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CreateInstancesFromSnapshot - Amazon Lightsail
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CreateInstancesFromSnapshot

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Creates one or more new instances from a manual or automatic snapshot of an instance.

The create instances from snapshot operation supports tag-based access control via request tags and resource tags applied to the resource identified by instance snapshot name. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Request Syntax

{
   "addOns": [ 
      { 
         "addOnType": "string",
         "autoSnapshotAddOnRequest": { 
            "snapshotTimeOfDay": "string"
         },
         "stopInstanceOnIdleRequest": { 
            "duration": "string",
            "threshold": "string"
         }
      }
   ],
   "attachedDiskMapping": { 
      "string" : [ 
         { 
            "newDiskName": "string",
            "originalDiskPath": "string"
         }
      ]
   },
   "availabilityZone": "string",
   "bundleId": "string",
   "instanceNames": [ "string" ],
   "instanceSnapshotName": "string",
   "ipAddressType": "string",
   "keyPairName": "string",
   "restoreDate": "string",
   "sourceInstanceName": "string",
   "tags": [ 
      { 
         "key": "string",
         "value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "useLatestRestorableAutoSnapshot": boolean,
   "userData": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

addOns

An array of objects representing the add-ons to enable for the new instance.

Type: Array of AddOnRequest objects

Required: No

attachedDiskMapping

An object containing information about one or more disk mappings.

Type: String to array of DiskMap objects map

Key Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: No

availabilityZone

The Availability Zone where you want to create your instances. Use the following formatting: us-east-2a (case sensitive). You can get a list of Availability Zones by using the get regions operation. Be sure to add the include Availability Zones parameter to your request.

Type: String

Required: Yes

bundleId

The bundle of specification information for your virtual private server (or instance), including the pricing plan (micro_x_x).

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: Yes

instanceNames

The names for your new instances.

Type: Array of strings

Required: Yes

instanceSnapshotName

The name of the instance snapshot on which you are basing your new instances. Use the get instance snapshots operation to return information about your existing snapshots.

Constraint:

  • This parameter cannot be defined together with the source instance name parameter. The instance snapshot name and source instance name parameters are mutually exclusive.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: No

ipAddressType

The IP address type for the instance.

The possible values are ipv4 for IPv4 only, ipv6 for IPv6 only, and dualstack for IPv4 and IPv6.

The default value is dualstack.

Type: String

Valid Values: dualstack | ipv4 | ipv6

Required: No

keyPairName

The name for your key pair.

Type: String

Pattern: \w[\w\-]*\w

Required: No

restoreDate

The date of the automatic snapshot to use for the new instance. 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 creating a new instance from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

sourceInstanceName

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

Constraints:

  • This parameter cannot be defined together with the instance snapshot name parameter. The source instance name and instance snapshot name parameters are mutually exclusive.

  • Define this parameter only when creating a new instance from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

tags

The tag keys and optional values to add to the resource during create.

Use the TagResource action to tag a resource after it's created.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Required: No

useLatestRestorableAutoSnapshot

A Boolean value to indicate whether to use the latest available automatic snapshot.

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 creating a new instance from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

userData

You can create a launch script that configures a server with additional user data. For example, apt-get -y update.

Note

Depending on the machine image you choose, the command to get software on your instance varies. Amazon Linux and CentOS use yum, Debian and Ubuntu use apt-get, and FreeBSD uses pkg. For a complete list, see the Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax

{
   "operations": [ 
      { 
         "createdAt": number,
         "errorCode": "string",
         "errorDetails": "string",
         "id": "string",
         "isTerminal": boolean,
         "location": { 
            "availabilityZone": "string",
            "regionName": "string"
         },
         "operationDetails": "string",
         "operationType": "string",
         "resourceName": "string",
         "resourceType": "string",
         "status": "string",
         "statusChangedAt": number
      }
   ]
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

operations

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.

Type: Array of Operation objects

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user cannot be authenticated or uses invalid credentials to access a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

AccountSetupInProgressException

Lightsail throws this exception when an account is still in the setup in progress state.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidInputException

Lightsail throws this exception when user input does not conform to the validation rules of an input field.

Note

Domain and distribution APIs are only available in the N. Virginia (us-east-1) AWS Region. Please set your AWS Region configuration to us-east-1 to create, view, or edit these resources.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

Lightsail throws this exception when it cannot find a resource.

HTTP Status Code: 400

OperationFailureException

Lightsail throws this exception when an operation fails to execute.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceException

A general service exception.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnauthenticatedException

Lightsail throws this exception when the user has not been authenticated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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