Lightsail / Client / export_snapshot

export_snapshot

Lightsail.Client.export_snapshot(**kwargs)

Exports an Amazon Lightsail instance or block storage disk snapshot to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). This operation results in an export snapshot record that can be used with the create cloud formation stack operation to create new Amazon EC2 instances.

Exported instance snapshots appear in Amazon EC2 as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and the instance system disk appears as an Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume. Exported disk snapshots appear in Amazon EC2 as Amazon EBS volumes. Snapshots are exported to the same Amazon Web Services Region in Amazon EC2 as the source Lightsail snapshot.

The export snapshot operation supports tag-based access control via resource tags applied to the resource identified by source snapshot name. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Note

Use the get instance snapshots or get disk snapshots operations to get a list of snapshots that you can export to Amazon EC2.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.export_snapshot(
    sourceSnapshotName='string'
)

Parameters:

sourceSnapshotName (string) –

[REQUIRED]

The name of the instance or disk snapshot to be exported to Amazon EC2.

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