name : get-auto-snapshots.rst **To get the available automatic snapshots for an instance** The following ``get-auto-snapshots`` example returns the available automatic snapshots for instance ``WordPress-1``. :: aws lightsail get-auto-snapshots \ --resource-name WordPress-1 Output:: { "resourceName": "WordPress-1", "resourceType": "Instance", "autoSnapshots": [ { "date": "2019-10-14", "createdAt": 1571033872.0, "status": "Success", "fromAttachedDisks": [] }, { "date": "2019-10-13", "createdAt": 1570947473.0, "status": "Success", "fromAttachedDisks": [] }, { "date": "2019-10-12", "createdAt": 1570861072.0, "status": "Success", "fromAttachedDisks": [] }, { "date": "2019-10-11", "createdAt": 1570774672.0, "status": "Success", "fromAttachedDisks": [] } ] } For more information, see `Keeping automatic snapshots of instances or disks in Amazon Lightsail <https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-keeping-automatic-snapshots>`__ in the *Lightsail Dev Guide*.