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aws.ec2.describe_snapshots

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aws.ec2.describe_snapshots;

Description

Describes the specified EBS snapshots available to you or all of the EBS snapshots available to you.

The snapshots available to you include public snapshots, private snapshots that you own, and private snapshots owned by other Amazon Web Services accounts for which you have explicit create volume permissions.

The create volume permissions fall into the following categories:

  • public: The owner of the snapshot granted create volume permissions for the snapshot to the all group. All Amazon Web Services accounts have create volume permissions for these snapshots.

  • explicit: The owner of the snapshot granted create volume permissions to a specific Amazon Web Services account.

  • implicit: An Amazon Web Services account has implicit create volume permissions for all snapshots it owns.

The list of snapshots returned can be filtered by specifying snapshot IDs, snapshot owners, or Amazon Web Services accounts with create volume permissions. If no options are specified, Amazon EC2 returns all snapshots for which you have create volume permissions.

If you specify one or more snapshot IDs, only snapshots that have the specified IDs are returned. If you specify an invalid snapshot ID, an error is returned. If you specify a snapshot ID for which you do not have access, it is not included in the returned results.

If you specify one or more snapshot owners using the OwnerIds option, only snapshots from the specified owners and for which you have access are returned. The results can include the Amazon Web Services account IDs of the specified owners, amazon for snapshots owned by Amazon, or self for snapshots that you own.

If you specify a list of restorable users, only snapshots with create snapshot permissions for those users are returned. You can specify Amazon Web Services account IDs (if you own the snapshots), self for snapshots for which you own or have explicit permissions, or all for public snapshots.

If you are describing a long list of snapshots, we recommend that you paginate the output to make the list more manageable. For more information, see Pagination.

To get the state of fast snapshot restores for a snapshot, use DescribeFastSnapshotRestores.

For more information about EBS snapshots, see Amazon EBS snapshots in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

We strongly recommend using only paginated requests. Unpaginated requests are susceptible to throttling and timeouts.

Table Definition

Column NameColumn Data Type
dry_run Input Column

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

BOOLEAN
filters Input Column

The filters.

  • description - A description of the snapshot.

  • encrypted - Indicates whether the snapshot is encrypted (true | false)

  • owner-alias - The owner alias, from an Amazon-maintained list (amazon). This is not the user-configured Amazon Web Services account alias set using the IAM console. We recommend that you use the related parameter instead of this filter.

  • owner-id - The Amazon Web Services account ID of the owner. We recommend that you use the related parameter instead of this filter.

  • progress - The progress of the snapshot, as a percentage (for example, 80%).

  • snapshot-id - The snapshot ID.

  • start-time - The time stamp when the snapshot was initiated.

  • status - The status of the snapshot (pending | completed | error).

  • storage-tier - The storage tier of the snapshot (archive | standard).

  • tag:<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA, specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.

  • tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.

  • volume-id - The ID of the volume the snapshot is for.

  • volume-size - The size of the volume, in GiB.

STRUCT(
    "name" VARCHAR,
    "values" VARCHAR[]
)[]
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filters[]
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filters[].name

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

filters[].values[]
owner_ids Input Column

Scopes the results to snapshots with the specified owners. You can specify a combination of Amazon Web Services account IDs, self, and amazon.

VARCHAR[]
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owner_ids[]
restorable_by_user_ids Input Column

The IDs of the Amazon Web Services accounts that can create volumes from the snapshot.

VARCHAR[]
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restorable_by_user_ids[]
snapshot_ids Input Column

The snapshot IDs.

Default: Describes the snapshots for which you have create volume permissions.

VARCHAR[]
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snapshot_ids[]
_aws_profile Input Column

The AWS profile defines the AWS identity used. It can be defined via credentials or by assuming a IAM role.

STRUCT(
    "type" VARCHAR,
    "name" VARCHAR,
    "account_id" VARCHAR,
    "via_profile_name" VARCHAR,
    "assumed_role_arn" VARCHAR,
    "organization" STRUCT(
        "account_name" VARCHAR,
        "id" VARCHAR,
        "tags" STRUCT(
            "key" VARCHAR,
            "value" VARCHAR
        )[],
        "master_account" STRUCT(
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "email" VARCHAR
        ),
        "parents" STRUCT(
            "type" VARCHAR,
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "name" VARCHAR,
            "tags" STRUCT(
                "key" VARCHAR,
                "value" VARCHAR
            )[]
        )[]
    )
)
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_aws_profile.account_id

The AWS account id

_aws_profile.assumed_role_arn

The ARN of the assumed role

_aws_profile.name

The unique name of the profile.

_aws_profile.organization

Information about this profile's membership in the AWS organization.

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_aws_profile.organization.account_name

The name of account speciifed by the organization

_aws_profile.organization.id

The organization id

_aws_profile.organization.master_account
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_aws_profile.organization.master_account.email

The organization master account email address

_aws_profile.organization.master_account.id

The organization master account id

_aws_profile.organization.parents[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].id

The id of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].name

The name of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].value
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].type

The type of parent can be an organization unit or a root

_aws_profile.organization.tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.tags[].value
_aws_profile.type

The type of profile, either 'credentials' or 'assumed_role'

_aws_profile.via_profile_name

This IAM role for this profile is assumed by first utilizing another profile with this name to obtain credentials.

_aws_region Input Column

The AWS region to use.

VARCHAR
data_encryption_key_id

The data encryption key identifier for the snapshot. This value is a unique identifier that corresponds to the data encryption key that was used to encrypt the original volume or snapshot copy. Because data encryption keys are inherited by volumes created from snapshots, and vice versa, if snapshots share the same data encryption key identifier, then they belong to the same volume/snapshot lineage. This parameter is only returned by DescribeSnapshots.

VARCHAR
description

The description for the snapshot.

VARCHAR
encrypted

Indicates whether the snapshot is encrypted.

BOOLEAN
kms_key_id

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the KMS key that was used to protect the volume encryption key for the parent volume.

VARCHAR
outpost_arn

The ARN of the Outpost on which the snapshot is stored. For more information, see Amazon EBS local snapshots on Outposts in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

VARCHAR
owner_alias

The Amazon Web Services owner alias, from an Amazon-maintained list (amazon). This is not the user-configured Amazon Web Services account alias set using the IAM console.

VARCHAR
owner_id

The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that owns the EBS snapshot.

VARCHAR
progress

The progress of the snapshot, as a percentage.

VARCHAR
restore_expiry_time

Only for archived snapshots that are temporarily restored. Indicates the date and time when a temporarily restored snapshot will be automatically re-archived.

TIMESTAMP_S
snapshot_id

The ID of the snapshot. Each snapshot receives a unique identifier when it is created.

VARCHAR
sse_type

Reserved for future use.

VARCHAR
start_time

The time stamp when the snapshot was initiated.

TIMESTAMP_S
state

The snapshot state.

VARCHAR
state_message

Encrypted Amazon EBS snapshots are copied asynchronously. If a snapshot copy operation fails (for example, if the proper KMS permissions are not obtained) this field displays error state details to help you diagnose why the error occurred. This parameter is only returned by DescribeSnapshots.

VARCHAR
storage_tier

The storage tier in which the snapshot is stored. standard indicates that the snapshot is stored in the standard snapshot storage tier and that it is ready for use. archive indicates that the snapshot is currently archived and that it must be restored before it can be used.

VARCHAR
tags

Any tags assigned to the snapshot.

STRUCT(
    "key" VARCHAR,
    "value" VARCHAR
)[]
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tags[]
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tags[].key

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:.

tags[].value

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

volume_id

The ID of the volume that was used to create the snapshot. Snapshots created by the CopySnapshot action have an arbitrary volume ID that should not be used for any purpose.

VARCHAR
volume_size

The size of the volume, in GiB.

BIGINT