Create a snapshot of an EBS volume - Amazon EBS
This documentation is a draft for private preview for regions in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Documentation content will continue to evolve. Published: December 30, 2025.

Create a snapshot of an EBS volume

You can create a single snapshot of a single volume. Alternatively, to automate snapshot creation, use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager or AWS Backup. To create snapshots of all the volumes for an EC2 instance, use multi-volume snapshots.

Console
To create a snapshot

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://eusc-de-east-1.console.amazonaws-eusc.eu/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots, Create snapshot.

  3. For Resource type, choose Volume.

  4. For Volume ID, select the volume from which to create the snapshot. The Encryption field indicates the volume and resulting snapshot's encryption status. It can't be modified.

  5. (Optional) For Description, enter a brief description for the snapshot.

  6. If the volume is on an Outpost or in a Local Zone, the Snapshot destination field appears. Do one of the following:

    • If the volume is in a Local Zone, choose Local Zone to create the snapshot in the same Local Zone, or choose AWS Region to create the snapshot in the parent Region of the Local Zone.

    • If the volume is on an Outpost, choose AWS Outpost, to create the snapshot on the same Outpost, or choose AWS Region to create the snapshot in the parent Region of the Outpost.

    Note

    If the volume is in a Region, the Snapshot destination does not appear. The snapshot is automatically created in the same Region as the volume.

  7. (Optional) To assign custom tags to the snapshot, in the Tags section, choose Add tag, and then enter the key-value pair. You can add up to 50 tags.

  8. Choose Create snapshot.

AWS CLI
To create a snapshot

Use the create-snapshot command.

aws ec2 create-snapshot  \
    --volume-id vol-01234567890abcdef \
    --description "Snapshot of the root volume for i-1234567890abcdef0"
PowerShell
To create a snapshot

Use the New-EC2Snapshot cmdlet.

New-EC2Snapshot `
    -VolumeId vol-01234567890abcdef `
    -Description "Snapshot of the root volume for i-1234567890abcdef0"