Importing a Snapshot from a Bucket

You can import a snapshot to your account from an S3-compatible bucket.

This enables you, for example, to retrieve a backup of a snapshot or to copy it between accounts in different Regions. The copy of the snapshot belongs to you, is independent from the source snapshot, and gets its own ID. You can create volumes or OUTSCALE machine images (OMIs) from it, share it with other accounts, or delete it.

To import a snapshot, you need to specify the pre-signed URL for it. For more information, see Creating a Pre-Signed URL.

Importing a Snapshot from a Bucket Using Cockpit v2

Before you begin: Get the pre-signed URL of the snapshot. To do so, you need to have access to the bucket in which the snapshot is stored. For more information, see Configuring an Object ACL and Creating a Pre-Signed URL.

  1. In the Snapshots dashboard, click IconImport Import Snapshot.
    The IMPORT SNAPSHOT dialog box appears.

  2. In the Name field, type a name for the snapshot.

  3. (optional) In the Description field, type a description for the snapshot.

  4. In the Object Pre-signed URL, type the pre-signed URL of the snapshot in the bucket.

  5. In the Snapshot Size field, type the size of the copy of the snapshot in your account in bytes.

    This size must be greater than or equal to the size of the original uncompressed snapshot.

  6. Click Import.
    A copy of the snapshot is imported to your account.

Importing a Snapshot from a Bucket Using OSC CLI

Before you begin: Get the pre-signed URL of the snapshot. To do so, you need to have access to the bucket in which the snapshot is stored. For more information, see Configuring an Object ACL and Creating a Pre-Signed URL.

The CreateSnapshot command creates a snapshot. Snapshots are point-in-time images of a volume that you can use to back up your data or to create replicas of this volume.
You can use this method in three different ways:

  • Creating from a volume: You create a snapshot from one of your volumes.

  • Copying a snapshot: You copy an existing snapshot. The source snapshot can be one of your own snapshots, or a snapshot owned by another account that has granted you permission via the UpdateSnapshot method.

  • Importing from a bucket: You import a snapshot located in an OUTSCALE Object Storage (OOS) bucket. First, the owner of the source snapshot must export it to a bucket by using the CreateSnapshotExportTask method. Then, they must grant you permission to read the snapshot via a pre-signed URL. For more information, see Creating a Pre-Signed URL.

In case of excessive use of the snapshot creation feature on the same volume over a short period of time, 3DS OUTSCALE reserves the right to temporarily block the feature.

For more information, see About Snapshots.
Request sample: Importing from a bucket
$ osc-cli api CreateSnapshot --profile "default" \
    --FileLocation "https://oos.eu-west-2.outscale.com/BUCKET/KEY?AWSAccessKeyId=ABCDEFGHIJ0123456789&Expires=1493372309&Signature=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" \
    --SnapshotSize 10737418240 \
    --Description "Snapshot imported from a bucket"

This command contains the following attributes that you need to specify:

  • Description: (optional) A description for the snapshot.

  • DryRun: (optional) If true, checks whether you have the required permissions to perform the action.

  • FileLocation: (optional) (when importing from a bucket) The pre-signed URL of the snapshot you want to import. For more information, see Creating a Pre-signed URL.

  • SnapshotSize: (optional) (when importing from a bucket) The size of the snapshot you want to create in your account, in bytes. This size must be greater than or equal to the size of the original, uncompressed snapshot.

The CreateSnapshot command returns the following elements:

  • ResponseContext: Information about the context of the response.

    • RequestId: The ID of the request.

  • Snapshot: Information about the snapshot.

    • AccountAlias: The account alias of the owner of the snapshot.

    • AccountId: The account ID of the owner of the snapshot.

    • CreationDate: The date and time (UTC) at which the snapshot was created.

    • Description: The description of the snapshot.

    • PermissionsToCreateVolume: Permissions for the resource.

      • AccountIds: One or more account IDs that the permission is associated with.

      • GlobalPermission: A global permission for all accounts.
        (Request) Set this parameter to true to make the resource public (if the parent parameter is Additions) or to make the resource private (if the parent parameter is Removals).
        (Response) If true, the resource is public. If false, the resource is private.

    • Progress: The progress of the snapshot, as a percentage.

    • SnapshotId: The ID of the snapshot.

    • State: The state of the snapshot (in-queue | pending | completed | error | deleting)).

    • Tags: One or more tags associated with the snapshot.

      • Key: The key of the tag, with a minimum of 1 character.

      • Value: The value of the tag, between 0 and 255 characters.

    • VolumeId: The ID of the volume used to create the snapshot.

    • VolumeSize: The size of the volume used to create the snapshot, in gibibytes (GiB).

Result sample: Importing from a bucket
{
  "Snapshot": {
    "VolumeSize": 10,
    "AccountId": "123456789012",
    "VolumeId": "vol-12345678",
    "CreationDate": "2010-10-01T12:34:56.789Z",
    "PermissionsToCreateVolume": {
      "GlobalPermission": false,
      "AccountIds": []
    },
    "Progress": 0,
    "SnapshotId": "snap-12345678",
    "State": "importing",
    "Description": "Snapshot imported from a bucket",
    "Tags": []
  },
  "ResponseContext": {
    "RequestId": "0475ca1e-d0c5-441d-712a-da55a4175157"
  }
}

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