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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: ec2_snapshot_copy
+short_description: copies an EC2 snapshot and returns the new Snapshot ID.
+description:
+    - Copies an EC2 Snapshot from a source region to a destination region.
+version_added: "2.4"
+options:
+  source_region:
+    description:
+      - The source region the Snapshot should be copied from.
+    required: true
+  source_snapshot_id:
+    description:
+      - The ID of the Snapshot in source region that should be copied.
+    required: true
+  description:
+    description:
+      - An optional human-readable string describing purpose of the new Snapshot.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  encrypted:
+    description:
+      - Whether or not the destination Snapshot should be encrypted.
+    required: false
+    default: False
+  kms_key_id:
+    description:
+      - KMS key id used to encrypt snapshot. If not specified, defaults to EBS Customer Master Key (CMK) for that account.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  wait:
+    description:
+      - Wait for the copied Snapshot to be in 'Available' state before returning.
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  tags:
+    description:
+      - A hash/dictionary of tags to add to the new Snapshot; '{"key":"value"}' and '{"key":"value","key":"value"}'
+    required: false
+    default: null
+author: "Deepak Kothandan <deepak.kdy@gmail.com>"
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+    - aws
+    - ec2
+requirements:
+    - boto3
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Basic Snapshot Copy
+- ec2_snapshot_copy:
+    source_region: eu-central-1
+    region: eu-west-1
+    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
+
+# Copy Snapshot and wait until available
+- ec2_snapshot_copy:
+    source_region: eu-central-1
+    region: eu-west-1
+    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
+    wait: yes
+  register: snapshot_id
+
+# Tagged Snapshot copy
+- ec2_snapshot_copy:
+    source_region: eu-central-1
+    region: eu-west-1
+    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
+    tags:
+        Name: Snapshot-Name
+
+# Encrypted Snapshot copy
+- ec2_snapshot_copy:
+    source_region: eu-central-1
+    region: eu-west-1
+    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
+    encrypted: yes
+
+# Encrypted Snapshot copy with specified key
+- ec2_snapshot_copy:
+    source_region: eu-central-1
+    region: eu-west-1
+    source_snapshot_id: snap-xxxxxxx
+    encrypted: yes
+    kms_key_id: arn:aws:kms:eu-central-1:XXXXXXXXXXXX:key/746de6ea-50a4-4bcb-8fbc-e3b29f2d367b
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+snapshot_id:
+    description: snapshot id of the newly created snapshot
+    returned: when snapshot copy is successful
+    type: string
+    sample: "snap-e9095e8c"
+'''
+
+import traceback
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import (boto3_conn, ec2_argument_spec, get_aws_connection_info, camel_dict_to_snake_dict)
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+try:
+    import boto3
+    from botocore.exceptions import ClientError, NoCredentialsError, ProfileNotFound, NoRegionError, WaiterError
+    HAS_BOTO3 = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_BOTO3 = False
+
+
+def copy_snapshot(module, ec2):
+    """
+    Copies an EC2 Snapshot to another region
+
+    module : AnsibleModule object
+    ec2: ec2 connection object
+    """
+
+    params = {
+        'SourceRegion': module.params.get('source_region'),
+        'SourceSnapshotId': module.params.get('source_snapshot_id'),
+        'Description': module.params.get('description')
+    }
+
+    if module.params.get('encrypted'):
+        params['Encrypted'] = True
+
+    if module.params.get('kms_key_id'):
+        params['KmsKeyId'] = module.params.get('kms_key_id')
+
+    try:
+        snapshot_id = ec2.copy_snapshot(**params)['SnapshotId']
+        if module.params.get('wait'):
+            ec2.get_waiter('snapshot_completed').wait(SnapshotIds=[snapshot_id])
+        if module.params.get('tags'):
+            ec2.create_tags(
+                Resources=[snapshot_id],
+                Tags=[{'Key': k, 'Value': v} for k, v in module.params.get('tags').items()]
+            )
+
+    except WaiterError as we:
+        module.fail_json(msg='An error occurred (%s) waiting for the snapshot to become available. (%s)' % (we.message, we.reason))
+    except ClientError as ce:
+        module.fail_json(msg=ce.message, exception=traceback.format_exc(), **camel_dict_to_snake_dict(ce.response))
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=True, snapshot_id=snapshot_id)
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = ec2_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(dict(
+        source_region=dict(required=True),
+        source_snapshot_id=dict(required=True),
+        description=dict(default=''),
+        encrypted=dict(type='bool', default=False, required=False),
+        kms_key_id=dict(type='str', required=False),
+        wait=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+        tags=dict(type='dict')))
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+
+    if not HAS_BOTO3:
+        module.fail_json(msg='botocore and boto3 are required.')
+
+    region, ec2_url, aws_connect_kwargs = get_aws_connection_info(module, boto3=True)
+    if not region:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Region must be provided.")
+    try:
+        client = boto3_conn(module, conn_type='client', resource='ec2', region=region, endpoint=ec2_url, **aws_connect_kwargs)
+    except (NoCredentialsError, ProfileNotFound) as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="Can't authorize connection - %s" % to_native(e))
+
+    copy_snapshot(module, client)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()