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droplet_action_snapshot

Generated on 30 Oct 2025 from digitalocean.cloud version v1.2.1

Synopsis

Take a snapshot of a Droplet. View the API documentation at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Droplet-Actions.

Requirements

pydo >= 0.1.3
azure-core >= 1.26.1

Parameters

Parameter	Choices / Default	Description
`client_override_options` dict		Client override options (developer use). For example, can be used to override the DigitalOcean API endpoint for an internal test suite. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`droplet_id` int		A unique identifier for a Droplet instance. If provided, `name` and `region` are ignore.
`module_override_options` dict		Module override options (developer use). Can be used to override module options to support experimental or future options. If provided, these options will knock out existing options.
`name` str		The name of the Droplet to act on. If provided, must be unique and given with `region`.
`region` str		The name of the Droplet to act on. Required with `name`.
`snapshot_name` str		The name to give the new snapshot of the Droplet.
`state` str	Choices: `present` (default) `absent`	State of the resource, `present` to create, `absent` to destroy.
`timeout` int	Default: `300`	Polling timeout in seconds.
`token` str		DigitalOcean API token. There are several environment variables which can be used to provide this value. `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN`, `DO_API_TOKEN`, `DO_API_KEY`, `DO_OAUTH_TOKEN` and `OAUTH_TOKEN`

Examples

- name: Snapshot a Droplet
  digitalocean.cloud.droplet_action_snapshot:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    state: present
    name: my-droplet
    region: nyc3
    snapshot_name: my-droplet-snapshot

Return Values

Key Returned Description

Key	Returned	Description
`action` dict	always	DigitalOcean snapshot action information. Sample: { "completed_at": "2020-11-14T16:30:06Z", "id": 36804636, "region": { "available": true, "features": [ "private_networking", "backups", "ipv6", "metadata", "install_agent", "storage", "image_transfer" ], "name": "New York 3", "sizes": [ "s-1vcpu-1gb", "s-1vcpu-2gb", "s-1vcpu-3gb", "s-2vcpu-2gb", "s-3vcpu-1gb", "s-2vcpu-4gb", "s-4vcpu-8gb", "s-6vcpu-16gb", "s-8vcpu-32gb", "s-12vcpu-48gb", "s-16vcpu-64gb", "s-20vcpu-96gb", "s-24vcpu-128gb", "s-32vcpu-192g" ], "slug": "nyc3" }, "region_slug": "string", "resource_id": 3164444, "resource_type": "droplet", "started_at": "2020-11-14T16:29:21Z", "status": "completed", "type": "create" }
`error` dict	failure	DigitalOcean API error. Sample: `{ "Message": "Informational error message.", "Reason": "Unauthorized", "Status Code": 401 }`
`msg` str	always	DigitalOcean action information. Sample: `[ "No Droplet with ID 336851565", "No Droplet with name test-droplet-1 in nyc3", "Droplet test-droplet-1 (336851565) in nyc3 would be sent action 'snapshot'", "Droplet test-droplet-1 (336851565) in nyc3 sent action 'snapshot'", "Droplet test-droplet-1 (336851565) in nyc3 sent action 'snapshot' and it has not completed, status is 'in-progress'" ]`

action
dict

always

DigitalOcean snapshot action information.
Sample:

{
  "completed_at": "2020-11-14T16:30:06Z",
  "id": 36804636,
  "region": {
    "available": true,
    "features": [
      "private_networking",
      "backups",
      "ipv6",
      "metadata",
      "install_agent",
      "storage",
      "image_transfer"
    ],
    "name": "New York 3",
    "sizes": [
      "s-1vcpu-1gb",
      "s-1vcpu-2gb",
      "s-1vcpu-3gb",
      "s-2vcpu-2gb",
      "s-3vcpu-1gb",
      "s-2vcpu-4gb",
      "s-4vcpu-8gb",
      "s-6vcpu-16gb",
      "s-8vcpu-32gb",
      "s-12vcpu-48gb",
      "s-16vcpu-64gb",
      "s-20vcpu-96gb",
      "s-24vcpu-128gb",
      "s-32vcpu-192g"
    ],
    "slug": "nyc3"
  },
  "region_slug": "string",
  "resource_id": 3164444,
  "resource_type": "droplet",
  "started_at": "2020-11-14T16:29:21Z",
  "status": "completed",
  "type": "create"
}

error
dict

failure

DigitalOcean API error.
Sample:

{
  "Message": "Informational error message.",
  "Reason": "Unauthorized",
  "Status Code": 401
}

msg
str