AWS Copy AMI to another Region

Here’s how to copy an AMI to another region.

<pre lang="bash">
aws ec2 copy-image \
  --source-image-id ami-xxxxxxxxxxx \
  --source-region us-east-1 \
  --region us-east-2 \
  --name "My DR server"

Output:

<pre lang="bash">
{
    "ImageId": "ami-xxxxxxxxxxx"
}