Encrypting Your EBS Volumes
- Hafeez Baig |
- 15 steps |
- 48 seconds
Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
**What is EC2 in AWS?** Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to rent virtual servers, known as instances, on which they can run their own applications. EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, making it easy to scale computing resources up or down based on demand.
To view the Encrypted option for EBS Volume while creating an Instance, click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 instances
Click on the **Launch instances** button from the top right of the page to Launch an Instance
Launch an Instance wizard will open, scroll to the **Configure storage** section and click on the **Advanced** link
**EBS Volumes** section will open, click on the **Volume 1** section
Click on the Encrypted dropdown and select the option **Encrypted**, here you can view the Encrypted option for EBS Volume
When creating an EC2 instance and attaching an EBS volume, the "**Encrypted**" option allows you to specify whether the volume should be encrypted or not. If selected, the data on the EBS volume will be encrypted at rest using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) encryption keys.
To view the EBS Encrypted option while copying the snapshot, click on the **Snapshots** option from the left bar
**Snapshots** wizard will open , select the snapshot with the size **8 GiB**
Click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Copy snapshots**
**Copy snapshot** wizard will open, scroll to the **Encryption** section and checkbox **Encrypt this snapshot.** Here you can view the Encryption for Snapshot
When copying an EBS snapshot, the "**Encrypted**" option allows you to specify whether the copied snapshot should be encrypted or not. If selected, the copied snapshot will be encrypted using the same encryption key as the original snapshot, or you can choose a different encryption key. This ensures that the data in the copied snapshot remains secure even if the original snapshot was encrypted.
To view the EBS Encrypted option while copying the AMI, click on the **AMIs** from the left bar
**Amazon Machine Images(AMIs)** wizard will open, select the **MyCustomizedAMI**
On the top right corner click on the **Copy AMI** option
**Copy AMI** wizard will open, under the **Destination Region** section tick the checkbox **Encrypt EBS snapshots of AMI copy.** Here you can Encrypt the AMI copy
When copying an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) in AWS, the "Encrypted" option allows you to specify whether the copied AMI should be encrypted or not. If selected, the copied AMI will be encrypted using the same encryption key as the original AMI, or you can choose a different encryption key.