID of the snapshot. Each snapshot receives a unique identifier when it is created. Returned: always Sample: “snap-01234567”
tags dictionary	Any tags assigned to the snapshot. Returned: always Sample: “{ \u0027Name\u0027: \u0027instance-name\u0027 }”
volume_id string	The ID of the volume that was used to create the snapshot. Returned: always Sample: “vol-01234567”
volume_size integer	The size of the volume, in GiB. Returned: always Sample: 8

Authors

Will Thames (@willthames)

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amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot module – Creates a snapshot from an existing volume

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values