Managing snapshots in AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights - AWS Marketplace
Create a snapshot View a snapshot Export a snapshotView latest released snapshot Postpone a snapshot releaseChange preferences for the snapshot list

Managing snapshots in AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights

A snapshot is a point-in-time posture of a security profile. In AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights, you can use snapshots to assess a seller's product at any given time. As the seller, you can compare the security postures of your profile at different times or the latest snapshots of different security profiles to support your decision making. Snapshots provide necessary security information in addition to providing transparency about freshness and source of the data.

In the AWS Marketplace console, in the AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights Snapshot summary section, you can view the following snapshot details for the creation and release schedule:

  • Last created snapshot – Snapshot last created for this profile.

  • Next scheduled creation – Snapshot scheduled to be created next.

  • Creation frequency – Length of time between snapshot creations or the frequency of creating snapshots.

  • Next scheduled release – Snapshot scheduled to be released next.

  • Staging time – Snapshot is staged for at least this length of time and then eligible to be released during a snapshot release event.

  • Release frequency – Length of time between release events.

In the Snapshot list section, the snapshot statuses are as follows:

  • Released – Snapshot is public and available to view for users with permission to this product.

  • Pending release – Snapshot completed or is in the mandatory minimum staging period and scheduled for the next release.

  • Private – Snapshot created before security profile activation or had validation errors and isn't visible to the public. Private snapshots remain only in seller visibility.

Create a snapshot

To create a snapshot for your profile, follow these steps. You can create a maximum of 20 snapshots per day.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose Create new snapshot.

  5. A message notifies you that the snapshot schedule will change. Choose Create.

    Note

    The snapshot schedule changes when a new snapshot is created. New snapshots are scheduled for the same time as your manually created snapshot. This message includes the new schedule.

The new snapshot is created within 30 minutes and added to the snapshot list. New snapshots are created with a Pending release status. No one can view new snapshots until the status changes to Released.

View a snapshot

To view a snapshot for your profile, follow these steps.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose the Snapshot ID of the snapshot that you want to view.

  5. When you're finished, choose Back to exit the snapshot view.

Export a snapshot

You can export to JSON or CSV formats. To export a snapshot, follow these steps.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose the Snapshot ID of the snapshot that you want to export.

  5. Choose Export.

  6. From the dropdown list, choose Download (JSON) or Download (CSV).

View latest released snapshot

The latest released snapshot is what users use to view and assess your product's health. It's important to know what is in your latest released snapshot to ensure that you're portraying your product with accurate information. To view the latest snapshot for your profile, follow these steps.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose the Snapshot ID of the snapshot that you want to view.

  5. Choose View latest released snapshot.

  6. When you're finished, choose Back to exit the snapshot view.

Postpone a snapshot release

To delay the release of a snapshot to your profile, you can postpone a snapshot release for a specific Snapshot ID.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose the Snapshot ID of the snapshot for which you want to postpone the release.

  5. From the Snapshot summary, choose Postpone snapshot release.

  6. A message notifes you that the snapshot schedule will change. Choose Postpone.

A success message appears, indicating that you have successfully postponed the snapshot release for this product.

Change preferences for the snapshot list

After creating a snapshot, you can change the preferences of how a snapshot is viewed in the Snapshot list.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Marketplace console.

  2. Choose Vendor Insights.

  3. From Vendor Insights, choose a product.

  4. On the product profile page, go to the Snapshot list, and choose the Snapshot ID of the snapshot that you want to change.

  5. Choose the preferences icon. You can customize the following preferences for your snapshot:

    • Page size – Select how many snapshots you want listed on each page: 10 resources, 20 resources, or 50 resources per page.

    • Wrap lines – Select an option to wrap lines to view the entire record.

    • Time format – Select whether you want Absolute, Relative, or ISO.

    • Visible columns – Select options that you want visible for the snapshot details: Snapshot ID, Status, and Date created .