Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Use Amazon EBS snapshots that are shared with you

To use a shared unencrypted snapshot

Locate the shared snapshot by ID or description. You can use this snapshot as you would any other snapshot that you own in your account. For example, you can create a volume from the snapshot or copy it to a different Region.

To use a shared encrypted snapshot

Locate the shared snapshot by ID or description. Create a copy of the shared snapshot in your account, and encrypt the copy with a KMS key that you own. You can then use the copy to create volumes or you can copy it to different Regions.

Console

To view snapshot permissions

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots.

3. Select the snapshot.

4. If the filter is Owned by me, the snapshot is owned by this account. If the filter is Private snapshots, the snapshot is either owned by this account or shared specifically with this account. Select a snapshot and on the Details tab, check whether Owner specifies this account or a different account.

Amazon CLI

To view snapshot permissions

Use the describe-snapshot-attribute command to get the snapshot permissions of the specified snapshot.

aws ec2 describe-snapshot-attribute \
    --snapshot-id snap-0abcdef1234567890 \
    --attribute createVolumePermission

The following is example output.

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-0abcdef1234567890",
    "CreateVolumePermissions": [
        {
            "UserId": "111122223333"
        }
    ]
}

PowerShell

To view snapshot permissions

Use the Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute cmdlet.

(Get-EC2SnapshotAttribute `
    -SnapshotId snap-0abcdef1234567890 `
    -Attribute createVolumePermission).CreateVolumePermissions

The following is example output.

Group UserId
----- ------
      111122223333