ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.5.12 / 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 (v2.5.12) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.5.12
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. - For global services such as IAM, Route53 and CloudFront, I(region) is ignored. - The C(AWS_REGION) or C(EC2_REGION) environment variables may also be used. - See the Amazon AWS documentation for more information U(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region). - The C(ec2_region) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01 - Support for the C(EC2_REGION) environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. type: str profile: aliases: - aws_profile description: - A named AWS profile to use for authentication. - See the AWS documentation for more information about named profiles U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html). - The C(AWS_PROFILE) environment variable may also be used. - 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 access_key: aliases: - aws_access_key_id - aws_access_key - ec2_access_key description: - AWS access key ID. - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys). - The C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID), C(AWS_ACCESS_KEY) or C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. - The I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. - The I(aws_access_key_id) alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. - The I(ec2_access_key) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. - Support for the C(EC2_ACCESS_KEY) environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. type: str aws_config: description: - A dictionary to modify the botocore configuration. - Parameters can be found in the AWS documentation U(https://botocore.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/config.html#botocore.config.Config). type: dict secret_key: aliases: - aws_secret_access_key - aws_secret_key - ec2_secret_key description: - AWS secret access key. - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys). - The C(AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY), C(AWS_SECRET_KEY), or C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. - The I(secret_key) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. - The I(aws_secret_access_key) alias was added in release 5.1.0 for consistency with the AWS botocore SDK. - The I(ec2_secret_key) alias has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. - Support for the C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. type: str 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 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 C(AWS_URL) or C(EC2_URL) environment variables may also be used, in decreasing order of preference. - The I(ec2_url) and I(s3_url) aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. - Support for the C(EC2_URL) environment variable has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. 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. - The C(AWS_CA_BUNDLE) environment variable may also be used. type: path session_token: aliases: - aws_session_token - security_token - aws_security_token - access_token description: - AWS STS session token for use with temporary credentials. - See the AWS documentation for more information about access tokens U(https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-sec-cred-types.html#access-keys-and-secret-access-keys). - The C(AWS_SESSION_TOKEN), C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN) or C(EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variables may also be used in decreasing order of preference. - The I(security_token) and I(profile) options are mutually exclusive. - Aliases I(aws_session_token) and I(session_token) were added in release 3.2.0, with the parameter being renamed from I(security_token) to I(session_token) in release 6.0.0. - The I(security_token), I(aws_security_token), and I(access_token) aliases have been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. - Support for the C(EC2_SECRET_KEY) and C(AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN) environment variables has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2024-12-01. type: str snapshot_tags: description: - a hash/dictionary of tags to add to the snapshot required: false version_added: '1.6' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin validate_certs: default: true description: - When set to C(false), SSL certificates will not be validated for communication with the AWS APIs. - Setting I(validate_certs=false) is strongly discouraged, as an alternative, consider setting I(aws_ca_bundle) instead. 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: false description: - Use a C(botocore.endpoint) logger to parse the unique (rather than total) C("resource:action") API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the C(aws_resource_action) callback to output to total list made during a playbook. - The C(ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS) environment variable may also be used. type: bool