Amazon RDS · Arazzo Workflow

Amazon RDS Snapshot a DB Instance

Version 1.0.0

Create a manual DB snapshot and poll until it reports the available status.

1 workflow 2 source APIs 1 provider
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Provider

amazon-rds

Workflows

snapshot-db-instance
Take a manual DB snapshot and wait for it to become available.
Verifies the source DB instance is available, creates a manual snapshot, and polls DescribeDBSnapshots until the snapshot status is available.
3 steps inputs: dbInstanceIdentifier, dbSnapshotIdentifier outputs: snapshotCreateTime, snapshotId, status
1
confirmInstance
Describe the source DB instance to confirm it exists and is in the available state before requesting a snapshot.
2
createSnapshot
Request a manual snapshot of the source DB instance using the supplied snapshot identifier.
3
pollSnapshot
Describe the snapshot and inspect its status. While the snapshot is still creating the workflow loops back to poll again; once it is available the flow ends.

Source API Descriptions

Arazzo Workflow Specification

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arazzo: 1.0.1
info:
  title: Amazon RDS Snapshot a DB Instance
  summary: Create a manual DB snapshot and poll until it reports the available status.
  description: >-
    Captures a point-in-time manual snapshot of a running DB instance and waits
    for the snapshot to finish. The workflow confirms the source instance is
    available, requests a manual snapshot, and then polls DescribeDBSnapshots
    until the snapshot status reaches available, looping while the snapshot is
    still creating. Every step spells out its request inline so the flow can be
    read and executed without opening the underlying OpenAPI description.
  version: 1.0.0
sourceDescriptions:
- name: dbInstancesApi
  url: ../openapi/amazon-rds-db-instances-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
- name: dbSnapshotsApi
  url: ../openapi/amazon-rds-db-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  type: openapi
workflows:
- workflowId: snapshot-db-instance
  summary: Take a manual DB snapshot and wait for it to become available.
  description: >-
    Verifies the source DB instance is available, creates a manual snapshot,
    and polls DescribeDBSnapshots until the snapshot status is available.
  inputs:
    type: object
    required:
    - dbInstanceIdentifier
    - dbSnapshotIdentifier
    properties:
      dbInstanceIdentifier:
        type: string
        description: The identifier of the source DB instance to snapshot.
      dbSnapshotIdentifier:
        type: string
        description: The identifier to assign to the new manual DB snapshot.
  steps:
  - stepId: confirmInstance
    description: >-
      Describe the source DB instance to confirm it exists and is in the
      available state before requesting a snapshot.
    operationId: describeDBInstances
    parameters:
    - name: DBInstanceIdentifier
      in: query
      value: $inputs.dbInstanceIdentifier
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    - context: $response.body
      condition: $.dBInstances[0].dBInstanceStatus == 'available'
      type: jsonpath
    outputs:
      sourceStatus: $response.body#/dBInstances/0/dBInstanceStatus
  - stepId: createSnapshot
    description: >-
      Request a manual snapshot of the source DB instance using the supplied
      snapshot identifier.
    operationId: createDBSnapshot
    parameters:
    - name: DBSnapshotIdentifier
      in: query
      value: $inputs.dbSnapshotIdentifier
    - name: DBInstanceIdentifier
      in: query
      value: $inputs.dbInstanceIdentifier
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      snapshotId: $response.body#/dBSnapshot/dBSnapshotIdentifier
      initialStatus: $response.body#/dBSnapshot/status
  - stepId: pollSnapshot
    description: >-
      Describe the snapshot and inspect its status. While the snapshot is still
      creating the workflow loops back to poll again; once it is available the
      flow ends.
    operationId: describeDBSnapshots
    parameters:
    - name: DBSnapshotIdentifier
      in: query
      value: $inputs.dbSnapshotIdentifier
    successCriteria:
    - condition: $statusCode == 200
    outputs:
      status: $response.body#/dBSnapshots/0/status
      snapshotCreateTime: $response.body#/dBSnapshots/0/snapshotCreateTime
    onSuccess:
    - name: stillCreating
      type: goto
      stepId: pollSnapshot
      criteria:
      - context: $response.body
        condition: $.dBSnapshots[0].status != 'available'
        type: jsonpath
    - name: available
      type: end
      criteria:
      - context: $response.body
        condition: $.dBSnapshots[0].status == 'available'
        type: jsonpath
  outputs:
    snapshotId: $steps.createSnapshot.outputs.snapshotId
    status: $steps.pollSnapshot.outputs.status
    snapshotCreateTime: $steps.pollSnapshot.outputs.snapshotCreateTime

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