Lightsail / Client / copy_snapshot

copy_snapshot

Lightsail.Client.copy_snapshot(**kwargs)

Copies a manual snapshot of an instance or disk as another manual snapshot, or copies an automatic snapshot of an instance or disk as a manual snapshot. This operation can also be used to copy a manual or automatic snapshot of an instance or a disk from one Amazon Web Services Region to another in Amazon Lightsail.

When copying a manual snapshot , be sure to define the source region , source snapshot name , and target snapshot name parameters.

When copying an automatic snapshot , be sure to define the source region , source resource name , target snapshot name , and either the restore date or the use latest restorable auto snapshot parameters.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.copy_snapshot(
    sourceSnapshotName='string',
    sourceResourceName='string',
    restoreDate='string',
    useLatestRestorableAutoSnapshot=True|False,
    targetSnapshotName='string',
    sourceRegion='us-east-1'|'us-east-2'|'us-west-1'|'us-west-2'|'eu-west-1'|'eu-west-2'|'eu-west-3'|'eu-central-1'|'ca-central-1'|'ap-south-1'|'ap-southeast-1'|'ap-southeast-2'|'ap-northeast-1'|'ap-northeast-2'|'eu-north-1'
)

Parameters:

• sourceSnapshotName (string) –

  The name of the source manual snapshot to copy.

  Constraint:

  • Define this parameter only when copying a manual snapshot as another manual snapshot.

• sourceResourceName (string) –

  The name of the source instance or disk from which the source automatic snapshot was created.

  Constraint:

  • Define this parameter only when copying an automatic snapshot as a manual snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

• restoreDate (string) –

  The date of the source automatic snapshot to copy. Use the get auto snapshots operation to identify the dates of the available automatic snapshots.

  Constraints:

  • Must be specified in YYYY-MM-DD format.

  • This parameter cannot be defined together with the use latest restorable auto snapshot parameter. The restore date and use latest restorable auto snapshot parameters are mutually exclusive.

  • Define this parameter only when copying an automatic snapshot as a manual snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

• useLatestRestorableAutoSnapshot (boolean) –

  A Boolean value to indicate whether to use the latest available automatic snapshot of the specified source instance or disk.

  Constraints:

  • This parameter cannot be defined together with the restore date parameter. The use latest restorable auto snapshot and restore date parameters are mutually exclusive.

  • Define this parameter only when copying an automatic snapshot as a manual snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

• targetSnapshotName (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The name of the new manual snapshot to be created as a copy.

• sourceRegion (string) –

  [REQUIRED]

  The Amazon Web Services Region where the source manual or automatic snapshot is located.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'operations': [
        {
            'id': 'string',
            'resourceName': 'string',
            'resourceType': 'ContainerService'|'Instance'|'StaticIp'|'KeyPair'|'InstanceSnapshot'|'Domain'|'PeeredVpc'|'LoadBalancer'|'LoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'Disk'|'DiskSnapshot'|'RelationalDatabase'|'RelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'ExportSnapshotRecord'|'CloudFormationStackRecord'|'Alarm'|'ContactMethod'|'Distribution'|'Certificate'|'Bucket',
            'createdAt': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'location': {
                'availabilityZone': 'string',
                'regionName': 'us-east-1'|'us-east-2'|'us-west-1'|'us-west-2'|'eu-west-1'|'eu-west-2'|'eu-west-3'|'eu-central-1'|'ca-central-1'|'ap-south-1'|'ap-southeast-1'|'ap-southeast-2'|'ap-northeast-1'|'ap-northeast-2'|'eu-north-1'
            },
            'isTerminal': True|False,
            'operationDetails': 'string',
            'operationType': 'DeleteKnownHostKeys'|'DeleteInstance'|'CreateInstance'|'StopInstance'|'StartInstance'|'RebootInstance'|'OpenInstancePublicPorts'|'PutInstancePublicPorts'|'CloseInstancePublicPorts'|'AllocateStaticIp'|'ReleaseStaticIp'|'AttachStaticIp'|'DetachStaticIp'|'UpdateDomainEntry'|'DeleteDomainEntry'|'CreateDomain'|'DeleteDomain'|'CreateInstanceSnapshot'|'DeleteInstanceSnapshot'|'CreateInstancesFromSnapshot'|'CreateLoadBalancer'|'DeleteLoadBalancer'|'AttachInstancesToLoadBalancer'|'DetachInstancesFromLoadBalancer'|'UpdateLoadBalancerAttribute'|'CreateLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'DeleteLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'AttachLoadBalancerTlsCertificate'|'CreateDisk'|'DeleteDisk'|'AttachDisk'|'DetachDisk'|'CreateDiskSnapshot'|'DeleteDiskSnapshot'|'CreateDiskFromSnapshot'|'CreateRelationalDatabase'|'UpdateRelationalDatabase'|'DeleteRelationalDatabase'|'CreateRelationalDatabaseFromSnapshot'|'CreateRelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'DeleteRelationalDatabaseSnapshot'|'UpdateRelationalDatabaseParameters'|'StartRelationalDatabase'|'RebootRelationalDatabase'|'StopRelationalDatabase'|'EnableAddOn'|'DisableAddOn'|'PutAlarm'|'GetAlarms'|'DeleteAlarm'|'TestAlarm'|'CreateContactMethod'|'GetContactMethods'|'SendContactMethodVerification'|'DeleteContactMethod'|'CreateDistribution'|'UpdateDistribution'|'DeleteDistribution'|'ResetDistributionCache'|'AttachCertificateToDistribution'|'DetachCertificateFromDistribution'|'UpdateDistributionBundle'|'SetIpAddressType'|'CreateCertificate'|'DeleteCertificate'|'CreateContainerService'|'UpdateContainerService'|'DeleteContainerService'|'CreateContainerServiceDeployment'|'CreateContainerServiceRegistryLogin'|'RegisterContainerImage'|'DeleteContainerImage'|'CreateBucket'|'DeleteBucket'|'CreateBucketAccessKey'|'DeleteBucketAccessKey'|'UpdateBucketBundle'|'UpdateBucket'|'SetResourceAccessForBucket'|'UpdateInstanceMetadataOptions'|'StartGUISession'|'StopGUISession',
            'status': 'NotStarted'|'Started'|'Failed'|'Completed'|'Succeeded',
            'statusChangedAt': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
            'errorCode': 'string',
            'errorDetails': 'string'
        },
    ]
}

Response Structure

• (dict) –

  • operations (list) –

    An array of objects that describe the result of the action, such as the status of the request, the timestamp of the request, and the resources affected by the request.

    • (dict) –

      Describes the API operation.

      • id (string) –

        The ID of the operation.

      • resourceName (string) –

        The resource name.

      • resourceType (string) –

        The resource type.

      • createdAt (datetime) –

        The timestamp when the operation was initialized (e.g., 1479816991.349 ).

      • location (dict) –

        The Amazon Web Services Region and Availability Zone.

        • availabilityZone (string) –

          The Availability Zone. Follows the format us-east-2a (case-sensitive).

        • regionName (string) –

          The Amazon Web Services Region name.

      • isTerminal (boolean) –

        A Boolean value indicating whether the operation is terminal.

      • operationDetails (string) –

        Details about the operation (e.g., Debian-1GB-Ohio-1 ).

      • operationType (string) –

        The type of operation.

      • status (string) –

        The status of the operation.

      • statusChangedAt (datetime) –

        The timestamp when the status was changed (e.g., 1479816991.349 ).

      • errorCode (string) –

        The error code.

      • errorDetails (string) –

        The error details.

Exceptions

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.ServiceException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.InvalidInputException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.NotFoundException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.OperationFailureException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.AccessDeniedException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.AccountSetupInProgressException

• Lightsail.Client.exceptions.UnauthenticatedException