**Example 1: To copy a snapshot within the same AWS Region** The following ``copy-snapshot`` example copies instance snapshot ``MEAN-1-1571075291`` as instance snapshot ``MEAN-1-Copy`` within the same AWS Region ``us-west-2``. :: aws lightsail copy-snapshot \ --source-snapshot-name MEAN-1-1571075291 \ --target-snapshot-name MEAN-1-Copy \ --source-region us-west-2 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "ced16fc1-f401-4556-8d82-1EXAMPLEb982", "resourceName": "MEAN-1-Copy", "resourceType": "InstanceSnapshot", "createdAt": 1571075581.498, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "us-west-2:MEAN-1-1571075291", "operationType": "CopySnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1571075581.498 } ] } For more information, see `Copying snapshots from one AWS Region to another in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-copying-snapshots-from-one-region-to-another>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*. **Example 2: To copy a snapshot from one AWS Region to another** The following ``copy-snapshot`` example copies instance snapshot ``MEAN-1-1571075291`` as instance snapshot ``MEAN-1-1571075291-Copy`` from AWS Region ``us-west-2`` to ``us-east-1``. :: aws lightsail copy-snapshot \ --source-snapshot-name MEAN-1-1571075291 \ --target-snapshot-name MEAN-1-1571075291-Copy \ --source-region us-west-2 \ --region us-east-1 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "91116b79-119c-4451-b44a-dEXAMPLEd97b", "resourceName": "MEAN-1-1571075291-Copy", "resourceType": "InstanceSnapshot", "createdAt": 1571075695.069, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-east-1" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "us-west-2:MEAN-1-1571075291", "operationType": "CopySnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1571075695.069 } ] } For more information, see `Copying snapshots from one AWS Region to another in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-copying-snapshots-from-one-region-to-another>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*. **Example 3: To copy an automatic snapshot within the same AWS Region** The following ``copy-snapshot`` example copies automatic snapshot ``2019-10-14`` of instance ``WordPress-1`` as a manual snapshot ``WordPress-1-10142019`` in the AWS Region ``us-west-2``. :: aws lightsail copy-snapshot \ --source-resource-name WordPress-1 \ --restore-date 2019-10-14 \ --target-snapshot-name WordPress-1-10142019 \ --source-region us-west-2 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "be3e6754-cd1d-48e6-ad9f-2EXAMPLE1805", "resourceName": "WordPress-1-10142019", "resourceType": "InstanceSnapshot", "createdAt": 1571082412.311, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "us-west-2:WordPress-1", "operationType": "CopySnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1571082412.311 } ] } For more information, see `Keeping automatic snapshots of instances or disks in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-keeping-automatic-snapshots>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*. **Example 4: To copy an automatic snapshot from one AWS Region to another** The following ``copy-snapshot`` example copies automatic snapshot ``2019-10-14`` of instance ``WordPress-1`` as a manual snapshot ``WordPress-1-10142019`` from the AWS Region ``us-west-2`` to ``us-east-1``. :: aws lightsail copy-snapshot \ --source-resource-name WordPress-1 \ --restore-date 2019-10-14 \ --target-snapshot-name WordPress-1-10142019 \ --source-region us-west-2 \ --region us-east-1 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "dffa128b-0b07-476e-b390-bEXAMPLE3775", "resourceName": "WordPress-1-10142019", "resourceType": "InstanceSnapshot", "createdAt": 1571082493.422, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-east-1" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "us-west-2:WordPress-1", "operationType": "CopySnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1571082493.422 } ] } For more information, see `Keeping automatic snapshots of instances or disks in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-keeping-automatic-snapshots>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*.