AmazonCreateRdsSnapshotParameters Object

Description

Parameters for the Amazon Create RDS Snapshot action.

Properties

credentialIds

Registered credentials to use with the action. One and only one credential must be specified.

Type: Array of string

Required: Yes

dbInstanceId

ID of the RDS instance to backup. Required when instanceIdentificationMethod is by-instance-id.

Type: Array of string

Required: Conditional

instanceIdentificationMethod

Method of identifying the RDS instance from which the snapshot will be created.

Type: string

Valid Values:

• by-instance-id

Required: Yes

regionNames

Regions to use with the action. One and only one region must be specified.

Type: Array of string

Required: Yes

snapshotId

ID of the snapshot that will be created.

Type: string

Required: Yes

tags

Resource tags to add to the RDS snapshot.

Type: Array of Tag object.

Required: No

targetCredentialId

Credential ID of the AWS credentials to copy the the resulting RDS snapshot. Eg. cred-12345678. When setting this field, also set the targetRegionName field.

Type: string

Required: No

targetRegionName

Name of a secondary region to copy the resulting RDS snapshot. Must be a valid region. Eg. us-east-1

Type: string

Required: No

Sample JSON

{
    "credentialIds": [
        "cred-00000001"
    ],
    "regionNames": [
        "us-east-1"
    ],
    "instanceIdentificationMethod": "by-instance-id",
    "dbInstanceId": "my-rds-instance"

    "snapshotId": "$(INSTANCEID)-$(DATE)",
    "tags": [
        {
            "key": "skeddly:instance-id",
            "value": "$(INSTANCEID)"
        }
    ],
    
    "targetRegionName": "us-west-2",
    "targetCredentialId": "cred-00000002"
}