ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.4.3.0-1 / module / ec2_snapshot creates a snapshot from an existing volume | "added in version" 1.5 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Will Thames (@willthames) preview | supported by coreansible.builtin.ec2_snapshot (v2.4.3.0-1) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.4.3.0.post1
creates an EC2 snapshot from an existing EBS volume
# Simple snapshot of volume using volume_id - 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 - 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 - ec2_snapshot: instance_id: i-12345678 device_name: /dev/sdb1 snapshot_tags: frequency: hourly source: /data
# Remove a snapshot - local_action: module: ec2_snapshot snapshot_id: snap-abcd1234 state: absent
# Create a snapshot only if the most recent one is older than 1 hour - local_action: module: ec2_snapshot volume_id: vol-abcdef12 last_snapshot_min_age: 60
wait: choices: - 'yes' - 'no' default: true description: - wait for the snapshot to be ready required: false version_added: 1.5.1 version_added_collection: ansible.builtin state: choices: - absent - present default: present description: - whether to add or create a snapshot required: false version_added: '1.9' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin region: aliases: - aws_region - ec2_region description: - 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 U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region) type: str profile: aliases: - aws_profile description: - The I(profile) option is mutually exclusive with the I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token) options. type: str volume_id: description: - volume from which to take the snapshot required: false aws_config: description: - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. - Parameters can be found at U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config). type: dict description: description: - description to be applied to the snapshot required: false device_name: description: - device name of a mounted volume to be snapshotted required: false instance_id: description: - instance that has the required volume to snapshot mounted required: false snapshot_id: description: - snapshot id to remove required: false version_added: '1.9' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin endpoint_url: aliases: - ec2_url - aws_endpoint_url - s3_url description: - 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. type: str wait_timeout: default: 0 description: - how long before wait gives up, in seconds - specify 0 to wait forever required: false version_added: 1.5.1 version_added_collection: ansible.builtin aws_ca_bundle: description: - The location of a CA Bundle to use when validating SSL certificates. - 'Note: The CA Bundle is read ''module'' side and may need to be explicitly copied from the controller if not run locally.' type: path snapshot_tags: description: - a hash/dictionary of tags to add to the snapshot required: false version_added: '1.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin aws_access_key: aliases: - ec2_access_key - access_key description: - C(AWS access key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY) or C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variable is used. - The I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. type: str aws_secret_key: aliases: - ec2_secret_key - secret_key description: - C(AWS secret key). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY), C(AWS_SECRET_KEY), or C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variable is used. - The I(aws_secret_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. type: str security_token: aliases: - aws_session_token - session_token - aws_security_token - access_token description: - C(AWS STS security token). If not set then the value of the C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN) or C(EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variable is used. - The I(security_token) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. - Aliases I(aws_session_token) and I(session_token) have been added in version 3.2.0. type: str validate_certs: default: true description: - When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. type: bool last_snapshot_min_age: default: 0 description: - If the volume's most recent snapshot has started less than `last_snapshot_min_age' minutes ago, a new snapshot will not be created. required: false version_added: '2.0' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin debug_botocore_endpoint_logs: default: 'no' description: - 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. type: bool