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volume_snapshot

Generated on 12 Nov 2025 from digitalocean.cloud version v1.2.1

Synopsis

Create or delete volume snapshots. View the API documentation at https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/api-reference/#tag/Snapshots.

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.
`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 / required		A human-readable name for the volume snapshot.
`state` str	Choices: `present` (default) `absent`	State of the resource, `present` to create, `absent` to destroy.
`tags` list / elements=str		A flat array of tag names as strings to be applied to the resource. Tag names may be for either existing or new tags.
`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`
`volume_id` str / required		The ID of the block storage volume.

Examples

- name: Create a volume snapshot
  digitalocean.cloud.volume_snapshot:
    token: "{{ token }}"
    state: present
    volume_id: 7724db7c-e098-11e5-b522-000f53304e51
    name: big-data-snapshot1475261774
    tags:
      - aninterestingtag

Return Values

Key Returned Description

Key	Returned	Description
`error` dict	failure	DigitalOcean API error. Sample: `{ "Message": "Informational error message.", "Reason": "Unauthorized", "Status Code": 401 }`
`msg` str	always	Droplet result information. Sample: [ "Created volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41", "Deleted volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41", "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41", "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41 exists", "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 does not exist", "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41 would be deleted" ]
`snapshot` dict	always	Volume snapshot information. Sample: `{ "created_at": "2020-09-30T18:56:14Z", "id": "8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1", "min_disk_size": 10, "name": "big-data-snapshot1475261774", "regions": [ "nyc1" ], "resource_id": "82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41", "resource_type": "volume", "size_gigabytes": 10, "tags": [ "aninterestingtag" ] }`

error
dict

failure

DigitalOcean API error.
Sample:

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

msg
str

always

Droplet result information.
Sample:

[
  "Created volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41",
  "Deleted volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41",
  "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41",
  "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41 exists",
  "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 does not exist",
  "Volume snapshot big-data-snapshot1475261774 (8fa70202-873f-11e6-8b68-000f533176b1) of volume 82a48a18-873f-11e6-96bf-000f53315a41 would be deleted"
]

snapshot
dict