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# rds_snapshot – manage Amazon RDS snapshots

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Creates or deletes RDS snapshots.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- boto

- boto3

- python >= 2.6

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aws_access_key string |  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string |  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
db_instance_identifier string |  | Database instance identifier. Required when state is present. aliases: instance_id
db_snapshot_identifier string / required |  | The snapshot to manage. aliases: id, snapshot_id
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | 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.
ec2_url string |  | 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.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_tags boolean | Choices: no yes ← | whether to remove tags not present in the `tags` parameter.
region string |  | 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 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
security_token string |  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state string | Choices: present ← absent | Specify the desired state of the snapshot.
tags dictionary |  | tags dict to apply to a snapshot.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
wait boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Whether or not to wait for snapshot creation or deletion.
wait_timeout integer | Default: 300 | how long before wait gives up, in seconds.

## Notes

Note

- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence `AWS_URL` or `EC2_URL`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` or `EC2_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` or `EC2_SECRET_KEY`, `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` or `EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN`, `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION`

- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

- `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION` can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

## Examples

    # Create snapshot
    - rds_snapshot:
        db_instance_identifier: new-database
        db_snapshot_identifier: new-database-snapshot

    # Delete snapshot
    - rds_snapshot:
        db_snapshot_identifier: new-database-snapshot
        state: absent

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
allocated_storage integer | always | How much storage is allocated in GB. Sample: 20
availability_zone string | always | Availability zone of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: us-west-2a
db_instance_identifier string | always | Database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: ansible-test-16638696
db_snapshot_arn string | always | Amazon Resource Name for the snapshot. Sample: arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:snapshot:ansible-test-16638696-test-snapshot
db_snapshot_identifier string | always | Name of the snapshot. Sample: ansible-test-16638696-test-snapshot
dbi_resource_id string | always | The identifier for the source DB instance, which can't be changed and which is unique to an AWS Region. Sample: db-MM4P2U35RQRAMWD3QDOXWPZP4U
encrypted boolean | always | Whether the snapshot is encrypted.
engine string | always | Engine of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: mariadb
engine_version string | always | Version of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: 10.2.21
iam_database_authentication_enabled boolean | always | Whether IAM database authentication is enabled.
instance_create_time string | always | Creation time of the instance from which the snapshot was created. Sample: 2019-06-15T10:15:56.221000+00:00
license_model string | always | License model of the database. Sample: general-public-license
master_username string | always | Master username of the database. Sample: test
option_group_name string | always | Option group of the database. Sample: default:mariadb-10-2
percent_progress integer | always | How much progress has been made taking the snapshot. Will be 100 for an available snapshot. Sample: 100
port integer | always | Port on which the database is listening. Sample: 3306
processor_features list | always | List of processor features of the database.
snapshot_create_time string | always | Creation time of the snapshot. Sample: 2019-06-15T10:46:23.776000+00:00
snapshot_type string | always | How the snapshot was created (always manual for this module!). Sample: manual
status string | always | Status of the snapshot. Sample: available
storage_type string | always | Storage type of the database. Sample: gp2
tags complex | always | Tags applied to the snapshot.
vpc_id string | always | ID of the VPC in which the DB lives. Sample: vpc-09ff232e222710ae0

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Will Thames (@willthames)

- Michael De La Rue (@mikedlr)

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