ansible.builtin.ec2_snapshot_copy (v2.9.17) — module

copies an EC2 snapshot and returns the new Snapshot ID.

| "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Deepak Kothandan (@Deepakkothandan) <deepak.kdy@gmail.com>

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Copies an EC2 Snapshot from a source region to a destination region.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Basic Snapshot Copy
- ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Copy Snapshot and wait until available
- ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    wait: yes
    wait_timeout: 1200   # Default timeout is 600
  register: snapshot_id
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Tagged Snapshot copy
- ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    tags:
        Name: Snapshot-Name
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Encrypted Snapshot copy
- ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
# Encrypted Snapshot copy with specified key
- ec2_snapshot_copy:
    source_region: eu-central-1
    region: eu-west-1
    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
    encrypted: yes
    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:eu-central-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:key/746de6ea-50a4-4bcb-8fbc-e3b29f2d367b

Inputs

    
tags:
    description:
    - A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new Snapshot; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'

wait:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - Wait for the copied Snapshot to be in 'Available' state before returning.
    type: bool

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

encrypted:
    default: 'no'
    description:
    - Whether or not the destination Snapshot should be encrypted.
    type: bool

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

kms_key_id:
    description:
    - KMS key id used to encrypt snapshot. If not specified, defaults to EBS Customer
      Master Key (CMK) for that account.

description:
    description:
    - An optional human-readable string describing purpose of the new Snapshot.

wait_timeout:
    default: 600
    description:
    - How long before wait gives up, in seconds.
    version_added: '2.6'
    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

source_region:
    description:
    - The source region the Snapshot should be copied from.
    required: true

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

source_snapshot_id:
    description:
    - The ID of the Snapshot in source region that should be copied.
    required: true

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

Outputs

snapshot_id:
  description: snapshot id of the newly created snapshot
  returned: when snapshot copy is successful
  sample: snap-e9095e8c
  type: str