AWS - How to Create a New Volume Base on Snapshot

AWS - How to Create a New Volume Base on Snapshot

Base on my experience we do this when we want to increase the EBS/ Volume, duplicate volume with the same file  or launch a duplicate instance ( also can use AMI )

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Below the step for creating a new volume base on snapshot:

1. Go to snapshot and choose the snapshot that you wan create new volume base on the snapshot.

AWS - Create a volume base on a snapshot.

2. Click "Action" =>" Create Volume".

3. Choose the volume type that you want and fill the size volume, please note, the size must same or above of the snapshot. We cannot decrease the size volume in this step. Fill the availability Zone according to the zone of the instance. 

AWS- Create volume.

4. Click " Create Volume" and finish

This EBS/volume ready to attach in your instance. If this for root volume you must detach first the root volume existing and replace with the new one. When you attach for root volume make sure use the path root volume is " / dev/sda1".

AWS - How to Create a New Volume Base on Snapshot