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Creates a block storage disk from a manual or automatic snapshot of a disk. The resulting disk can be attached to an Amazon Lightsail instance in the same Availability Zone (e.g., us-east-2a).

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

post/#X-Amz-Target=Lightsail_20161128.CreateDiskFromSnapshot

Headers

X-Amz-Target'Lightsail_20161128.CreateDiskFromSnapshot' required

Request body

diskNamestring required

The unique Lightsail disk name (e.g., <code>my-disk</code>).

diskSnapshotNamestring
<p>The name of the disk snapshot (e.g., <code>my-snapshot</code>) from which to create the new storage disk.</p> <p>Constraint:</p> <ul> <li> <p>This parameter cannot be defined together with the <code>source disk name</code> parameter. The <code>disk snapshot name</code> and <code>source disk name</code> parameters are mutually exclusive.</p> </li> </ul>
availabilityZonestring required
<p>The Availability Zone where you want to create the disk (e.g., <code>us-east-2a</code>). Choose the same Availability Zone as the Lightsail instance where you want to create the disk.</p> <p>Use the GetRegions operation to list the Availability Zones where Lightsail is currently available.</p>
sizeInGbinteger required

The size of the disk in GB (e.g., <code>32</code>).

sourceDiskNamestring
<p>The name of the source disk from which the source automatic snapshot was created.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>This parameter cannot be defined together with the <code>disk snapshot name</code> parameter. The <code>source disk name</code> and <code>disk snapshot name</code> parameters are mutually exclusive.</p> </li> <li> <p>Define this parameter only when creating a new disk from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-configuring-automatic-snapshots">Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide</a>.</p> </li> </ul>
restoreDatestring
<p>The date of the automatic snapshot to use for the new disk. Use the <code>get auto snapshots</code> operation to identify the dates of the available automatic snapshots.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Must be specified in <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code> format.</p> </li> <li> <p>This parameter cannot be defined together with the <code>use latest restorable auto snapshot</code> parameter. The <code>restore date</code> and <code>use latest restorable auto snapshot</code> parameters are mutually exclusive.</p> </li> <li> <p>Define this parameter only when creating a new disk from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-configuring-automatic-snapshots">Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide</a>.</p> </li> </ul>
useLatestRestorableAutoSnapshotboolean
<p>A Boolean value to indicate whether to use the latest available automatic snapshot.</p> <p>Constraints:</p> <ul> <li> <p>This parameter cannot be defined together with the <code>restore date</code> parameter. The <code>use latest restorable auto snapshot</code> and <code>restore date</code> parameters are mutually exclusive.</p> </li> <li> <p>Define this parameter only when creating a new disk from an automatic snapshot. For more information, see the <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-configuring-automatic-snapshots">Amazon Lightsail Developer Guide</a>.</p> </li> </ul>

Response

Success