Reset Snapshot Attribute operation for the Amazon EC2 REST adapter

The Reset Snapshot Attribute operation resets the permission settings for a specified snapshot.

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation. 

Sample <items> XML element for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation 

<items>
    <item>
        <parameters>
            <snapshot-id></snapshot-id>
            <create-volume-permission/>
        </parameters>
    </item>
</items>

The following table shows adapter request elements for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation. 


Adapter request elements for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation

Element

Definition

Required

<access-key>

Specifies the Amazon Web Services (AWS) access key

You need to generate the AWS access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<secret-key>

Specifies the AWS secret access key

You need to generate the AWS secret access key by going to the Security Credentials tab in the AWS console.

Conditional;

  • You must specify the Access Key and theSecret Key together in the configuration or the adapter request.
  • If you specify both the keys in the adapter request and in the adapter configuration, the key values in the request override the values in the configuration.
  • If only the Secret Access Key is specified, the adapter ignores the value.
<region>

Specifies the region with which you want the adapter to communicate

Amazon EC2 is hosted in multiple locations world-wide. You must specify the region in which you want the adapter to perform the actions.

Valid values:

  • us-east-1
  • us-west-2 (default)
  • us-west-1
  • eu-west-1
  • ap-southeast-1
  • ap-northeast-1
  • ap-southeast-2
  • sa-east-1
No

<operation-name>

Contains the name of the operation: reset-snapshot-attribute

Yes

<snapshot-id>

Specifies the ID of the Amazon EBS snapshot that you want to reset

Yes

<reset parameter>

Specifies the parameter that you want to reset for the specified snapshot

Valid values: create-volume-permission

Yes

<create-volume-permission>Resets the create volume permission for the snapshotYes

The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation. 

Sample adapter request for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation

<amazon-ec2-rest-request>
    <operation-name>reset-snapshot-attribute</operation-name>
    <parameters>
      <snapshot-id>snap-99cf03a8</snapshot-id>
      <create-volume-permission />
    </parameters>
</amazon-ec2-rest-request>

The following figure shows a sample adapter response for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation. 

Sample adapter response for the Reset Snapshot Attribute operation

<amazon-ec2-rest-response>
  <metadata>
    <status>success</status>
  </metadata>
  <ResetSnapshotAttributeResponse>
    <return>true</return>
  </ResetSnapshotAttributeResponse>
</amazon-ec2-rest-response>
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