ALIYUN::ECS::AutoSnapshotPolicy is used to create an automatic snapshot policy.

Syntax

{
  "Type" : "ALIYUN::ECS::AutoSnapshotPolicy",
  "Properties" : {
    "TimePoints" : String,
    "RepeatWeekdays" : String,
    "RetentionDays" : Integer,
    "DiskIds" : List,
    "AutoSnapshotPolicyName" : String
  }
}

Properties

Property Type Required Editable Description Constraint
TimePoints List Yes Yes The points in time at which to create automatic snapshots. Valid values: 0 to 23. The values correspond to the hours of a day from 00:00 to 23:00. For example, 1 indicates 01:00.

Unit: hours.

To schedule multiple automatic snapshots to be created in a day, you can specify multiple hours.

  • You can specify up to 24 hours in a day.
  • You must specify the parameter as a list. Example: [0, 1, ... 23]. Separate multiple hours with commas (,).
RepeatWeekdays List Yes Yes The days of a week on which to create automatic snapshots. Valid values: 1 to 7, which correspond to Monday to Sunday. 1 indicates Monday.

Unit: days.

Cycle: week.

To schedule multiple automatic snapshots to be created in a week, you can specify multiple days.

  • You can specify up to seven days over a one-week period.
  • You must specify the parameter as a list. Example: [1, 2, ... 7]. Separate multiple days with commas (,).
RetentionDays Integer Yes Yes The number of days for which you want to retain automatic snapshots.

Default value: -1. Valid values:

  • -1: Automatic snapshots are permanently retained.
  • 1 to 65535: Automatic snapshots are retained for a specified number of days.

Unit: days.
DiskIds List No Yes

The IDs of disks to which you want to apply the automatic snapshot policy.

 To apply the automatic snapshot policy to multiple disks, set this parameter to a list in the ["d-xxxxxxxxx", "d-yyyyyyyyy", ... "d-zzzzzzzzz"] format. Separate multiple IDs with commas (,).
AutoSnapshotPolicyName String No Yes The name of the automatic snapshot policy. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.

This parameter is empty by default.

Response parameters

Fn::GetAtt

AutoSnapshotPolicyId: the ID of the automatic snapshot policy.

Examples

JSON format 

{
  "ROSTemplateFormatVersion": "2015-09-01",
  "Parameters": {
    "TimePoints": {
      "Type": "CommaDelimitedList",
      "Description": "The automatic snapshot creation schedule, and the unit of measurement is hour. Value range: [0, 23], which represents from 00:00 to 24:00, for example 1 indicates 01:00. When you want to schedule multiple automatic snapshot tasks for a disk in a day, you can set the TimePoints to an array.\nA maximum of 24 time points can be selected.\nThe format is a list of [0, 1, ..., 23] and the time points are separated by commas (,)."
    },
    "DiskIds": {
      "Type": "Json",
      "Description": "The disk ID. When you want to apply the automatic snapshot policy to multiple disks, you can set the DiskIds to an array. The format is list of [\"d-xxxxxxxxx\", \"d-yyyyyyyyy\", ..., \"d-zzzzzzzzz\"] and the IDs are separated by commas (,)."
    },
    "RetentionDays": {
      "Type": "Number",
      "Description": "The snapshot retention time, and the unit of measurement is day. Optional values:\n-1: The automatic snapshots are retained permanently.\n[1, 65536]: The number of days retained.\nDefault value: -1.",
      "MinValue": -1,
      "MaxValue": 65536
    },
    "RepeatWeekdays": {
      "Type": "Json",
      "Description": "The automatic snapshot repetition dates. The unit of measurement is day and the repeating cycle is a week. Value range: [1, 7], which represents days starting from Monday to Sunday, for example 1 indicates Monday. When you want to schedule multiple automatic snapshot tasks for a disk in a week, you can set the RepeatWeekdays to an array.\nA maximum of seven time points can be selected.\nThe format is a list of [1, 2, ..., 7] and the time points are separated by commas (,)."
    },
    "AutoSnapshotPolicyName": {
      "Type": "String",
      "Description": "The name of the automatic snapshot policy.\nIt can consist of [2, 128] English or Chinese characters.\nMust begin with an uppercase or lowercase letter or a Chinese character. Can contain numbers, periods (.), colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-).\nCannot start with http:// or https://.\nDefault value: null."
    }
  },
  "Resources": {
    "AutoSnapshotPolicy": {
      "Type": "ALIYUN::ECS::AutoSnapshotPolicy",
      "Properties": {
        "TimePoints": {
          "Ref": "TimePoints"
        },
        "DiskIds": {
          "Ref": "DiskIds"
        },
        "RetentionDays": {
          "Ref": "RetentionDays"
        },
        "RepeatWeekdays": {
          "Ref": "RepeatWeekdays"
        },
        "AutoSnapshotPolicyName": {
          "Ref": "AutoSnapshotPolicyName"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "Outputs": {
    "AutoSnapshotPolicyId": {
      "Description": "The automatic snapshot policy ID.",
      "Value": {
        "Fn::GetAtt": [
          "AutoSnapshotPolicy",
          "AutoSnapshotPolicyId"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

YAML format 

ROSTemplateFormatVersion: '2015-09-01'
Parameters:
  TimePoints:
    Type: CommaDelimitedList
    Description: >-
      The automatic snapshot creation schedule, and the unit of measurement is
      hour. Value range: [0, 23], which represents from 00:00 to 24:00, for
      example 1 indicates 01:00. When you want to schedule multiple automatic
      snapshot tasks for a disk in a day, you can set the TimePoints to an
      array.

      A maximum of 24 time points can be selected.

      The format is a list of [0, 1, ..., 23] and the time points are separated
      by commas (,).
  DiskIds:
    Type: Json
    Description: >-
      The disk ID. When you want to apply the automatic snapshot policy to
      multiple disks, you can set the DiskIds to an array. The format is list of
      ["d-xxxxxxxxx", "d-yyyyyyyyy", ..., "d-zzzzzzzzz"] and the IDs are
      separated by commas (,).
  RetentionDays:
    Type: Number
    Description: >-
      The snapshot retention time, and the unit of measurement is day. Optional
      values:

      -1: The automatic snapshots are retained permanently.

      [1, 65536]: The number of days retained.

      Default value: -1.
    MinValue: -1
    MaxValue: 65536
  RepeatWeekdays:
    Type: Json
    Description: >-
      The automatic snapshot repetition dates. The unit of measurement is day
      and the repeating cycle is a week. Value range: [1, 7], which represents
      days starting from Monday to Sunday, for example 1 indicates Monday. When
      you want to schedule multiple automatic snapshot tasks for a disk in a
      week, you can set the RepeatWeekdays to an array.

      A maximum of seven time points can be selected.

      The format is a list of [1, 2, ..., 7] and the time points are separated
      by commas (,).
  AutoSnapshotPolicyName:
    Type: String
    Description: >-
      The name of the automatic snapshot policy.

      It can consist of [2, 128] English or Chinese characters.

      Must begin with an uppercase or lowercase letter or a Chinese character.
      Can contain numbers, periods (.), colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens
      (-).

      Cannot start with http:// or https://.

      Default value: null.
Resources:
  AutoSnapshotPolicy:
    Type: 'ALIYUN::ECS::AutoSnapshotPolicy'
    Properties:
      TimePoints:
        Ref: TimePoints
      DiskIds:
        Ref: DiskIds
      RetentionDays:
        Ref: RetentionDays
      RepeatWeekdays:
        Ref: RepeatWeekdays
      AutoSnapshotPolicyName:
        Ref: AutoSnapshotPolicyName
Outputs:
  AutoSnapshotPolicyId:
    Description: The automatic snapshot policy ID.
    Value:
      'Fn::GetAtt':
        - AutoSnapshotPolicy
        - AutoSnapshotPolicyId