Clone Volume via Snapshot
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Recipe · 3 steps
Clone Volume via Snapshot
with Amazon EBS · IT Infrastructure Management
Clone an EBS volume by snapshotting it and creating a new volume.
- Create a snapshot of the source volume to use as the clone basis.
- Describe snapshots to confirm the source snapshot is visible before cloning from it.
- Create a new EBS volume from the confirmed snapshot in the requested Availability Zone.
What you'll need to have ready
- sourceVolumeId: The ID of the volume to clone.
- snapshotId: The ID of the snapshot produced from the source volume. The createSnapshot response carries no documented body in this spec, so the resulting snapshot id is sup
- availabilityZone: The Availability Zone in which to create the clone.
- description: A description for the intermediate snapshot.
For your developer
Arazzo workflow amazon-ebs:clone-volume-via-snapshot, 3 operations: createSnapshot → describeSnapshots → createVolume. Specs on APIs.io.