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Creates a snapshot of a DB instance. The source DB instance must be in the <code>available</code> or <code>storage-optimization</code> state.

get/#Action=CreateDBSnapshot

Query parameters

DBSnapshotIdentifierstring required
<p>The identifier for the DB snapshot.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Can't be null, empty, or blank</p> </li> <li> <p>Must contain from 1 to 255 letters, numbers, or hyphens</p> </li> <li> <p>First character must be a letter</p> </li> <li> <p>Can't end with a hyphen or contain two consecutive hyphens</p> </li> </ul> <p>Example: <code>my-snapshot-id</code> </p>
DBInstanceIdentifierstring required
<p>The identifier of the DB instance that you want to create the snapshot of.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Must match the identifier of an existing DBInstance.</p> </li> </ul>
Keystring

A key is the required name of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 128 Unicode characters in length and can't be prefixed with <code>aws:</code> or <code>rds:</code>. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, '', '.', ':', '/', '=', '+', '-', '@' (Java regex: "^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}.:/=+\-@]*)$").

Valuestring

A value is the optional value of the tag. The string value can be from 1 to 256 Unicode characters in length and can't be prefixed with <code>aws:</code> or <code>rds:</code>. The string can only contain only the set of Unicode letters, digits, white-space, '', '.', ':', '/', '=', '+', '-', '@' (Java regex: "^([\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}.:/=+\-@]*)$").

Action'CreateDBSnapshot' required
Version'2014-10-31' required

Response

Success