Can you attach a snapshot directly to an EC2 instance?

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Muthuvel Chinnusamy · Accepted Answer

No, you can not directly attach to an existing running EC2 instance. Like a live disk, snapshots are point in time backups stored in S3. To use a snapshot you must convert into a volume and attach to an instance.

Afrose Hazeena · Answer

No, you cannot attach a snapshot directly to an EC2 instance. First, you must create an Amazon EBS volume from the snapshot, then attach that volume to the EC2 instance.

Can you attach a snapshot directly to an EC2 instance?

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