Use CopyImage with an Amazon SDK or CLI

Example 1: To copy an AMI to another Region

The following copy-image example command copies the specified AMI from the us-west-2 Region to the us-east-1 Region and adds a short description.

aws ec2 copy-image \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --name ami-name \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-image-id ami-066877671789bd71b \
    --description "This is my copied image."

Output:

{
    "ImageId": "ami-0123456789abcdefg"
}

For more information, see Copy an AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 2: To copy an AMI to another Region and encrypt the backing snapshot

The following copy-image command copies the specified AMI from the us-west-2 Region to the current Region and encrypts the backing snapshot using the specified KMS key.

aws ec2 copy-image \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --name ami-name \
    --source-image-id ami-066877671789bd71b \
    --encrypted \
    --kms-key-id alias/my-kms-key

Output:

{
    "ImageId": "ami-0123456789abcdefg"
}

For more information, see Copy an AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 3: To include your user-defined AMI tags when copying an AMI

The following copy-image command uses the --copy-image-tags parameter to copy your user-defined AMI tags when copying the AMI.

aws ec2 copy-image \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --name ami-name \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-image-id ami-066877671789bd71b \
    --description "This is my copied image."
    --copy-image-tags

Output:

{
    "ImageId": "ami-0123456789abcdefg"
}

For more information, see Copy an AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 1: This example copies the specified AMI in the 'EU (Ireland)' region to the 'US West (Oregon)' region. If -Region is not specified, the current default region is used as the destination region.

Copy-EC2Image -SourceRegion eu-west-1 -SourceImageId ami-12345678 -Region us-west-2 -Name "Copy of ami-12345678"

Output:

ami-87654321