delete-db-snapshot
Description
Deletes a DB snapshot. If the snapshot is being copied, the copy operation is terminated.
Note
The DB snapshot must be in theavailable state to be deleted.See also: AWS API Documentation
Synopsis
delete-db-snapshot
--db-snapshot-identifier <value>
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
Options
--db-snapshot-identifier (string)
The DB snapshot identifier.
Constraints: Must be the name of an existing DB snapshot in the available state.
--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.
--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.
Global Options
--debug (boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url (string)
Override command’s default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl (boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate (boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output (string)
The formatting style for command output.
- json
- text
- table
- yaml
- yaml-stream
--query (string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile (string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region (string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version (string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color (string)
Turn on/off color output.
- on
- off
- auto
--no-sign-request (boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle (string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout (int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout (int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-binary-format (string)
The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.
- base64
- raw-in-base64-out
--no-cli-pager (boolean)
Disable cli pager for output.
--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)
Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
Examples
Note
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To delete a DB snapshot
The following delete-db-snapshot example deletes the specified DB snapshot.
aws rds delete-db-snapshot \
--db-snapshot-identifier mydbsnapshot
Output:
{
"DBSnapshot": {
"DBSnapshotIdentifier": "mydbsnapshot",
"DBInstanceIdentifier": "database-mysql",
"SnapshotCreateTime": "2019-06-18T22:08:40.702Z",
"Engine": "mysql",
"AllocatedStorage": 100,
"Status": "deleted",
"Port": 3306,
"AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1b",
"VpcId": "vpc-6594f31c",
"InstanceCreateTime": "2019-04-30T15:45:53.663Z",
"MasterUsername": "admin",
"EngineVersion": "5.6.40",
"LicenseModel": "general-public-license",
"SnapshotType": "manual",
"Iops": 1000,
"OptionGroupName": "default:mysql-5-6",
"PercentProgress": 100,
"StorageType": "io1",
"Encrypted": true,
"KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
"DBSnapshotArn": "arn:aws:rds:us-east-1:123456789012:snapshot:mydbsnapshot",
"IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled": false,
"ProcessorFeatures": [],
"DbiResourceId": "db-AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"
}
}
For more information, see Deleting a Snapshot in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Output
DBSnapshot -> (structure)
Contains the details of an Amazon RDS DB snapshot.
This data type is used as a response element in the DescribeDBSnapshots action.
DBSnapshotIdentifier -> (string)
DBInstanceIdentifier -> (string)
SnapshotCreateTime -> (timestamp)
Engine -> (string)
AllocatedStorage -> (integer)
Status -> (string)
Port -> (integer)
AvailabilityZone -> (string)
VpcId -> (string)
InstanceCreateTime -> (timestamp)
MasterUsername -> (string)
EngineVersion -> (string)
LicenseModel -> (string)
SnapshotType -> (string)
Iops -> (integer)
OptionGroupName -> (string)
PercentProgress -> (integer)
SourceRegion -> (string)
SourceDBSnapshotIdentifier -> (string)
StorageType -> (string)
TdeCredentialArn -> (string)
Encrypted -> (boolean)
KmsKeyId -> (string)
If Encrypted is true, the Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier for the encrypted DB snapshot.
The Amazon Web Services KMS key identifier is the key ARN, key ID, alias ARN, or alias name for the KMS key.
DBSnapshotArn -> (string)
Timezone -> (string)
Timezone element is empty. Timezone content appears only for snapshots taken from Microsoft SQL Server DB instances that were created with a time zone specified.IAMDatabaseAuthenticationEnabled -> (boolean)
ProcessorFeatures -> (list)
The number of CPU cores and the number of threads per core for the DB instance class of the DB instance when the DB snapshot was created.
(structure)
Contains the processor features of a DB instance class.
To specify the number of CPU cores, use the coreCount feature name for the Name parameter. To specify the number of threads per core, use the threadsPerCore feature name for the Name parameter.
You can set the processor features of the DB instance class for a DB instance when you call one of the following actions:
CreateDBInstanceModifyDBInstanceRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotRestoreDBInstanceFromS3RestoreDBInstanceToPointInTime
You can view the valid processor values for a particular instance class by calling the DescribeOrderableDBInstanceOptions action and specifying the instance class for the DBInstanceClass parameter.
In addition, you can use the following actions for DB instance class processor information:
DescribeDBInstancesDescribeDBSnapshotsDescribeValidDBInstanceModifications
If you call DescribeDBInstances , ProcessorFeature returns non-null values only if the following conditions are met:
- You are accessing an Oracle DB instance.
- Your Oracle DB instance class supports configuring the number of CPU cores and threads per core.
- The current number CPU cores and threads is set to a non-default value.
For more information, see Configuring the processor for a DB instance class in RDS for Oracle in the Amazon RDS User Guide.
Name -> (string)
coreCount and threadsPerCore .Value -> (string)
DbiResourceId -> (string)
TagList -> (list)
A list of tags.
For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide or Tagging Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
(structure)
Metadata assigned to an Amazon RDS resource consisting of a key-value pair.
For more information, see Tagging Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon RDS User Guide or Tagging Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS resources in the Amazon Aurora User Guide .
Key -> (string)
aws: or rds: . The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)$”).Value -> (string)
aws: or rds: . The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, ‘_’, ‘.’, ‘:’, ‘/’, ‘=’, ‘+’, ‘-’, ‘@’ (Java regex: “^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.:/=+\-@]*)$”).OriginalSnapshotCreateTime -> (timestamp)
SnapshotDatabaseTime -> (timestamp)
The timestamp of the most recent transaction applied to the database that you’re backing up. Thus, if you restore a snapshot, SnapshotDatabaseTime is the most recent transaction in the restored DB instance. In contrast, originalSnapshotCreateTime specifies the system time that the snapshot completed.
If you back up a read replica, you can determine the replica lag by comparing SnapshotDatabaseTime with originalSnapshotCreateTime. For example, if originalSnapshotCreateTime is two hours later than SnapshotDatabaseTime, then the replica lag is two hours.
SnapshotTarget -> (string)
StorageThroughput -> (integer)
DBSystemId -> (string)
DedicatedLogVolume -> (boolean)
MultiTenant -> (boolean)
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