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aws lightsail delete-auto-snapshot

Deletes an automatic snapshot of an instance or disk. AWS CLI reference

1 example 2 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

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To delete an automatic snapshot

The following delete-auto-snapshot example deletes the automatic snapshot 2019-10-10 of instance WordPress-1.

aws lightsail delete-auto-snapshot --resource-name WordPress-1 --date 2019-10-10Identify

--resource-nameThe name of the source instance or disk from which to delete the automatic snapshot.

--dateThe date of the automatic snapshot to delete in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Its output

{
    "operations": [
        {
            "id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111",
            "resourceName": "WordPress-1",
            "resourceType": "Instance",
            "createdAt": 1571088141.501,
            "location": {
                "availabilityZone": "us-west-2",
                "regionName": "us-west-2"
            },
            "isTerminal": true,
            "operationDetails": "DeleteAutoSnapshot-2019-10-10",
            "operationType": "DeleteAutoSnapshot",
            "status": "Succeeded"
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see Deleting automatic snapshots of instances or disks in Amazon Lightsail in the Lightsail Dev Guide.

Options

2 in the AWS CLI reference

--dateThe date of the automatic snapshot to delete in YYYY-MM-DD format.

--resource-nameThe name of the source instance or disk from which to delete the automatic snapshot.