List Changed Blocks

ebs.list_changed_blocks
ActionAmazon Web Servicesconnection required

Calls the AWS ebs API (SigV4).

Returns information about the blocks that are different between two Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots of the same volume/snapshot lineage.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
API key
Providers
Amazon Elastic Block Store
Secret shape
{"access_key_id", "secret_access_key"}
Config it needs
region
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

3 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
region
AWS region (overrides the connection).
stringNo———
second_snapshot_id
The ID of the second snapshot to use for the comparison. The SecondSnapshotId parameter mu
stringYes———
max_results
Maximum items to return.
numberNo50≥ 1—

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "max_results": 50
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
ChangedBlocks
array—
ExpiryTime
string—
VolumeSize
number—
BlockSize
number—
{
  "BlockSize": 0,
  "ChangedBlocks": [],
  "ExpiryTime": "",
  "VolumeSize": 0
}

Related Amazon Elastic Block Store nodes

See List Changed Blocks run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Amazon Elastic Block Store connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.