Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

A.
Yes, through the Amazon S3 APIs.

B.
Yes, through the Amazon EC2 APIs.

C.
No, EBS snapshots cannot be accessed; they can only be used to create a new EBS volume.

D.
EBS doesn’t provide snapshots.

Explanation:
https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/faqs/?nc1=h_ls
Q: Will I be able to access my snapshots using the regular Amazon S3 API? No, snapshots are only available
through the Amazon EC2 API.



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Steve

Steve

Tricky. You can’t access the DATA in your snapshots directly but, yes, you can use the ec2 api’s to access them as objects (as well as the console).