amazon.aws.backup_plan module – Manage AWS Backup Plans

Note

This module is part of the amazon.aws collection (version 9.1.0).

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.backup_plan.

New in amazon.aws 6.0.0

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.6

  • boto3 >= 1.28.0

  • botocore >= 1.31.0

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_key

aliases: aws_access_key_id, aws_access_key, ec2_access_key

string

AWS access key ID.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The aws_access_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_access_key_id alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_access_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

advanced_backup_settings

list / elements=dictionary

Specifies a list of advanced backup settings for each resource type.

These settings are only available for Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup jobs.

backup_options

dictionary

Specifies the backup option for a selected resource.

This option is only available for Windows VSS backup jobs.

WindowsVSS

string

Enable or disable WindowsVSS backup option.

Choices:

  • "enabled"

  • "disabled"

resource_type

string

Specifies an object containing resource type and backup options.

The only supported resource type is Amazon EC2 instances with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).

Choices:

  • "EC2"

aws_ca_bundle

path

The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates.

The AWS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable may also be used.

aws_config

dictionary

A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration.

Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config.

backup_plan_name

aliases: name

string / required

The display name of a backup plan. Must contain 1 to 50 alphanumeric or ‘-_.’ characters.

creator_request_id

string

Identifies the request and allows failed requests to be retried without the risk of running the operation twice. If the request includes a CreatorRequestId that matches an existing backup plan, that plan is returned.

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:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

endpoint_url

aliases: ec2_url, aws_endpoint_url, s3_url

string

URL to connect to instead of the default AWS endpoints. While this can be used to connection to other AWS-compatible services the amazon.aws and community.aws collections are only tested against AWS.

The AWS_URL or EC2_URL environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference.

The ec2_url and s3_url aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_URL environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

profile

aliases: aws_profile

string

A named AWS profile to use for authentication.

See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html.

The AWS_PROFILE environment variable may also be used.

The profile option is mutually exclusive with the aws_access_key, aws_secret_key and security_token options.

purge_tags

boolean

If purge_tags=true and tags is set, existing tags will be purged from the resource to match exactly what is defined by tags parameter.

If the tags parameter is not set then tags will not be modified, even if purge_tags=True.

Tag keys beginning with aws: are reserved by Amazon and can not be modified. As such they will be ignored for the purposes of the purge_tags parameter. See the Amazon documentation for more information https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html#tag-conventions.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

region

aliases: aws_region, ec2_region

string

The AWS region to use.

For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, region is ignored.

The AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variables may also be used.

See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region.

The ec2_region alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01

Support for the EC2_REGION environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

rules

list / elements=dictionary

An array of BackupRule objects, each of which specifies a scheduled task that is used to back up a selection of resources.

Required when state=present.

completion_window_minutes

integer

A value in minutes after a backup job is successfully started before it must be completed or it will be canceled by Backup.

AWS default if not supplied is 10080.

Default: 10080

copy_actions

list / elements=dictionary

An array of copy_action objects, which contains the details of the copy operation.

destination_backup_vault_arn

string / required

An Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies the destination backup vault for the copied backup.

lifecycle

dictionary

Contains an array of Transition objects specifying how long in days before a recovery point transitions to cold storage or is deleted.

Backups transitioned to cold storage must be stored in cold storage for a minimum of 90 days. Therefore, on the console, the “retention” setting must be 90 days greater than the “transition to cold after days” setting. The “transition to cold after days” setting cannot be changed after a backup has been transitioned to cold.

delete_after_days

integer

Specifies the number of days after creation that a recovery point is deleted. Must be greater than 90 days plus rules.copy_actions.lifecycle.move_to_cold_storage_after_days.

move_to_cold_storage_after_days

integer

Specifies the number of days after creation that a recovery point is moved to cold storage.

enable_continuous_backup

boolean

Specifies whether Backup creates continuous backups. True causes Backup to create continuous backups capable of point-in-time restore (PITR). False (or not specified) causes Backup to create snapshot backups.

AWS default if not supplied is false.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

lifecycle

dictionary

The lifecycle defines when a protected resource is transitioned to cold storage and when it expires. Backup will transition and expire backups automatically according to the lifecycle that you define.

Backups transitioned to cold storage must be stored in cold storage for a minimum of 90 days. Therefore, the “retention” setting must be 90 days greater than the “transition to cold after days” setting. The “transition to cold after days” setting cannot be changed after a backup has been transitioned to cold.

delete_after_days

integer

Specifies the number of days after creation that a recovery point is deleted. Must be greater than 90 days plus rules.lifecycle.move_to_cold_storage_after_days.

move_to_cold_storage_after_days

integer

Specifies the number of days after creation that a recovery point is moved to cold storage.

recovery_point_tags

dictionary

To help organize your resources, you can assign your own metadata to the resources that you create.

rule_name

string / required

Name of the rule.

schedule_expression

string

A CRON expression in UTC specifying when Backup initiates a backup job. AWS default is used if not supplied.

Default: "cron(0 5 ? * * *)"

schedule_expression_timezone

string

added in amazon.aws 7.3.0

This is the timezone in which the schedule expression is set.

By default, ScheduleExpressions are in UTC. You can modify this to a specified timezone.

This option requires botocore >= 1.31.36.

Default: "Etc/UTC"

start_window_minutes

integer

A value in minutes after a backup is scheduled before a job will be canceled if it doesn’t start successfully. If this value is included, it must be at least 60 minutes to avoid errors.

AWS default if not supplied is 480.

Default: 480

target_backup_vault_name

string / required

Name of the Backup Vault this rule should target.

secret_key

aliases: aws_secret_access_key, aws_secret_key, ec2_secret_key

string

AWS secret access key.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The secret_key and profile options are mutually exclusive.

The aws_secret_access_key alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK.

The ec2_secret_key alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

session_token

aliases: aws_session_token, security_token, aws_security_token, access_token

string

AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials.

See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys.

The AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference.

The security_token and profile options are mutually exclusive.

Aliases aws_session_token and session_token were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from security_token to session_token in release 6.0.0.

The security_token, aws_security_token, and access_token aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

Support for the EC2_SECRET_KEY and AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01.

state

string

Create/update or delete a backup plan.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tags

aliases: resource_tags, backup_plan_tags

dictionary

To help organize your resources, you can assign your own metadata to the resources that you create. Each tag is a key-value pair. The specified tags are assigned to all backups created with this plan.

validate_certs

boolean

When set to false, SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs.

Setting validate_certs=false is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting aws_ca_bundle instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Caution: For modules, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘host’ context and not the ‘controller’ context. As such, files may need to be explicitly copied to the ‘host’. For lookup and connection plugins, environment variables and configuration files are read from the Ansible ‘controller’ context and not the ‘host’ context.

  • The AWS SDK (boto3) that Ansible uses may also read defaults for credentials and other settings, such as the region, from its configuration files in the Ansible ‘host’ context (typically ~/.aws/credentials). See https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html for more information.

Examples

- name: Create an AWSbackup plan
  amazon.aws.backup_plan:
    state: present
    backup_plan_name: elastic
    rules:
      - rule_name: daily
        advanced_backup_settings:
          - resource_type: "EC2"
            backup_options:
              WindowsVSS: enabled
        target_backup_vault_name: "{{ backup_vault_name }}"
        schedule_expression: 'cron(0 5 ? * * *)'
        start_window_minutes: 60
        completion_window_minutes: 1440
- name: Delete an AWS Backup plan
  amazon.aws.backup_plan:
    backup_plan_name: elastic
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

backup_plan

dictionary

Backup plan details.

Returned: on create/update

advanced_backup_settings

list / elements=dictionary

Advanced backup settings of the backup plan.

Returned: when configured.

Sample: [{"backup_options": {"windows_vss": "enabled"}, "resource_type": "EC2"}]

backup_options

dictionary

Backup options of the advanced settings.

Returned: success

Sample: {"windows_vss": "enabled"}

resource_type

string

Resource type of the advanced settings.

Returned: success

Sample: "EC2"

backup_plan_name

string

The display name of a backup plan.

Returned: always

Sample: "elastic"

rules

list / elements=dictionary

An array of BackupRule objects, each of which specifies a scheduled task that is used to back up a selection of resources.

Returned: always

completion_window_minutes

integer

A value in minutes after a backup job is successfully started before it must be completed or it will be canceled by Backup.

Returned: always

Sample: 10080

copy_actions

list / elements=dictionary

An array of CopyAction objects, which contains the details of the copy operation.

Returned: when configured.

Sample: [{"destination_backup_vault_arn": "arn:aws:backup:us-west-2:123456789012:backup-vault:my-test-vault", "lifecycle": {"delete_after_days": 100, "move_to_cold_storage_after_days": 10}}]

enable_continous_backup

boolean

Specifies whether Backup creates continuous backups.

Returned: always

Sample: false

lifecycle

dictionary

Defines when a protected resource is transitioned to cold storage and when it expires.

Returned: when configured.

Sample: {"delete_after_days": 100, "move_to_cold_storage_after_days": 10}

recovery_point_tags

dictionary

An array of key-value pair strings that are assigned to resources that are associated with this rule when restored from backup.

Returned: when configured.

Sample: {"Tagkey1": "TagValue1", "Tagkey2": "TagValue2"}

rule_id

string

Uniquely identifies a rule that is used to schedule the backup of a selection of resources.

Returned: always

Sample: "973621ef-d863-41ef-b5c3-9e943a64ad0c"

rule_name

string

A display name for a backup rule.

Returned: always

Sample: "daily"

schedule_expression

string

A cron expression in UTC specifying when Backup initiates a backup job.

Returned: always

Sample: "cron(0 5 ? * * *)"

schedule_expression_timezone

string

added in amazon.aws 7.3.0

This is the timezone in which the schedule expression is set.

This information is returned for botocore versions >= 1.31.36.

Returned: when botocore >= 1.31.36

Sample: "Etc/UTC"

start_window_minutes

integer

A value in minutes after a backup is scheduled before a job will be canceled if it doesn’t start successfully.

Returned: always

Sample: 480

target_backup_vault_name

string

The name of a logical container where backups are stored.

Returned: always

Sample: "09da67966fd5-backup-vault"

tags

string

Tags of the backup plan.

Returned: on create/update

Sample: "{'TagKey1': 'TagValue1', 'TagKey2': 'TagValue2'}"

backup_plan_arn

string

ARN of the backup plan.

Returned: always

Sample: "arn:aws:backup:eu-central-1:111122223333:backup-plan:1111f877-1ecf-4d79-9718-a861cd09df3b"

backup_plan_id

string

ID of the backup plan.

Returned: always

Sample: "1111f877-1ecf-4d79-9718-a861cd09df3b"

backup_plan_name

string

Name of the backup plan.

Returned: always

Sample: "elastic"

creation_date

string

Creation date of the backup plan.

Returned: on create/update

Sample: "2023-01-24T10:08:03.193000+01:00"

deletion_date

string

Date the backup plan was deleted.

Returned: on delete

Sample: "2023-05-05T16:24:51.987000-04:00"

exists

boolean

Whether the resource exists.

Returned: always

Sample: true

version_id

string

Version ID of the backup plan.

Returned: always

Sample: "ODM3MjVjNjItYWFkOC00NjExLWIwZTYtZDNiNGI5M2I0ZTY1"

Authors

  • Kristof Imre Szabo (@krisek)

  • Alina Buzachis (@alinabuzachis)

  • Helen Bailey (@hakbailey)