GET /#Action=CreateSnapshots

Creates crash-consistent snapshots of multiple EBS volumes and stores the data in S3. Volumes are chosen by specifying an instance. Any attached volumes will produce one snapshot each that is crash-consistent across the instance.

You can include all of the volumes currently attached to the instance, or you can exclude the root volume or specific data (non-root) volumes from the multi-volume snapshot set.

You can create multi-volume snapshots of instances in a Region and instances on an Outpost. If you create snapshots from an instance in a Region, the snapshots must be stored in the same Region as the instance. If you create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost, the snapshots can be stored on the same Outpost as the instance, or in the Region for that Outpost.

Servers

https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
https://ec2.amazonaws.com
https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn

Request headers

Name	Type	Required
`X-Amz-Content-Sha256`	String	No
`X-Amz-Credential`	String	No
`X-Amz-Date`	String	No
`X-Amz-Algorithm`	String	No
`X-Amz-SignedHeaders`	String	No
`X-Amz-Security-Token`	String	No
`X-Amz-Signature`	String	No

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`Version`	String	Yes	Possible values: `"2016-11-15"`
`CopyTagsFromSource`	String	No	Copies the tags from the specified volume to corresponding snapshot. Possible values: `"volume"`
`OutpostArn`	String	No	The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost on which to create the local snapshots. To create snapshots from an instance in a Region, omit this parameter. The snapshots are created in the same Region as the instance. To create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost and store the snapshots in the Region, omit this parameter. The snapshots are created in the Region for the Outpost. To create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost and store the snapshots on an Outpost, specify the ARN of the destination Outpost. The snapshots must be created on the same Outpost as the instance. For more information, see Create multi-volume local snapshots from instances on an Outpost in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.
`InstanceSpecification`	Object	Yes	The instance to specify which volumes should be included in the snapshots.
`TagSpecification[]`	Array	No	Tags to apply to every snapshot specified by the instance.
`DryRun`	Boolean	No	Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.
`Description`	String	No	A description propagated to every snapshot specified by the instance.
`Action`	String	Yes	Possible values: `"CreateSnapshots"`

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