GET

/#Action=RestoreSnapshotTier

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=RestoreSnapshotTier

Restores an archived Amazon EBS snapshot for use temporarily or permanently, or modifies the restore period or restore type for a snapshot that was previously temporarily restored. For more information see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/working-with-snapshot-archiving.html#restore-archived-snapshot"> Restore an archived snapshot</a> and <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/working-with-snapshot-archiving.html#modify-temp-restore-period"> modify the restore period or restore type for a temporarily restored snapshot</a> in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

SnapshotIdstringrequired

The ID of the snapshot to restore.

TemporaryRestoreDaysinteger

Specifies the number of days for which to temporarily restore an archived snapshot. Required for temporary restores only. The snapshot will be automatically re-archived after this period. To temporarily restore an archived snapshot, specify the number of days and omit the PermanentRestore parameter or set it to <code>false</code>.

PermanentRestoreboolean

Indicates whether to permanently restore an archived snapshot. To permanently restore an archived snapshot, specify <code>true</code> and omit the RestoreSnapshotTierRequest$TemporaryRestoreDays parameter.

DryRunboolean

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=RestoreSnapshotTier' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}