Amazon EC2 Ec2 Fast Snapshot Restore API

The Ec2 Fast Snapshot Restore API from Amazon EC2 — 3 operation(s) for ec2 fast snapshot restore.

Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 3

POST /?Action=DescribeFastSnapshotRestores Describe Fast Snapshot Restores #
POST /?Action=DisableFastSnapshotRestores Disable Fast Snapshot Restores #
POST /?Action=EnableFastSnapshotRestores Enable Fast Snapshot Restores #

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OpenAPI Specification

amazon-ec2-fast-snapshot-restore-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Fast Snapshot Restore API
  version: '2016-11-15'
  description: Generated from AWS's published Smithy model for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. 3 operation(s).
  contact:
    name: Amazon Web Services
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    identifier: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/aws/api-models-aws/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
  variables:
    region:
      default: us-east-1
security:
- sigv4: []
tags:
- name: Fast Snapshot Restore
paths:
  /?Action=DescribeFastSnapshotRestores:
    post:
      operationId: DescribeFastSnapshotRestores
      summary: Describe Fast Snapshot Restores
      description: Describes the state of fast snapshot restores for your snapshots.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeFastSnapshotRestoresResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: DescribeFastSnapshotRestores
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeFastSnapshotRestoresRequest'
      tags:
      - Fast Snapshot Restore
  /?Action=DisableFastSnapshotRestores:
    post:
      operationId: DisableFastSnapshotRestores
      summary: Disable Fast Snapshot Restores
      description: Disables fast snapshot restores for the specified snapshots in the specified Availability Zones.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoresResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: DisableFastSnapshotRestores
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoresRequest'
      tags:
      - Fast Snapshot Restore
  /?Action=EnableFastSnapshotRestores:
    post:
      operationId: EnableFastSnapshotRestores
      summary: Enable Fast Snapshot Restores
      description: Enables fast snapshot restores for the specified snapshots in the specified Availability Zones. You get the full benefit of fast snapshot restores after they enter the enabled state. For more information, see Amazon EBS fast snapshot restore in the Amazon EBS User Guide.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoresResult'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - type: object
                required:
                - Action
                - Version
                properties:
                  Action:
                    type: string
                    const: EnableFastSnapshotRestores
                  Version:
                    type: string
                    const: '2016-11-15'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoresRequest'
      tags:
      - Fast Snapshot Restore
components:
  schemas:
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoreErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        SnapshotId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the snapshot.
        FastSnapshotRestoreStateErrors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoreStateErrorItem'
          description: The errors.
    DescribeFastSnapshotRestoresResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        FastSnapshotRestores:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DescribeFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem'
          description: Information about the state of fast snapshot restores.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token to include in another request to get the next page of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoreStateError:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
          description: The error code.
        Message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoreStateErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        AvailabilityZone:
          type: string
          description: The Availability Zone.
        AvailabilityZoneId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Availability Zone.
        Error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoreStateError'
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoreStateErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        AvailabilityZone:
          type: string
          description: The Availability Zone.
        AvailabilityZoneId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Availability Zone.
        Error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoreStateError'
    DescribeFastSnapshotRestoresRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        Filters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Filter'
          description: 'The filters. The possible values are: availability-zone: The Availability Zone of the snapshot. For example, us-east-2a. availability-zone-id: The ID of the Availability Zone of the snapshot. For example, use2-az1. owner-id: The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that enabled fast snapshot restore on the snapshot. snapshot-id: The ID of the snapshot. state: The state of fast snapshot restores for the snapshot (enabling | optimizing | enabled | disabling | disabled).'
        MaxResults:
          type: integer
          description: The maximum number of items to return for this request. To get the next page of items, make another request with the token returned in the output. For more information, see Pagination.
        NextToken:
          type: string
          description: The token returned from a previous paginated request. Pagination continues from the end of the items returned by the previous request.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoresResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        Successful:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem'
          description: Information about the snapshots for which fast snapshot restores were successfully disabled.
        Unsuccessful:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableFastSnapshotRestoreErrorItem'
          description: Information about the snapshots for which fast snapshot restores could not be disabled.
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        SnapshotId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the snapshot.
        AvailabilityZone:
          type: string
          description: The Availability Zone.
        AvailabilityZoneId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Availability Zone.
        State:
          type: string
          enum:
          - enabling
          - optimizing
          - enabled
          - disabling
          - disabled
          description: The state of fast snapshot restores.
        StateTransitionReason:
          type: string
          description: 'The reason for the state transition. The possible values are as follows: Client.UserInitiated - The state successfully transitioned to enabling or disabling. Client.UserInitiated - Lifecycle state transition - The state successfully transitioned to optimizing, enabled, or disabled.'
        OwnerId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot.
        OwnerAlias:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services owner alias that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot. This is intended for future use.
        EnablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabling state.
        OptimizingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the optimizing state.
        EnabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabled state.
        DisablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabling state.
        DisabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabled state.
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoresRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AvailabilityZones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: One or more Availability Zones. For example, us-east-2a. Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified in the request, but not both.
        AvailabilityZoneIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: One or more Availability Zone IDs. For example, use2-az1. Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified in the request, but not both.
        SourceSnapshotIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The IDs of one or more snapshots. For example, snap-1234567890abcdef0. You can specify a snapshot that was shared with you from another Amazon Web Services account.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
      required:
      - SourceSnapshotIds
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoreErrorItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        SnapshotId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the snapshot.
        FastSnapshotRestoreStateErrors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoreStateErrorItem'
          description: The errors.
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoreStateError:
      type: object
      properties:
        Code:
          type: string
          description: The error code.
        Message:
          type: string
          description: The error message.
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoresRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        AvailabilityZones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: One or more Availability Zones. For example, us-east-2a. Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified in the request, but not both.
        AvailabilityZoneIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: One or more Availability Zone IDs. For example, use2-az1. Either AvailabilityZone or AvailabilityZoneId must be specified in the request, but not both.
        SourceSnapshotIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The IDs of one or more snapshots. For example, snap-1234567890abcdef0.
        DryRun:
          type: boolean
          description: Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
      required:
      - SourceSnapshotIds
    DisableFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        SnapshotId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the snapshot.
        AvailabilityZone:
          type: string
          description: The Availability Zone.
        AvailabilityZoneId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Availability Zone.
        State:
          type: string
          enum:
          - enabling
          - optimizing
          - enabled
          - disabling
          - disabled
          description: The state of fast snapshot restores for the snapshot.
        StateTransitionReason:
          type: string
          description: 'The reason for the state transition. The possible values are as follows: Client.UserInitiated - The state successfully transitioned to enabling or disabling. Client.UserInitiated - Lifecycle state transition - The state successfully transitioned to optimizing, enabled, or disabled.'
        OwnerId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot.
        OwnerAlias:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services owner alias that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot. This is intended for future use.
        EnablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabling state.
        OptimizingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the optimizing state.
        EnabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabled state.
        DisablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabling state.
        DisabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabled state.
    EnableFastSnapshotRestoresResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        Successful:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem'
          description: Information about the snapshots for which fast snapshot restores were successfully enabled.
        Unsuccessful:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/EnableFastSnapshotRestoreErrorItem'
          description: Information about the snapshots for which fast snapshot restores could not be enabled.
    Filter:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.
        Values:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an OR, and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.
    DescribeFastSnapshotRestoreSuccessItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        SnapshotId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the snapshot.
        AvailabilityZone:
          type: string
          description: The Availability Zone.
        AvailabilityZoneId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Availability Zone.
        State:
          type: string
          enum:
          - enabling
          - optimizing
          - enabled
          - disabling
          - disabled
          description: The state of fast snapshot restores.
        StateTransitionReason:
          type: string
          description: 'The reason for the state transition. The possible values are as follows: Client.UserInitiated - The state successfully transitioned to enabling or disabling. Client.UserInitiated - Lifecycle state transition - The state successfully transitioned to optimizing, enabled, or disabled.'
        OwnerId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot.
        OwnerAlias:
          type: string
          description: The Amazon Web Services owner alias that enabled fast snapshot restores on the snapshot. This is intended for future use.
        EnablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabling state.
        OptimizingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the optimizing state.
        EnabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the enabled state.
        DisablingTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabling state.
        DisabledTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The time at which fast snapshot restores entered the disabled state.
  securitySchemes:
    sigv4:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: AWS Signature Version 4. The Authorization header carries an AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 signature over the canonical request, with X-Amz-Date (and X-Amz-Security-Token for temporary credentials). Not a bearer token.
      x-aws-sigv4:
        signingName: ec2
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Amazon Web Services
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/api-models-aws/582e55931c45b944739742a2c1620b6026dd2d13/models/ec2/service/2016-11-15/ec2-2016-11-15.json
  note: converted by smithy-to-openapi.py from AWS's Smithy model (roadmap#1001)