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# rds_snapshot_info – obtain information about one or more RDS snapshots

New in version 2.6.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- obtain information about one or more RDS snapshots. These can be for unclustered snapshots or snapshots of clustered DBs (Aurora)

- Aurora snapshot information may be obtained if no identifier parameters are passed or if one of the cluster parameters are passed.

- This module was called `rds_snapshot_facts` before Ansible 2.9. The usage did not change.

Aliases: rds_snapshot_facts

## 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_cluster_identifier - |  | RDS cluster name for which to find snapshots. Mutually exclusive with db_snapshot_identifier, db_instance_identifier, db_cluster_snapshot_identifier
db_cluster_snapshot_identifier - |  | Name of an RDS cluster snapshot. Mutually exclusive with db_instance_identifier, db_snapshot_identifier, db_cluster_identifier
db_instance_identifier - |  | RDS instance name for which to find snapshots. Mutually exclusive with db_snapshot_identifier, db_cluster_identifier, db_cluster_snapshot_identifier
db_snapshot_identifier - |  | Name of an RDS (unclustered) snapshot. Mutually exclusive with db_instance_identifier, db_cluster_identifier, db_cluster_snapshot_identifier aliases: snapshot_name
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.
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
snapshot_type - | Choices: automated manual shared public | Type of snapshot to find. By default both automated and manual snapshots will be returned.
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

## 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

    # Get information about an snapshot
    - rds_snapshot_info:
        db_snapshot_identifier: snapshot_name
      register: new_database_info

    # Get all RDS snapshots for an RDS instance
    - rds_snapshot_info:
        db_instance_identifier: helloworld-rds-master

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
cluster_snapshots complex | always | List of cluster snapshots
| allocated_storage integer | always | How many gigabytes of storage are allocated Sample: 1
| availability_zones list | always | The availability zones of the database from which the snapshot was taken Sample: ['ca-central-1a', 'ca-central-1b']
| cluster_create_time string | always | Date and time the cluster was created Sample: 2018-05-17T00:13:40.223000+00:00
| db_cluster_identifier string | always | Database cluster identifier Sample: test-aurora-cluster
| db_cluster_snapshot_arn string | always | ARN of the database snapshot Sample: arn:aws:rds:ca-central-1:111111111111:cluster-snapshot:test-aurora-snapshot
| db_cluster_snapshot_identifier string | always | Snapshot identifier Sample: test-aurora-snapshot
| engine string | always | Database engine Sample: aurora
| engine_version string | always | Database engine version Sample: 5.6.10a
| iam_database_authentication_enabled boolean | always | Whether database authentication through IAM is enabled
| kms_key_id string | always | ID of the KMS Key encrypting the snapshot Sample: arn:aws:kms:ca-central-1:111111111111:key/abcd1234-abcd-1111-aaaa-0123456789ab
| license_model string | always | License model Sample: aurora
| master_username string | always | Database master username Sample: shertel
| percent_progress integer | always | Percent progress of snapshot
| port integer | always | Database port
| snapshot_create_time string | always | Date and time when the snapshot was created Sample: 2018-05-17T00:23:23.731000+00:00
| snapshot_type string | always | Type of snapshot Sample: manual
| status string | always | Status of snapshot Sample: creating
| storage_encrypted boolean | always | Whether the snapshot is encrypted Sample: True
| tags complex | always | Tags of the snapshot
| vpc_id string | always | VPC of the database Sample: vpc-abcd1234
snapshots complex | When cluster parameters are not passed | List of non-clustered snapshots
| allocated_storage integer | always | How many gigabytes of storage are allocated Sample: 10
| availability_zone string | always | The availability zone of the database from which the snapshot was taken Sample: us-west-2b
| db_instance_identifier string | always | Database instance identifier Sample: hello-world-rds
| db_snapshot_arn string | always | Snapshot ARN Sample: arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:111111111111:snapshot:rds:hello-world-rds-us1-2018-05-16-04-03
| db_snapshot_identifier string | always | Snapshot name Sample: rds:hello-world-rds-us1-2018-05-16-04-03
| encrypted boolean | always | Whether the snapshot was encrypted Sample: True
| engine string | always | Database engine Sample: postgres
| engine_version string | always | Database engine version Sample: 9.5.10
| iam_database_authentication_enabled boolean | always | Whether database authentication through IAM is enabled
| instance_create_time string | always | Time the Instance was created Sample: 2017-10-10T04:00:07.434000+00:00
| kms_key_id string | always | ID of the KMS Key encrypting the snapshot Sample: arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:111111111111:key/abcd1234-1234-aaaa-0000-1234567890ab
| license_model string | always | License model Sample: postgresql-license
| master_username string | always | Database master username Sample: dbadmin
| option_group_name string | always | Database option group name Sample: default:postgres-9-5
| percent_progress integer | always | Percent progress of snapshot Sample: 100
| snapshot_create_time string | always | Time snapshot was created Sample: 2018-05-16T04:03:33.871000+00:00
| snapshot_type string | always | Type of snapshot Sample: automated
| status string | always | Status of snapshot Sample: available
| storage_type string | always | Storage type of underlying DB Sample: gp2
| tags complex | always | Snapshot tags
| vpc_id string | always | ID of VPC containing the DB Sample: vpc-abcd1234

## 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)

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