New in version 2.3.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter |
Choices/Defaults |
Comments |
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aws_access_key
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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 |
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aws_secret_key
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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 |
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bucket
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The s3 bucket to which the snapshot is exported
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cluster_id
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The name of an existing cache cluster in the replication group to make the snapshot.
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ec2_url
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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.
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name
required |
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The name of the snapshot we want to create, copy, delete
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profile
(added in 1.6) |
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Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
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region
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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 |
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replication_id
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The name of the existing replication group to make the snapshot.
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security_token
(added in 1.6) |
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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 |
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state
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Actions that will create, destroy, or copy a snapshot.
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target
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The name of a snapshot copy
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validate_certs
(added in 1.5) |
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When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.
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Note
# Note: None of these examples set aws_access_key, aws_secret_key, or region.
# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: 'Create a snapshot'
elasticache_snapshot:
name: 'test-snapshot'
state: 'present'
cluster_id: '{{ cluster }}'
replication_id: '{{ replication }}'
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Returned |
Description |
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changed
bool
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always |
if a snapshot has been created, deleted, or copied
Sample:
{'changed': True}
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response_metadata
dict
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always |
response metadata about the snapshot
Sample:
{'retry_attempts': 0, 'http_status_code': 200, 'http_headers': {'date': 'Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:43:04 GMT', 'x-amzn-requestid': '7f436dea-ed54-11e6-a04c-ab2372a1f14d', 'content-length': 1490, 'content-type': 'text/xml'}, 'request_id': '7f436dea-ed54-11e6-a04c-ab2372a1f14d'}
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snapshot
dict
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always |
snapshot data
Sample:
{'engine': 'redis', 'cache_cluster_create_time': datetime.datetime(2017, 2, 1, 17, 43, 58, 261000), 'cache_cluster_id': 'test-please-delete', 'snapshot_name': 'deletesnapshot', 'node_snapshots': {'cache_size': None, 'cache_node_id': 1, 'cache_node_create_time': datetime.datetime(2017, 2, 1, 17, 43, 58, 261000)}, 'preferred_availability_zone': 'us-east-1d', 'auto_minor_version_upgrade': True, 'cache_subnet_group_name': 'default', 'port': 11211, 'num_cache_nodes': 1, 'snapshot_window': '10:00-11:00', 'engine_version': '3.2.4', 'cache_parameter_group_name': 'default.redis3.2', 'snapshot_retention_limit': 0, 'preferred_maintenance_window': 'wed:03:00-wed:04:00', 'cache_node_type': 'cache.m1.small', 'vpc_id': 'vpc-c248fda4', 'snapshot_source': 'manual', 'snapshot_status': 'creating'}
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