Use CreateSnapshot
with an AWS SDK or CLI
The following code examples show how to use CreateSnapshot
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- CLI
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- AWS CLI
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To create a snapshot
This example command creates a snapshot of the volume with a volume ID of
vol-1234567890abcdef0
and a short description to identify the snapshot.Command:
aws ec2 create-snapshot --volume-id
vol-1234567890abcdef0
--description"This is my root volume snapshot"
Output:
{ "Description": "This is my root volume snapshot", "Tags": [], "Encrypted": false, "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0", "State": "pending", "VolumeSize": 8, "StartTime": "2018-02-28T21:06:01.000Z", "Progress": "", "OwnerId": "012345678910", "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b" }
To create a snapshot with tags
This example command creates a snapshot and applies two tags: purpose=prod and costcenter=123.
Command:
aws ec2 create-snapshot --volume-id
vol-1234567890abcdef0
--description 'Prod backup
' --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=snapshot,Tags=[{Key=purpose,Value=prod},{Key=costcenter,Value=123}]
'Output:
{ "Description": "Prod backup", "Tags": [ { "Value": "prod", "Key": "purpose" }, { "Value": "123", "Key": "costcenter" } ], "Encrypted": false, "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0", "State": "pending", "VolumeSize": 8, "StartTime": "2018-02-28T21:06:06.000Z", "Progress": "", "OwnerId": "012345678910", "SnapshotId": "snap-09ed24a70bc19bbe4" }
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For API details, see CreateSnapshot
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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- PowerShell
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- Tools for PowerShell
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Example 1: This example creates a snapshot of the specified volume.
New-EC2Snapshot -VolumeId vol-12345678 -Description "This is a test"
Output:
DataEncryptionKeyId : Description : This is a test Encrypted : False KmsKeyId : OwnerAlias : OwnerId : 123456789012 Progress : SnapshotId : snap-12345678 StartTime : 12/22/2015 1:28:42 AM State : pending StateMessage : Tags : {} VolumeId : vol-12345678 VolumeSize : 20
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For API details, see CreateSnapshot in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
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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.