EC2 Instance Cloning

Question

Is it possible to clone a EC2 instance data and all?

Answer 1

There is no explicit Clone button. Basically what you do is create an image, or snapshot of an existing EC2 instance, and then spin up a new instance using that snapshot.

First create an image from an existing EC2 instance.

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Check your snapshots list to see if the process is completed. This usually takes around 20 minutes depending on how large your instance drive is.

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Then, you need to create a new instance and use that image as the AMI.