Copy Lightsail snapshots across AWS Regions

In Amazon Lightsail, you can copy instance snapshots and block storage disk snapshots from one AWS Region to another, or within the same Region. For example, you can copy snapshots between Regions if you created and configured resources in one Region, but later decide that a different Region is more appropriate. You might also decide to replicate your resources across multiple Regions.

Prerequisites

Create a snapshot of the Lightsail instance or block storage disk that you want to copy. For more information, see one of the following guides:

• Create a snapshot of your Linux or Unix instance

• Create a snapshot of your Windows Server instance

• Create a block storage disk snapshot

Copy a snapshot

You can copy Lightsail instance snapshots and block storage disk snapshots from one AWS Region to another, or within the same Region.

To copy a Lightsail snapshot

1. Sign in to the Lightsail console.

2. From the Lightsail home page, choose the Snapshots tab.

3. Locate the instance or block storage disk that you want to copy, and expand the node to view the available snapshots for that resource.

4. Choose the actions menu icon (⋮) for the desired snapshot, then choose Copy to another Region.

   

5. On the Copy a snapshot page, in the Snapshot to copy section, confirm that the snapshot details displayed match the specifications of the source instance or block storage disk.

   

6. In the Select a Region section of the page, choose the Region for your snapshot copy.

7. Enter a name for your snapshot copy.

   Resource names:

   • Must be unique within each AWS Region in your Lightsail account.

   • Must contain 2 to 255 characters.

   • Must start and end with an alphanumeric character or number.

   • Can include alphanumeric characters, numbers, periods, dashes, and underscores.

8. Choose Copy snapshot.

   

   Your snapshot copy should be available soon. It depends on the size and configuration of the source instance. You can check the status of your snapshot copy by browsing to the Snapshots tab In the left navigation pane, and looking for the snapshot status. You should see a status of Snapshotting... as shown in the following image. Once the process is complete and the snapshot is ready for use, a Copied on timestamp will be displayed.

   

Next steps

Here are a few additional steps you can perform after copying a snapshot to another Region in Lightsail:

• Create a new instance from the copied snapshot after it’s available. For more information, see Create an instance from a snapshot.

• Delete the source snapshot if you no longer need it. Otherwise, you will be billed for storing the snapshot.