EC2 / Client / copy_image

copy_image

EC2.Client.copy_image(**kwargs)

Initiates an AMI copy operation. You must specify the source AMI ID and both the source and destination locations. The copy operation must be initiated in the destination Region.

CopyImage supports the following source to destination copies:

  • Region to Region

  • Region to Outpost

  • Parent Region to Local Zone

  • Local Zone to parent Region

  • Between Local Zones with the same parent Region (only supported for certain Local Zones)

CopyImage does not support the following source to destination copies:

  • Local Zone to non-parent Regions

  • Between Local Zones with different parent Regions

  • Local Zone to Outpost

  • Outpost to Local Zone

  • Outpost to Region

  • Between Outposts

  • Within same Outpost

  • Cross-partition copies (use CreateStoreImageTask instead)

Destination specification

  • Region to Region: The destination Region is the Region in which you initiate the copy operation.

  • Region to Outpost: Specify the destination using the DestinationOutpostArn parameter (the ARN of the Outpost)

  • Region to Local Zone, and Local Zone to Local Zone copies: Specify the destination using the DestinationAvailabilityZone parameter (the name of the destination Local Zone) or DestinationAvailabilityZoneId parameter (the ID of the destination Local Zone).

Snapshot encryption

  • Region to Outpost: Backing snapshots copied to an Outpost are encrypted by default using the default encryption key for the Region or the key that you specify. Outposts do not support unencrypted snapshots.

  • Region to Local Zone, and Local Zone to Local Zone: Not all Local Zones require encrypted snapshots. In Local Zones that require encrypted snapshots, backing snapshots are automatically encrypted during copy. In Local Zones where encryption is not required, snapshots retain their original encryption state (encrypted or unencrypted) by default.

For more information, including the required permissions for copying an AMI, see Copy an Amazon EC2 AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.copy_image(
    ClientToken='string',
    Description='string',
    Encrypted=True|False,
    KmsKeyId='string',
    Name='string',
    SourceImageId='string',
    SourceRegion='string',
    DestinationOutpostArn='string',
    CopyImageTags=True|False,
    TagSpecifications=[
        {
            'ResourceType': 'capacity-reservation'|'client-vpn-endpoint'|'customer-gateway'|'carrier-gateway'|'coip-pool'|'declarative-policies-report'|'dedicated-host'|'dhcp-options'|'egress-only-internet-gateway'|'elastic-ip'|'elastic-gpu'|'export-image-task'|'export-instance-task'|'fleet'|'fpga-image'|'host-reservation'|'image'|'image-usage-report'|'import-image-task'|'import-snapshot-task'|'instance'|'instance-event-window'|'internet-gateway'|'ipam'|'ipam-pool'|'ipam-scope'|'ipv4pool-ec2'|'ipv6pool-ec2'|'key-pair'|'launch-template'|'local-gateway'|'local-gateway-route-table'|'local-gateway-virtual-interface'|'local-gateway-virtual-interface-group'|'local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association'|'local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association'|'natgateway'|'network-acl'|'network-interface'|'network-insights-analysis'|'network-insights-path'|'network-insights-access-scope'|'network-insights-access-scope-analysis'|'outpost-lag'|'placement-group'|'prefix-list'|'replace-root-volume-task'|'reserved-instances'|'route-table'|'security-group'|'security-group-rule'|'service-link-virtual-interface'|'snapshot'|'spot-fleet-request'|'spot-instances-request'|'subnet'|'subnet-cidr-reservation'|'traffic-mirror-filter'|'traffic-mirror-session'|'traffic-mirror-target'|'transit-gateway'|'transit-gateway-attachment'|'transit-gateway-connect-peer'|'transit-gateway-multicast-domain'|'transit-gateway-policy-table'|'transit-gateway-route-table'|'transit-gateway-route-table-announcement'|'volume'|'vpc'|'vpc-endpoint'|'vpc-endpoint-connection'|'vpc-endpoint-service'|'vpc-endpoint-service-permission'|'vpc-peering-connection'|'vpn-connection'|'vpn-gateway'|'vpc-flow-log'|'capacity-reservation-fleet'|'traffic-mirror-filter-rule'|'vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type'|'verified-access-instance'|'verified-access-group'|'verified-access-endpoint'|'verified-access-policy'|'verified-access-trust-provider'|'vpn-connection-device-type'|'vpc-block-public-access-exclusion'|'route-server'|'route-server-endpoint'|'route-server-peer'|'ipam-resource-discovery'|'ipam-resource-discovery-association'|'instance-connect-endpoint'|'verified-access-endpoint-target'|'ipam-external-resource-verification-token'|'capacity-block'|'mac-modification-task',
            'Tags': [
                {
                    'Key': 'string',
                    'Value': 'string'
                },
            ]
        },
    ],
    SnapshotCopyCompletionDurationMinutes=123,
    DestinationAvailabilityZone='string',
    DestinationAvailabilityZoneId='string',
    DryRun=True|False
)
Parameters:

  • ClientToken (string) –

    Unique, case-sensitive identifier you provide to ensure idempotency of the request. For more information, see Ensuring idempotency in Amazon EC2 API requests in the Amazon EC2 API Reference.

    This field is autopopulated if not provided.

  • Description (string) – A description for the new AMI.

  • Encrypted (boolean) –

    Specifies whether to encrypt the snapshots of the copied image.

    You can encrypt a copy of an unencrypted snapshot, but you cannot create an unencrypted copy of an encrypted snapshot. The default KMS key for Amazon EBS is used unless you specify a non-default Key Management Service (KMS) KMS key using KmsKeyId. For more information, see Use encryption with EBS-backed AMIs in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

  • KmsKeyId (string) –

    The identifier of the symmetric Key Management Service (KMS) KMS key to use when creating encrypted volumes. If this parameter is not specified, your Amazon Web Services managed KMS key for Amazon EBS is used. If you specify a KMS key, you must also set the encrypted state to true.

    You can specify a KMS key using any of the following:

    • Key ID. For example, 1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

    • Key alias. For example, alias/ExampleAlias.

    • Key ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab.

    • Alias ARN. For example, arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:012345678910:alias/ExampleAlias.

    Amazon Web Services authenticates the KMS key asynchronously. Therefore, if you specify an identifier that is not valid, the action can appear to complete, but eventually fails.

    The specified KMS key must exist in the destination Region.

    Amazon EBS does not support asymmetric KMS keys.

  • Name (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the new AMI.

  • SourceImageId (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The ID of the AMI to copy.

  • SourceRegion (string) –

    [REQUIRED]

    The name of the Region that contains the AMI to copy.

  • DestinationOutpostArn (string) –

    The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost for the new AMI.

    Only specify this parameter when copying an AMI from an Amazon Web Services Region to an Outpost. The AMI must be in the Region of the destination Outpost. You can’t copy an AMI from an Outpost to a Region, from one Outpost to another, or within the same Outpost.

    For more information, see Copy AMIs from an Amazon Web Services Region to an Outpost in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

    Only one of DestinationAvailabilityZone, DestinationAvailabilityZoneId, or DestinationOutpostArn can be specified.

  • CopyImageTags (boolean) –

    Specifies whether to copy your user-defined AMI tags to the new AMI.

    The following tags are not be copied:

    • System tags (prefixed with aws:)

    • For public and shared AMIs, user-defined tags that are attached by other Amazon Web Services accounts

    Default: Your user-defined AMI tags are not copied.

  • TagSpecifications (list) –

    The tags to apply to the new AMI and new snapshots. You can tag the AMI, the snapshots, or both.

    • To tag the new AMI, the value for ResourceType must be image.

    • To tag the new snapshots, the value for ResourceType must be snapshot. The same tag is applied to all the new snapshots.

    If you specify other values for ResourceType, the request fails.

    To tag an AMI or snapshot after it has been created, see CreateTags.

    • (dict) –

      The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created. When you specify a tag, you must specify the resource type to tag, otherwise the request will fail.

      Note

      The Valid Values lists all the resource types that can be tagged. However, the action you’re using might not support tagging all of these resource types. If you try to tag a resource type that is unsupported for the action you’re using, you’ll get an error.

      • ResourceType (string) –

        The type of resource to tag on creation.

      • Tags (list) –

        The tags to apply to the resource.

        • (dict) –

          Describes a tag.

          • Key (string) –

            The key of the tag.

            Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws:.

          • Value (string) –

            The value of the tag.

            Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

  • SnapshotCopyCompletionDurationMinutes (integer) –

    Specify a completion duration, in 15 minute increments, to initiate a time-based AMI copy. The specified completion duration applies to each of the snapshots associated with the AMI. Each snapshot associated with the AMI will be completed within the specified completion duration, with copy throughput automatically adjusted for each snapshot based on its size to meet the timing target.

    If you do not specify a value, the AMI copy operation is completed on a best-effort basis.

    Note

    This parameter is not supported when copying an AMI to or from a Local Zone, or to an Outpost.

    For more information, see Time-based copies for Amazon EBS snapshots and EBS-backed AMIs.

  • DestinationAvailabilityZone (string) –

    The Local Zone for the new AMI (for example, cn-north-1-pkx-1a).

    Only one of DestinationAvailabilityZone, DestinationAvailabilityZoneId, or DestinationOutpostArn can be specified.

  • DestinationAvailabilityZoneId (string) –

    The ID of the Local Zone for the new AMI (for example, cnn1-pkx1-az1).

    Only one of DestinationAvailabilityZone, DestinationAvailabilityZoneId, or DestinationOutpostArn can be specified.

  • DryRun (boolean) – 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.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'ImageId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    Contains the output of CopyImage.

    • ImageId (string) –

      The ID of the new AMI.

Examples

This example copies the specified AMI from the us-east-1 region to the current region.

response = client.copy_image(
    Description='',
    Name='My server',
    SourceImageId='ami-5731123e',
    SourceRegion='us-east-1',
)

print(response)

Expected Output:

{
    'ImageId': 'ami-438bea42',
    'ResponseMetadata': {
        '...': '...',
    },
}