name : create-disk-snapshot.rst **Example 1: To create a snapshot of a disk** The following ``create-disk-snapshot`` example creates a snapshot named ``DiskSnapshot-1`` of the specified block storage disk. :: aws lightsail create-disk-snapshot \ --disk-name Disk-1 \ --disk-snapshot-name DiskSnapshot-1 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "fa74c6d2-03a3-4f42-a7c7-792f124d534b", "resourceName": "DiskSnapshot-1", "resourceType": "DiskSnapshot", "createdAt": 1569625129.739, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "Disk-1", "operationType": "CreateDiskSnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1569625129.739 }, { "id": "920a25df-185c-4528-87cd-7b85f5488c06", "resourceName": "Disk-1", "resourceType": "Disk", "createdAt": 1569625129.739, "location": { "availabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "DiskSnapshot-1", "operationType": "CreateDiskSnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1569625129.739 } ] } **Example 2: To create a snapshot of an instance's system disk** The following ``create-disk-snapshot`` example creates a snapshot of the specified instance's system disk. :: aws lightsail create-disk-snapshot \ --instance-name WordPress-1 \ --disk-snapshot-name SystemDiskSnapshot-1 Output:: { "operations": [ { "id": "f508cf1c-6597-42a6-a4c3-4aebd75af0d9", "resourceName": "SystemDiskSnapshot-1", "resourceType": "DiskSnapshot", "createdAt": 1569625294.685, "location": { "availabilityZone": "all", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "WordPress-1", "operationType": "CreateDiskSnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1569625294.685 }, { "id": "0bb9f712-da3b-4d99-b508-3bf871d989e5", "resourceName": "WordPress-1", "resourceType": "Instance", "createdAt": 1569625294.685, "location": { "availabilityZone": "us-west-2a", "regionName": "us-west-2" }, "isTerminal": false, "operationDetails": "SystemDiskSnapshot-1", "operationType": "CreateDiskSnapshot", "status": "Started", "statusChangedAt": 1569625294.685 } ] } For more information, see `Snapshots in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/understanding-instance-snapshots-in-amazon-lightsail>`__ and `Creating a snapshot of an instance root volume in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-create-an-instance-root-volume-snapshot>`__ in the *Lightsail Developer Guide*.