CopyImageCommand

Initiates an AMI copy operation. You can copy an AMI from one Region to another, or from a Region to an Outpost. You can't copy an AMI from an Outpost to a Region, from one Outpost to another, or within the same Outpost. To copy an AMI to another partition, see CreateStoreImageTask .

When you copy an AMI from one Region to another, the destination Region is the current Region.

When you copy an AMI from a Region to an Outpost, specify the ARN of the Outpost as the destination. Backing snapshots copied to an Outpost are encrypted by default using the default encryption key for the Region or the key that you specify. Outposts do not support unencrypted snapshots.

For information about the prerequisites when copying an AMI, see Copy an AMI  in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example Syntax

Use a bare-bones client and the command you need to make an API call.

import { EC2Client, CopyImageCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-ec2"; // ES Modules import
// const { EC2Client, CopyImageCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-ec2"); // CommonJS import
const client = new EC2Client(config);
const input = { // CopyImageRequest
  ClientToken: "STRING_VALUE",
  Description: "STRING_VALUE",
  Encrypted: true || false,
  KmsKeyId: "STRING_VALUE",
  Name: "STRING_VALUE", // required
  SourceImageId: "STRING_VALUE", // required
  SourceRegion: "STRING_VALUE", // required
  DestinationOutpostArn: "STRING_VALUE",
  CopyImageTags: true || false,
  TagSpecifications: [ // TagSpecificationList
    { // TagSpecification
      ResourceType: "capacity-reservation" || "client-vpn-endpoint" || "customer-gateway" || "carrier-gateway" || "coip-pool" || "declarative-policies-report" || "dedicated-host" || "dhcp-options" || "egress-only-internet-gateway" || "elastic-ip" || "elastic-gpu" || "export-image-task" || "export-instance-task" || "fleet" || "fpga-image" || "host-reservation" || "image" || "import-image-task" || "import-snapshot-task" || "instance" || "instance-event-window" || "internet-gateway" || "ipam" || "ipam-pool" || "ipam-scope" || "ipv4pool-ec2" || "ipv6pool-ec2" || "key-pair" || "launch-template" || "local-gateway" || "local-gateway-route-table" || "local-gateway-virtual-interface" || "local-gateway-virtual-interface-group" || "local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association" || "local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association" || "natgateway" || "network-acl" || "network-interface" || "network-insights-analysis" || "network-insights-path" || "network-insights-access-scope" || "network-insights-access-scope-analysis" || "placement-group" || "prefix-list" || "replace-root-volume-task" || "reserved-instances" || "route-table" || "security-group" || "security-group-rule" || "snapshot" || "spot-fleet-request" || "spot-instances-request" || "subnet" || "subnet-cidr-reservation" || "traffic-mirror-filter" || "traffic-mirror-session" || "traffic-mirror-target" || "transit-gateway" || "transit-gateway-attachment" || "transit-gateway-connect-peer" || "transit-gateway-multicast-domain" || "transit-gateway-policy-table" || "transit-gateway-route-table" || "transit-gateway-route-table-announcement" || "volume" || "vpc" || "vpc-endpoint" || "vpc-endpoint-connection" || "vpc-endpoint-service" || "vpc-endpoint-service-permission" || "vpc-peering-connection" || "vpn-connection" || "vpn-gateway" || "vpc-flow-log" || "capacity-reservation-fleet" || "traffic-mirror-filter-rule" || "vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type" || "verified-access-instance" || "verified-access-group" || "verified-access-endpoint" || "verified-access-policy" || "verified-access-trust-provider" || "vpn-connection-device-type" || "vpc-block-public-access-exclusion" || "route-server" || "route-server-endpoint" || "route-server-peer" || "ipam-resource-discovery" || "ipam-resource-discovery-association" || "instance-connect-endpoint" || "verified-access-endpoint-target" || "ipam-external-resource-verification-token",
      Tags: [ // TagList
        { // Tag
          Key: "STRING_VALUE",
          Value: "STRING_VALUE",
        },
      ],
    },
  ],
  SnapshotCopyCompletionDurationMinutes: Number("long"),
  DryRun: true || false,
};
const command = new CopyImageCommand(input);
const response = await client.send(command);
// { // CopyImageResult
//   ImageId: "STRING_VALUE",
// };

Example Usage

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CopyImageCommand Input

See CopyImageCommandInput for more details

Parameter
Type
Description
Name
Required
string | undefined

The name of the new AMI in the destination Region.

SourceImageId
Required
string | undefined

The ID of the AMI to copy.

SourceRegion
Required
string | undefined

The name of the Region that contains the AMI to copy.

ClientToken
string | undefined

Unique, case-sensitive identifier you provide to ensure idempotency of the request. For more information, see Ensuring idempotency  in the Amazon EC2 API Reference.

CopyImageTags
boolean | undefined

Indicates whether to include your user-defined AMI tags when copying the AMI.

The following tags will not be copied:

  • System tags (prefixed with aws:)

  • For public and shared AMIs, user-defined tags that are attached by other Amazon Web Services accounts

Default: Your user-defined AMI tags are not copied.

Description
string | undefined

A description for the new AMI in the destination Region.

DestinationOutpostArn
string | undefined

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost to which to copy the AMI. Only specify this parameter when copying an AMI from an Amazon Web Services Region to an Outpost. The AMI must be in the Region of the destination Outpost. You cannot copy an AMI from an Outpost to a Region, from one Outpost to another, or within the same Outpost.

For more information, see Copy AMIs from an Amazon Web Services Region to an Outpost  in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

DryRun
boolean | undefined

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Encrypted
boolean | undefined

Specifies whether the destination snapshots of the copied image should be encrypted. You can encrypt a copy of an unencrypted snapshot, but you cannot create an unencrypted copy of an encrypted snapshot. The default KMS key for Amazon EBS is used unless you specify a non-default Key Management Service (KMS) KMS key using KmsKeyId. For more information, see Use encryption with EBS-backed AMIs  in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

KmsKeyId
string | undefined

The identifier of the symmetric Key Management Service (KMS) KMS key to use when creating encrypted volumes. If this parameter is not specified, your Amazon Web Services managed KMS key for Amazon EBS is used. If you specify a KMS key, you must also set the encrypted state to true.

You can specify a KMS key using any of the following:

  • Key ID. For example, 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

  • Key alias. For example, alias/ExampleAlias.

  • Key ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

  • Alias ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:alias/ExampleAlias.

Amazon Web Services authenticates the KMS key asynchronously. Therefore, if you specify an identifier that is not valid, the action can appear to complete, but eventually fails.

The specified KMS key must exist in the destination Region.

Amazon EBS does not support asymmetric KMS keys.

SnapshotCopyCompletionDurationMinutes
number | undefined

Specify a completion duration, in 15 minute increments, to initiate a time-based AMI copy. The specified completion duration applies to each of the snapshots associated with the AMI. Each snapshot associated with the AMI will be completed within the specified completion duration, regardless of their size.

If you do not specify a value, the AMI copy operation is completed on a best-effort basis.

For more information, see Time-based copies .

TagSpecifications
TagSpecification[] | undefined

The tags to apply to the new AMI and new snapshots. You can tag the AMI, the snapshots, or both.

  • To tag the new AMI, the value for ResourceType must be image.

  • To tag the new snapshots, the value for ResourceType must be snapshot. The same tag is applied to all the new snapshots.

If you specify other values for ResourceType, the request fails.

To tag an AMI or snapshot after it has been created, see CreateTags .

CopyImageCommand Output

See CopyImageCommandOutput for details

Parameter
Type
Description
$metadata
Required
ResponseMetadata
Metadata pertaining to this request.
ImageId
string | undefined

The ID of the new AMI.

Throws

Name
Fault
Details
EC2ServiceException
Base exception class for all service exceptions from EC2 service.