ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.6.10 / 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 (v2.6.10) — module
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Install with pip install ansible==2.6.10
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: default: true description: - wait for the snapshot to be ready required: false type: bool 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. Prior to release 6.0.0 the C(AWS_PROFILE) environment variable will be ignored if any of I(access_key), I(secret_key), or I(session_token) are passed. After release 6.0.0 I(profile) will always fall back to the C(AWS_PROFILE) environment variable if set. - 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. Prior to release 6.0.0 these environment variables will be ignored if the I(profile) parameter is passed. After release 6.0.0 I(access_key) will always fall back to the environment variables if set. - 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. Prior to release 6.0.0 these environment variables will be ignored if the I(profile) parameter is passed. After release 6.0.0 I(secret_key) will always fall back to the environment variables if set. - 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. Prior to release 6.0.0 these environment variables will be ignored if the I(profile) parameter is passed. After release 6.0.0 I(session_token) will always fall back to the environment variables if set. - 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