New in version 2.9.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| aws_access_key  string  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key | |
| aws_secret_key  string  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key | |
| db_instance_identifier  string  | Database instance identifier. Required when state is present. aliases: instance_id | |
| db_snapshot_identifier  string / required  | The snapshot to manage. aliases: id, snapshot_id | |
| debug_botocore_endpoint_logs  boolean  added in 2.8 | 
 | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used. | 
| ec2_url  string  | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used. | |
| profile  string  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0. | |
| purge_tags  boolean  | 
 | whether to remove tags not present in the  tagsparameter. | 
| region  string  | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region
 aliases: aws_region, ec2_region | |
| security_token  string  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token | |
| state  string  | 
 | Specify the desired state of the snapshot. | 
| tags  dictionary  | tags dict to apply to a snapshot. | |
| validate_certs  boolean  | 
 | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0. | 
| wait  boolean  | 
 | Whether or not to wait for snapshot creation or deletion. | 
| wait_timeout  integer  | Default: 300 | how long before wait gives up, in seconds. | 
Note
AWS_URL or EC2_URL, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID or AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY or AWS_SECRET_KEY or EC2_SECRET_KEY, AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN, AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION
AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file# Create snapshot
- rds_snapshot:
    db_instance_identifier: new-database
    db_snapshot_identifier: new-database-snapshot
# Delete snapshot
- rds_snapshot:
    db_snapshot_identifier: new-database-snapshot
    state: absent
   Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| allocated_storage  integer  | always | How much storage is allocated in GB. Sample: 20 | 
| availability_zone  string  | always | Availability zone of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: us-west-2a | 
| db_instance_identifier  string  | always | Database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: ansible-test-16638696 | 
| db_snapshot_arn  string  | always | Amazon Resource Name for the snapshot. Sample: arn:aws:rds:us-west-2:123456789012:snapshot:ansible-test-16638696-test-snapshot | 
| db_snapshot_identifier  string  | always | Name of the snapshot. Sample: ansible-test-16638696-test-snapshot | 
| dbi_resource_id  string  | always | The identifier for the source DB instance, which can't be changed and which is unique to an AWS Region. Sample: db-MM4P2U35RQRAMWD3QDOXWPZP4U | 
| encrypted  boolean  | always | Whether the snapshot is encrypted. | 
| engine  string  | always | Engine of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: mariadb | 
| engine_version  string  | always | Version of the database from which the snapshot was created. Sample: 10.2.21 | 
| iam_database_authentication_enabled  boolean  | always | Whether IAM database authentication is enabled. | 
| instance_create_time  string  | always | Creation time of the instance from which the snapshot was created. Sample: 2019-06-15T10:15:56.221000+00:00 | 
| license_model  string  | always | License model of the database. Sample: general-public-license | 
| master_username  string  | always | Master username of the database. Sample: test | 
| option_group_name  string  | always | Option group of the database. Sample: default:mariadb-10-2 | 
| percent_progress  integer  | always | How much progress has been made taking the snapshot. Will be 100 for an available snapshot. Sample: 100 | 
| port  integer  | always | Port on which the database is listening. Sample: 3306 | 
| processor_features  list  | always | List of processor features of the database. | 
| snapshot_create_time  string  | always | Creation time of the snapshot. Sample: 2019-06-15T10:46:23.776000+00:00 | 
| snapshot_type  string  | always | How the snapshot was created (always manual for this module!). Sample: manual | 
| status  string  | always | Status of the snapshot. Sample: available | 
| storage_type  string  | always | Storage type of the database. Sample: gp2 | 
| tags  complex  | always | Tags applied to the snapshot. | 
| vpc_id  string  | always | ID of the VPC in which the DB lives. Sample: vpc-09ff232e222710ae0 | 
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