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Copy S3 To Another Region

Buckets are regional. Your source and destination buckets should be in different regions.

aws s3 sync s3://DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET-SOURCE s3://DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET-TARGET

Use the sync command. It will copy new or modified files.

AWS Copy AMI to another Region

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

aws ec2 copy-image \
  --source-image-id ami-xxxxxxxxxxx \
  --source-region us-east-1 \
  --region us-east-2 \
  --name "My DR server"

Output:

{
    "ImageId": "ami-xxxxxxxxxxx"
}

AWS Copy Snapshot to another Region

If you need to copy a snapshot from one region to another, here’s the AWS CLI command.

aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --source-region us-east-2 \
    --source-snapshot-id snap-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx \
    --description "This is the DR snapshot copy"

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
}