Try Spottercreates a snapshot from an existing volume
| "added in version" 1.5 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Will Thames (@willthames)
preview | supported by core
pipInstall with pip install ansible==2.9.17
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. 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
ec2_url:
aliases:
- aws_endpoint_url
- endpoint_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
profile:
aliases:
- aws_profile
description:
- Using I(profile) will override I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token)
and support for passing them at the same time as I(profile) has been deprecated.
- I(aws_access_key), I(aws_secret_key) and I(security_token) will be made mutually
exclusive with I(profile) after 2022-06-01.
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).
- Only the 'user_agent' key is used for boto modules. See U(http://boto.cloudhackers.com/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html#boto)
for more boto configuration.
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
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.
- 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.'
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.
- If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
- Passing the I(aws_access_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
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.
- If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
- Passing the I(aws_secret_key) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
type: str
security_token:
aliases:
- 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.
- If I(profile) is set this parameter is ignored.
- Passing the I(security_token) and I(profile) options at the same time has been deprecated
and the options will be made mutually exclusive after 2022-06-01.
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