amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot module – Creates a snapshot from an existing volume
Note
This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 3.5.0).
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 amazon.aws
.
You need further requirements to be able to use this module,
see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: amazon.aws.ec2_snapshot
.
New in amazon.aws 1.0.0
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 >= 1.16.0
botocore >= 1.19.0
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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:
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Description to be applied to the snapshot. |
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Device name of a mounted volume to be snapshotted. |
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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. |
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Instance that has the required volume to snapshot mounted. |
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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: |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. Aliases aws_session_token and session_token have been added in version 3.2.0. |
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Snapshot id to remove. |
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A dictionary of tags to add to the snapshot. If the volume has a |
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Whether to add or create a snapshot. Choices:
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When set to “no”, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. Choices:
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Volume from which to take the snapshot. |
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Wait for the snapshot to be ready. Choices:
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How long before wait gives up, in seconds. Default: |
Notes
Note
If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence
AWS_URL
orEC2_URL
,AWS_PROFILE
orAWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE
,AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
orAWS_ACCESS_KEY
orEC2_ACCESS_KEY
,AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
orAWS_SECRET_KEY
orEC2_SECRET_KEY
,AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN
orEC2_SECURITY_TOKEN
,AWS_REGION
orEC2_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
orEC2_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 |
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The ID of the snapshot. Each snapshot receives a unique identifier when it is created. Returned: always Sample: |
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Any tags assigned to the snapshot. Returned: always Sample: |
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The ID of the volume that was used to create the snapshot. Returned: always Sample: |
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The size of the volume, in GiB. Returned: always Sample: |