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.

On the EC2 dashboard click on **Volumes** from the left bar to view the Volumes Dashboard

**What are Volumes in Amazon EC2?**

In Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), volumes refer to the virtual block storage devices that you can attach to EC2 instances to provide persistent storage. These volumes are used for storing data, operating system files, and application files.

To create a Snapshot from a Volume, select the volume whose size is **1GiB** and it was created in Availability Zone **us-east-2a**

On the top right corner click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Create snapshot**

Create snapshot wizard will open, give the Description as "**1GBSnapshot-2**"

Scroll the page and click **Create snapshot** button

Successfully created snapshot from volume

Congratulations on successfully creating a snapshot from the volume. Well done!

On EC2 dashboard, from the left bar click on the **Snapshots**

**What is an Amazon EBS Snapshot?**

An Amazon EBS snapshot is a point-in-time backup of an Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume. It captures the data stored on the volume at the time the snapshot is taken, including all data blocks, metadata, and configuration settings.

**Snapshots** wizard will open, you can view the snapshot "**1GBSnapshot-2"** that we created earlier in this demo

To delete a **Snapshot**, select a Snapshot from the Snapshots dashboard

Click on the **Actions** dropdown button and select the option **Delete snapshot**

**Delete** wizard will open, click on the **Delete** button to delete the snapshot

Congratulations on successfully deleting the snapshot!

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides an in-depth understanding of EBS snapshots.

Understanding EBS Snapshots in Depth