Getting Started with EBS Snapshots
- Hafeez Baig |
- 27 steps |
- 2 minutes
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?** EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows users to rent virtual servers (referred to as instances) on which they can run their own applications and software. EC2 instances offer a wide selection of instance types with varying CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacities to meet diverse workload requirements.
To modify a Volume, on the EC2 dashboard click on **Volumes** from the left bar to view the Volumes dashboard
**What are Volumes in EC2?** Volumes in Amazon EC2 refer to virtual storage devices that can be attached to EC2 instances to provide persistent block storage. These volumes are used for storing operating system data, application data, and other files required by EC2 instances.
On the **Volumes** dashboard, select the volume whose size is **1 GiB** and created in Availability Zone **us-east-2a**
On the top right corner click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Modify volume**
**Modify volume** wizard will open, select the option **General Purpose SSD (gp3)** from the Volume type dropdown and type "**2**" in the text input field for the **Size (GiB)**
**What is General Purpose SSD (gp3)?** General Purpose SSD (gp3) is a type of Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Amazon EC2 instances. It is designed to provide cost-effective, low-latency storage for a wide range of workloads, including transactional and I/O-intensive applications.
Scroll the page and click on the **Modify** button
**Modify** wizard will open, click on the **Modify** button
Congratulations on successfully modifying the volume!
To create a Snapshot from the Volume, on the EC2 dashboard, click on the **Volumes** from the left bar
**Volumes** wizard will open, select the volume with size **1 GiB** and created in Availability Zone **us-east-2a**
On the top right click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Create snapshot**
**Create snapshot** wizard will open, type "**1GBSnapshot**" in text input field for the **description**
Scroll the page and click on the **Create snapshot** button
Successfully created snapshot for volume
Congratulations on successfully creating a snapshot from the volume!