It would be beneficial to have advanced snapshot management using the EBS direct APSs to create Amazon EBS snapshots, write data directly to existing snapshots, read data from existing snapshots, and review the changes between snapshots. The EBS direct APIs make it possible to create incremental snapshots from local volumes as well as from existing EBS Volumes.
API actions to support:
create snapshot
put snapshot block(s)
diff snapshots block(s) (list the changes between two snapshots)
community.aws.fast_snapshot_write:
profile: "string"
region: "string"
client_token: "string"
description: "string"
encrypted: "boolean"
action: "start_snapshot"
kms_key_arn: "string"
tags:
"<key1>": "<value1>"
"<key2>": "<value2>"
timeout: int
volume_size: int # in GB
Create incremental write to the open snapshot
Similar this can be writing to an open snapshot.
community.aws.fast_snapshot_write:
profile: "string"
region: "string"
client_token: "string"
action: put
block_index: int
checksum: "string"
checksum_algorithm: "string"
data_length: int
block_data: "blob"
Complete Snapshot
community.aws.fast_snapshot_write:
profile: "string"
region: "string"
client_token: "string"
action: complete
changed_blocks_count: int
checksum: "string"
checksum_aggregation_method: LINEAR
snapshot_id: "string"
At this point, I am simply speculating on what it could look like by using an action to distinguish the various API calls to the Amazon EC2 API without creating a headache of multiple modules for users.
Summary
It would be beneficial to have advanced snapshot management using the EBS direct APSs to create Amazon EBS snapshots, write data directly to existing snapshots, read data from existing snapshots, and review the changes between snapshots. The EBS direct APIs make it possible to create incremental snapshots from local volumes as well as from existing EBS Volumes.
API actions to support:
Issue Type
Feature Idea
Component Name
community.aws.fast_snapshot_write community.aws.fast_snapshot_read community.aws.fast_snapshot_info
Additional Information
Examples
Start Snapshot
Create an open snapshot.
Create incremental write to the open snapshot
Similar this can be writing to an open snapshot.
Complete Snapshot
At this point, I am simply speculating on what it could look like by using an action to distinguish the various API calls to the Amazon EC2 API without creating a headache of multiple modules for users.
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