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GetAutoSnapshots - Amazon Lightsail

GetAutoSnapshots

Returns the available automatic snapshots for an instance or disk. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

{ "resourceName": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

resourceName

The name of the source instance or disk from which to get automatic snapshot information.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "autoSnapshots": [ { "createdAt": number, "date": "string", "fromAttachedDisks": [ { "path": "string", "sizeInGb": number } ], "status": "string" } ], "resourceName": "string", "resourceType": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

autoSnapshots

An array of objects that describe the automatic snapshots that are available for the specified source instance or disk.

Type: Array of AutoSnapshotDetails objects

resourceName

The name of the source instance or disk for the automatic snapshots.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

resourceType

The resource type of the automatic snapshot. The possible values are Instance, and Disk.

Type: String

Valid Values: ContainerService | Instance | StaticIp | KeyPair | InstanceSnapshot | Domain | PeeredVpc | LoadBalancer | LoadBalancerTlsCertificate | Disk | DiskSnapshot | RelationalDatabase | RelationalDatabaseSnapshot | ExportSnapshotRecord | CloudFormationStackRecord | Alarm | ContactMethod | Distribution | Certificate | Bucket

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputException

Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.

Note

Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (us-east-1) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration to us-east-1 to create, view, or edit these resources.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationFailureException

Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

A general service exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnauthenticatedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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