Step 1: Open the Amazon EC2 console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
Step 2: In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots -> Create snapshot.
Step 3: For Resource type, choose Volume. For Volume ID, select the volume
you wish to create a snapshot of.
Step 4: Click on Create snapshot.
Restore instance from a snapshot
Step 5: Select Snapshots from the left pane.
Step 6: Select Actions, then click Create image from snapshot.
Step 7: Provide Image name and Description.
Step 8: Select Create image.
Step 9: Open the AMI section and select your AMI. Once created, click Launch
instance from AMI.
Step 10: On the Launch an instance page, provide a Name for your instance.
Step 11: Under the AMI section, your image will be selected by default.
Step 12: Finally, launch the instance by referring to Hands On 1: Launch and connect to the ec2 instance.
