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digital_ocean_snapshot_facts - Gather facts about DigitalOcean Snapshot
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- This module can be used to gather facts about snapshot facts based upon provided values such as droplet, volume and snapshot id.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| oauth_token | 
        
        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 | 
        
        To retrieve information about a snapshot, please specify this as a snapshot id.
        
       
        If set to actual snapshot id, then facts are gathered related to that particular snapshot only.
        
       
        This is required parameter, if  snapshot_type is set to by_id.
        | 
     |
| snapshot_type | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies the type of snapshot facts to be retrived.
        
       
        If set to  
       droplet, then facts are gathered related to snapshots based on Droplets only.
       
        If set to  
       volume, then facts are gathered related to snapshots based on volumes only.
       
        If set to  
       by_id, then facts are gathered related to snapshots based on snapshot id only.
       
        If not set to any of the above, then facts are gathered related to all snapshots.
         | 
     
| timeout | Default: 
        30
         | 
      
        
        The timeout in seconds used for polling DigitalOcean's API.
         | 
     
| validate_certs  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
     
Examples
- name: Gather facts about all snapshots
  digital_ocean_snapshot_facts:
    snapshot_type: all
    oauth_token: "{{ oauth_token }}"
- name: Gather facts about droplet snapshots
  digital_ocean_snapshot_facts:
    snapshot_type: droplet
    oauth_token: "{{ oauth_token }}"
- name: Gather facts about volume snapshots
  digital_ocean_snapshot_facts:
    snapshot_type: volume
    oauth_token: "{{ oauth_token }}"
- name: Gather facts about snapshot by snapshot id
  digital_ocean_snapshot_facts:
    snapshot_type: by_id
    snapshot_id: 123123123
    oauth_token: "{{ oauth_token }}"
- name: Get facts about snapshot named big-data-snapshot1
  digital_ocean_snapshot_facts:
  register: resp_out
- set_fact:
    snapshot_id: "{{ item.id }}"
  with_items: "{{ resp_out.data|json_query(name) }}"
  vars:
    name: "[?name=='big-data-snapshot1']"
- debug: var=snapshot_id
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| data  
        list
         | 
      success | 
        
        DigitalOcean snapshot facts
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'id': '4f60fc64-85d1-11e6-a004-000f53315871', 'name': 'big-data-snapshot1', 'regions': ['nyc1'], 'created_at': '2016-09-28T23:14:30Z', 'resource_id': '89bcc42f-85cf-11e6-a004-000f53315871', 'resource_type': 'volume', 'min_disk_size': 10, 'size_gigabytes': 0}]
         | 
     
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
 
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