Copy Snapshots

Create copies of EC2 snapshots in a target region.

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If encrypt is set without kms_key_id, the default AWS managed key in the target region is used.

Snapshots are copied in batches of 20.
This default value can be increased through pending_limit.
Concurrent snapshot copy limits

Usage

Input

Parameter Description Type Required Default Value
snapshot_ids List of EC2 snapshots to move list(string) Yes None
target_region Target region for the snapshots string Yes None
pending_limit Limit for concurrent snapshot copy operations int No 20
encrypt Encrypt the new snapshots bool No False
kms_key_id KMS Key ID to use for snapshot encryption string If encrypt None
region Region for operation. Leave blank for session default string No Session Default
debug Increase log verbosity bool No False
silent Decrease log verbosity bool No False
output Output format
table		 string No None
session Established session object No None

Output

Returns a list of snapshots copies:

['snap-1234567890abcdef0', 'snap-abcdef1234567890']

Examples

Create encrypted copies of snapshots in eu-west-2:

aaws ec2 copy_snapshots --snapshot_ids snap-1234567890abcdef0 snap-abcdef1234567890 --region eu-west-2 --target_region eu-west-2 --encrypt

Copy snapshots from eu-west-2 to us-east-1 and encrypt them with custom KMS key:

aaws ec2 copy_snapshots --snapshot_ids snap-1234567890abcdef0 snap-abcdef1234567890 --region eu-west-2 --target_region us-east-1 --encrypt --kms_key_id 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab