Use CopySnapshot with an AWS SDK or CLI

The following code examples show how to use CopySnapshot.

CLI

AWS CLI

Example 1: To copy a snapshot to another Region

The following copy-snapshot example command copies the specified snapshot from the us-west-2 Region to the us-east-1 Region and adds a short description.

aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-snapshot-id snap-066877671789bd71b \
    --description "This is my copied snapshot."

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b"
}

For more information, see Copy an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 2: To copy an unencrypted snapshot and encrypt the new snapshot

The following copy-snapshot command copies the specified unencrypted snapshot from the us-west-2 Region to the current Region and encrypts the new snapshot using the specified KMS key.

aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-snapshot-id snap-066877671789bd71b \
    --encrypted \
    --kms-key-id alias/my-kms-key

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b"
}

For more information, see Copy an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

• For API details, see CopySnapshot in AWS CLI Command Reference.

PowerShell

Tools for PowerShell

Example 1: This example copies the specified snapshot from the EU (Ireland) region to the US West (Oregon) region.

Copy-EC2Snapshot -SourceRegion eu-west-1 -SourceSnapshotId snap-12345678 -Region us-west-2

Example 2: If you set a default region and omit the Region parameter, the default destination region is the default region.

Set-DefaultAWSRegion us-west-2
Copy-EC2Snapshot -SourceRegion eu-west-1 -SourceSnapshotId snap-12345678

• For API details, see CopySnapshot in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.

For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.