Method: Fog::Compute::AWS::Real#create_snapshot

Defined in:
lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_snapshot.rb

#create_snapshot(volume_id, description = nil) ⇒ Object

Create a snapshot of an EBS volume and store it in S3

Parameters

  • volume_id<~String> - Id of EBS volume to snapshot

Returns

  • response<~Excon::Response>:

    • body<~Hash>:

      • ‘progress’<~String> - The percentage progress of the snapshot

      • ‘requestId’<~String> - id of request

      • ‘snapshotId’<~String> - id of snapshot

      • ‘startTime’<~Time> - timestamp when snapshot was initiated

      • ‘status’<~String> - state of snapshot

      • ‘volumeId’<~String> - id of volume snapshot targets

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# File 'lib/fog/compute/requests/aws/create_snapshot.rb', line 24

def create_snapshot(volume_id, description = nil)
  request(
    'Action'      => 'CreateSnapshot',
    'Description' => description,
    'VolumeId'    => volume_id,
    :parser       => Fog::Parsers::Compute::AWS::CreateSnapshot.new
  )
end