How do i copy a snapshot from aws to gcp?
Google is providing a service to import the data from s3, provided the s3 url. As the snapshots are not visible in the s3, i am not able to transfer the snapshots to gcp
It is not possible to export an EBS Snapshot from Amazon S3.
An EBS Snapshot can only be restored to an EBS volume, or copied to another Region as a Snapshot.
If you wish to take the contents of an EBS volume to another service, you could create an ISO image of the volume, transfer it to another service and then mount it or convert it into a disk volume.
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I am looking to build a lambda function as part of a forensics workflow that will copy a particular EBS snapshot to a manually created S3 bucket in order to store for short/long term forensics requirements. Looking for any pointers!
The copy_snapshot option is not helpful here. It copies an EBS snapshot to an AWS-controlled S3 bucket (in a different region). It's not to an S3 bucket under your control and you have no direct access to it.
If you genuinely want to export an EBS snapshot to your own S3 bucket, or even to some storage device external to AWS, then you need to do it manually.
One way is as follows (some details are thanks to this serverfault answer):
launch an EC2 instance
create an EBS volume from your EBS snapshot
attach, but do not mount, the EBS volume to your instance
export the data (to S3 or elsewhere) using a tool such as dd
There may be tools available that actually implement this series of steps for you, though I was not able to locate any with a quick search.
How can we know who has accessed AWS EBS snapshot which was publicly available?
I am not able to find the option in AWS management console
AWS CloudTrail would contain information about how Amazon EBS snapshots are used whithin your own AWS Account.
It is not possible to obtain information about how public/shared Amazon EBS snapshots have been used outside of your AWS Account.
How to copy a redshift cluster snapshot from one account to another account through script.
To manually migrate an Amazon Redshift cluster to another AWS account, follow these steps:
Create a manual snapshot of the cluster you want to migrate.
Share the cluster snapshot with another AWS account to view and
restore the snapshot.
Before you copy a snapshot to another region, first enable
cross-region snapshots.
In the destination AWS account, restore the shared cluster snapshot.
Please see
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/account-transfer-redshift/
If you want to do that in a "script" for some reason - then you need to read https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/manage-snapshots-api-cli.html
I believe everything you need can be done using aws cli.
I am not able to find a find documents showing how can I copy a Windows instance to an Amazon S3 bucket.
Can any one help me with step by step approach to do this and suggest some of the links?
You can not copy AMIs to s3. You can either create a snapshot of your volumes or create another image (AMI).
I assume you're trying to create a backup of your AMIs. So, there are some alternatives for doing that.
Create a new AMI from an existing running image. Reference: Creating an Amazon EBS-Backed Windows AMI
Creating a Windows AMI from a Running Instance
You can create an AMI using the AWS Management Console or the command line. The following diagram summarizes the process for creating an Amazon EBS-backed AMI from a running EC2 instance. Start with an existing AMI, launch an instance, customize it, create a new AMI from it, and finally launch an instance of your new AMI. The steps in the following diagram match the steps in the procedure below. If you already have a running Amazon EBS-backed instance, you can go directly to step 4.
You can create images using the AWS CLI command create-image
Create Snapshots of your volumes, these snapshots will be stored behind the scenes in s3. Reference: Creating an Amazon EBS Snapshot
You can create EBS snapshots using the AWS CLI command create-snapshot
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Copying an Amazon EBS Snapshot
Copying an AMI
I have AMI with root volume and encrypted ebs volume attached. I want to migrate both to another aws account. How can I migrate both root and encrypted ebs to another account. How to use KMS encryption keys.
To migrate your instance to another aws account you have to create an AMI out of it and then you can copy that AMI to other AWS account of yours.
An AMI includes the following:
A template for the root volume for the instance (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications)
Launch permissions that control which AWS accounts can use the AMI to launch instances.
A block device mapping that specifies the volumes to attach to the instance when it's launched
During the AMI-creation process, Amazon EC2 creates snapshots of your instance's root volume and any other EBS volumes attached to your instance. If any volumes attached to the instance are encrypted, the new AMI only launches successfully on instances that support Amazon EBS encryption.
To migrate an ec2 instance first create a AMI of it you can follow the steps mentioned in the AWS Documentation or Creating AMI.
To copy your AMI to a different AWS account follow this AWS Document.
Note: You do not need to share the Amazon EBS snapshots that an AMI references in order to share the AMI. Only the AMI itself needs to be shared; the system automatically provides the instance access to the referenced Amazon EBS snapshots for the launch.