# View the block public access setting for Amazon EBS snapshots
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Block public access can be in one of the following states for each Region in your account.
+ **Block all sharing** — All public sharing of your snapshots is blocked. Users in the account can't request new public sharing. Additionally, snapshots that were already publicly shared are treated as private and are not publicly available.
+ **Block new sharing** — Only new public sharing of your snapshots is blocked. Users in the account can't request new public sharing. However, snapshots that were already publicly shared, remain publicly available.
+ **Unblocked** — Public sharing is not blocked. Users can publicly share snapshots.

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#### [ Console ]

**To view the setting for block public access for snapshots**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **EC2 Dashboard**, and then in **Account attributes** (on the right-hand side), choose **Data protection and security**.

1. The **Block public access for EBS snapshots** section shows the current setting.

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#### [ Amazon CLI ]

**To view the setting for block public access for snapshots**  
Use the [get-snapshot-block-public-access-state](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cli/latest/reference/ec2/get-snapshot-block-public-access-state.html) command.
+ For a specific Region

  ```
  aws ec2 get-snapshot-block-public-access-state
  ```

  In this example output, the `ManagedBy` field indicates the entity that configured the setting and `account` indicates that the setting was configured directly in the account. A value of `declarative-policy` would mean the setting was configured by a declarative policy. For more information, see [Declarative policies](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_declarative.html) in the *Amazon Organizations User Guide*.

  ```
  {
      "State": "unblocked",
      "ManagedBy": "account"
  }
  ```
+ For all Regions

  ```
  echo -e "Region   \t Public Access State" ; \
  echo -e "-------------- \t ----------------------" ; \
  for region in $(
      aws ec2 describe-regions \
          --region us-east-1 \
          --query "Regions[*].[RegionName]" \
          --output text
      ); 
      do (output=$(
          aws ec2 get-snapshot-block-public-access-state \
              --region $region \
              --output text)
          echo -e "$region \t $output" 
      );
  done
  ```

  The following is example output.

  ```
  Region           Public Access State
  --------------   ----------------------
  ap-south-1       unblocked
  eu-north-1       unblocked
  eu-west-3        unblocked
  ```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To view the setting for block public access for snapshots**  
Use the [ Get-EC2SnapshotBlockPublicAccessState](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/powershell/latest/reference/items/Get-EC2SnapshotBlockPublicAccessState.html) cmdlet.
+ For a specific Region

  ```
  Get-EC2SnapshotBlockPublicAccessState -Region us-east-1
  ```

  The following is example output.

  ```
  Value
  -----
  block-new-sharing
  ```
+ For all Regions

  ```
  (Get-EC2Region -Region us-east-1).RegionName | `
      ForEach-Object {
      [PSCustomObject]@{
          Region            = $_
          PublicAccessState = (Get-EC2SnapshotBlockPublicAccessState -Region $_)
      }
  } | Format-Table -AutoSize
  ```

  The following is example output.

  ```
  Region           Public Access State
  --------------   ----------------------
  ap-south-1       unblocked
  eu-north-1       unblocked
  eu-west-3        unblocked
  ...
  ```

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