# Action Types The following list shows the `actionType` code for actions that can be created by the [CreateAction](/resources/actions/createaction-method.md) method. When creating an action, specify the action type code in the `actionType` property. ## Amazon Web Services Actions | Action Type | Code | Parameters Object | | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Add Security Group Rule | amazon-add-security-group-rule | [AmazonAddSecurityGroupRuleParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonaddsecuritygroupruleparameters-object.md) | | Apply S3 Bucket Policy | amazon-apply-s3-bucket-policy | [AmazonApplyS3BucketPolicyParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonapplys3bucketpolicyparameters-object.md) | | Associate Elastic IP Address | amazon-associate-elastic-ip-address | [AmazonAssociateElasticIpParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonassociateelasticipparameters-object.md) | | Attach IAM Role to EC2 Instances | amazon-attach-iam-role-to-ec2-instances | [AmazonAttachIamRoleToEc2InstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonattachiamroletoec2instancesparameters-object.md) | | Backup EC2 Instance | amazon-backup-ec2-instance | [AmazonBackupEc2InstanceParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonbackupec2instanceparameters-object.md) | | Backup EC2 Instances | amazon-backup-ec2-instances | [AmazonBackupEc2InstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonbackupec2instancesparameters-object.md) | | Backup MySQL Server | amazon-backup-mysql-server | [AmazonBackupMySQLServerParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonbackupmysqlserverparameters-object.md) | | Backup Route 53 Hosted Zone | amazon-backup-route53-hosted-zone | [AmazonBackupRoute53HostedZoneParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonbackuproute53hostedzoneparameters-object.md) | | Backup Route 53 Hosted Zones | amazon-backup-route53-hosted-zones | [AmazonBackupRoute53HostedZonesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonbackuproute53hostedzonesparameters-object.md) | | Change DynamoDB Tables | amazon-change-dynamodb-tables | [AmazonChangeDynamoDbTablesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonchangedynamodbtablesparameters-object.md) | | Change EBS Volumes | amazon-change-ebs-volumes | [AmazonChangeEbsVolumesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonchangeebsvolumesparameters-object.md) | | Change EC2 Instance Type | amazon-change-ec2-instance-type | [AmazonChangeEc2InstanceTypeParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonchangeec2instancetypeparameters-object.md) | | Change EC2 Instances | amazon-change-ec2-instances | [AmazonChangeEc2InstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonchangeec2instancesparameters-object.md) | | Change RDS Instance Class | amazon-change-rds-instance-class | [AmazonChangeRdsInstanceClassParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonchangerdsinstanceclassparameters-object.md) | | Check Root Access Keys | amazon-check-root-access-keys | [AmazonCheckRootAccessKeysParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncheckrootaccesskeysparameters-object.md) | | CloudFormation Stack Drift Report | amazon-cloudformation-stack-drift-report | [AmazonCloudFormationStackDriftReportParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncloudformationstackdriftreportparameters-object.md) | | Copy AMI Images | amazon-copy-ami-images | [AmazonCopyAmiImagesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopyamiimagesparameters-object.md) | | Copy EBS Snapshots | amazon-copy-ebs-snapshots | [AmazonCopyEbsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopyebssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Copy EBS Volume | amazon-copy-ebs-volume | [AmazonCopyEbsVolumeParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopyebsvolumeparameters-object.md) | | Copy EC2 Instance | amazon-copy-ec2-instance | [AmazonCopyEc2InstanceParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopyec2instanceparameters-object.md) | | Copy RDS Snapshots | amazon-copy-rds-snapshots | [AmazonCopyRdsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopyrdssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Copy S3 Objects | amazon-copy-s3-objects | [AmazonCopyS3ObjectsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncopys3objectsparameters-object.md) | | Create AMI Image | amazon-create-ami-image | [AmazonCreateAmiImageParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateamiimageparameters-object.md) | | Create AMI Images | amazon-create-ami-images | [AmazonCreateAmiImagesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateamiimagesparameters-object.md) | | Create CloudFormation Stack | amazon-create-cloudformation-stack | [AmazonCreateCloudFormationStackParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/createcloudformationstackparameters-object.md) | | Create CloudTrail Trails | amazon-create-cloudtrail-trails | [AmazonCreateCloudTrailTrailsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreatecloudtrailtrailsparameters-object.md) | | Create Directory Service Snapshots | amazon-create-directory-service-snapshots | [AmazonCreateDirectoryServiceSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreatedirectoryservicesnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create DynamoDB Backups | amazon-create-dynamodb-backups | [AmazonCreateDynamoDbBackupsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreatedynamodbbackupsparameters-object.md) | | Create EBS Snapshot | amazon-create-ebs-snapshot | [AmazonCreateEbsSnapshotParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateebssnapshotparameters-object.md) | | Create EBS Snapshots | amazon-create-ebs-snapshots | [AmazonCreateEbsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateebssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create ElastiCache Cluster | amazon-create-elasticache-cluster | [AmazonCreateElastiCacheClusterParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateelasticacheclusterparameters-object.md) | | Create ElastiCache ReadReplica | amazon-create-elasticache-read-replica | [AmazonCreateElastiCacheReadReplicaParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateelasticachereadreplicaparameters-object.md) | | Create ElastiCache Snapshots | amazon-create-elasticache-snapshots | [AmazonCreateElastiCacheSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateelasticachesnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create Lightsail Instances from Snapshots | amazon-create-lightsail-instances-from-snapshots | [AmazonCreateLightsailInstancesFromSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/createlightsailinstancesfromsnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create Lightsail Instance Snapshots | amazon-create-lightsail-instance-snapshots | [AmazonCreateLightsailInstanceSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreatelightsailinstancesnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create RDS Read Replica | amazon-create-rds-read-replica | [AmazonCreateRdsReadReplicaParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreaterdsreadreplicaparameters-object.md) | | Create RDS Snapshot | amazon-create-rds-snapshot | [AmazonCreateRdsSnapshotParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreaterdssnapshotparameters-object.md) | | Create RDS Snapshots | amazon-create-rds-snapshots | [AmazonCreateRdsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreaterdssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Create Redshift Snapshot | amazon-create-redshift-snapshot | [AmazonCreateRedshiftSnapshotParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazoncreateredshiftsnapshotparameters-object.md) | | Delete EBS Snapshots | amazon-delete-ebs-snapshots | [AmazonDeleteEbsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazondeleteebssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Delete EBS Volumes | amazon-delete-ebs-volumes | [AmazonDeleteEbsVolumesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazondeleteebsvolumesparameters-object.md) | | Delete RDS Snapshots | amazon-delete-rds-snapshots | [AmazonDeleteRdsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazondeleterdssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Deregister AMI Images | amazon-deregister-ami-images | [AmazonDeregisterAmiImagesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonderegisteramiimagesparameters-object.md) | | Disable Unused IAM Access Keys | amazon-disable-unused-iam-access-keys | [AmazonDisableUnusedIamAccessKeysParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazondisableunusediamaccesskeysparameters-object.md) | | Export DynamoDB Tables | amazon-export-dynamodb-tables | [AmazonExportDynamoDbTablesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonexportdynamodbtablesparameters-object.md) | | Request EC2 Spot Instances | amazon-request-ec2-spot-instances | [AmazonRequestEc2SpotInstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonrequestec2spotinstancesparameters-object.md) | | Send SSM Command | amazon-send-ssm-command | [AmazonSendSsmCommandParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonsendssmcommandparameters-object.md) | | Start EC2 Instance | amazon-start-ec2-instance | [AmazonStartEc2InstanceParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonstartec2instanceparameters-object.md) | | Start EC2 Instances | amazon-start-ec2-instances | [AmazonStartEc2InstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonstartec2instancesparameters-object.md) | | Tag EBS Snapshots | amazon-tag-ebs-snapshots | [AmazonTagEbsSnapshotsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazontagebssnapshotsparameters-object.md) | | Update Auto Scaling Groups | amazon-update-auto-scaling-groups | [AmazonUpdateAutoScalingGroupsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonupdateautoscalinggroupsparameters-object.md) | | Update ECS Services | amazon-update-ecs-services | [AmazonUpdateEcsServicesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/amazonupdateecsservicesparameters-object.md) | ## Google Cloud Platform Actions | Action Type | Code | Parameters Object | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Resize Managed Instance Groups | google-resize-managed-instance-groups | [GoogleResizeManagedInstanceGroupsParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/googleresizemanagedinstancegroupsparameters-object.md) | | Start VM Instances | google-start-vm-instances | [GoogleStartVmInstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/googlestartvminstancesparameters-object.md) | | Start Cloud SQL Instances | google-start-cloud-sql-instances | [GoogleStartCloudSqlInstancesParameters](/data-types/actionparameters-object/googlestartcloudsqlinstancesparameters-object.md) | --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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