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community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot – Create and delete DigitalOcean snapshots
Note
This plugin is part of the community.digitalocean collection (version 1.11.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package. It is not included in ansible-core
. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.digitalocean
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot
.
New in version 1.7.0: of community.digitalocean
Synopsis
- This module can be used to create and delete DigitalOcean Droplet and volume snapshots.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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droplet_id
string
|
Droplet ID to snapshot.
|
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oauth_token
string
|
DigitalOcean OAuth token.
There are several other environment variables which can be used to provide this value.
i.e., - 'DO_API_TOKEN', 'DO_API_KEY', 'DO_OAUTH_TOKEN' and 'OAUTH_TOKEN'
aliases: api_token |
|
snapshot_id
string
|
Snapshot ID to delete.
|
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snapshot_name
string
|
Name of the snapshot to create.
|
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snapshot_tags
list / elements=string
|
List of tags to apply to the volume snapshot.
Only applies to volume snapshots (not Droplets).
|
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snapshot_type
string
|
|
Specifies the type of snapshot information to be create or delete.
If set to
droplet , then a Droplet snapshot is created.
If set to volume , then a volume snapshot is created.
|
state
string
|
|
Whether the snapshot should be present (created) or absent (deleted).
|
timeout
integer
|
Default:
30
|
The timeout in seconds used for polling DigitalOcean's API.
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
If set to
no , the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
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volume_id
string
|
Volume ID to snapshot.
|
|
wait
boolean
|
|
Wait for the snapshot to be created before returning.
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wait_timeout
integer
|
Default:
120
|
How long before wait gives up, in seconds, when creating a snapshot.
|
Examples
- name: Snapshot a Droplet
community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot:
state: present
snapshot_type: droplet
droplet_id: 250329179
register: result
- name: Delete a Droplet snapshot
community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot:
state: absent
snapshot_type: droplet
snapshot_id: 85905825
register: result
- name: Snapshot a Volume
community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot:
state: present
snapshot_type: volume
snapshot_name: mysnapshot1
volume_id: 9db5e329-cc68-11eb-b027-0a58ac144f91
- name: Delete a Volume snapshot
community.digitalocean.digital_ocean_snapshot:
state: absent
snapshot_type: volume
snapshot_id: a902cdba-cc68-11eb-a701-0a58ac145708
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
data
dictionary
|
success |
Snapshot creation or deletion action.
Sample:
[{'completed_at': '2021-06-14T12:36:00Z', 'id': 1229119156, 'region': {'available': True, 'features': ['backups', 'ipv6', 'metadata', 'install_agent', 'storage', 'image_transfer'], 'name': 'New York 1', 'sizes': ['s-1vcpu-1gb', 's-1vcpu-1gb-amd', 's-1vcpu-1gb-intel', '<snip>'], 'slug': 'nyc1'}, 'region_slug': 'nyc1', 'resource_id': 250445117, 'resource_type': 'droplet', 'started_at': '2021-06-14T12:35:25Z', 'status': 'completed', 'type': 'snapshot'}, {'created_at': '2021-06-14T12:55:10Z', 'id': 'c06d4a86-cd0f-11eb-b13c-0a58ac145472', 'min_disk_size': 1, 'name': 'my-snapshot-1', 'regions': ['nbg1'], 'resource_id': 'f0adea7e-cd0d-11eb-b027-0a58ac144f91', 'resource_type': 'volume', 'size_gigabytes': 0, 'tags': ['tag1', 'tag2']}]
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Authors
- Mark Mercado (@mamercad)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/digitalocean/digital_ocean_snapshot_module.html