azurerm_snapshot

Manages a Disk Snapshot.

Example Usage

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "test" {
  name     = "snapshot-rg"
  location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_managed_disk" "test" {
  name                 = "managed-disk"
  location             = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
  resource_group_name  = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
  storage_account_type = "Standard_LRS"
  create_option        = "Empty"
  disk_size_gb         = "10"
}

resource "azurerm_snapshot" "test" {
  name                = "snapshot"
  location            = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
  resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
  create_option       = "Copy"
  source_uri          = "${azurerm_managed_disk.test.id}"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• name - (Required) Specifies the name of the Snapshot resource. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• resource_group_name - (Required) The name of the resource group in which to create the Snapshot. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• location - (Required) Specifies the supported Azure location where the resource exists. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• create_option - (Required) Indicates how the snapshot is to be created. Possible values are Copy or Import. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

Note: One of source_uri, source_resource_id or storage_account_id must be specified.

• source_uri - (Optional) Specifies the URI to a Managed or Unmanaged Disk. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• source_resource_id - (Optional) Specifies a reference to an existing snapshot, when create_option is Copy. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• storage_account_id - (Optional) Specifies the ID of an storage account. Used with source_uri to allow authorization during import of unmanaged blobs from a different subscription. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• disk_size_gb - (Optional) The size of the Snapshotted Disk in GB.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id - The Snapshot ID.
• disk_size_gb - The Size of the Snapshotted Disk in GB.

Import

Snapshots can be imported using the resource id, e.g.

terraform import azurerm_snapshot.test /subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/mygroup1/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/snapshot1