Create an Instance Snapshot

Creating a snapshot of an instance allows you to capture the current state of the nonpersistent boot disk used by an instance, including all customization that you may have made at the operating-system level after creating the instance.

Note:

Instance snapshots capture the state of your nonpersistent boot disk.

You can’t create an instance snapshot if your instance uses a persistent boot disk. For the steps to take a snapshot of a bootable volume, see Create a Colocated Volume Snapshot.

1. Sign in to the Compute Classic console.
2. Locate the instance that you want to create a snapshot of. From the menu, select Create Snapshot.
3. In the Create Instance Snapshot dialog box, enter a name for the snapshot.
4. If you haven’t yet finished customizing your instance and you want to create the snapshot just before you delete the instance, you can select the Deferred Snapshot option. This option allows you to continue working on the instance. The snapshot is taken only when you delete the instance or stop the instance orchestration.
5. Click Create. A request to create an instance snapshot is created. If the deferred snapshot option was selected, the snapshot will be generated when you delete the instance. If the deferred snapshot option wasn’t selected, the process of creating the instance snapshot begins right away.
   When an instance snapshot is generated, it creates a custom image. While the image is being created, or when you select the option to create a deferred snapshot, the instance details page shows the state of the instance snapshot as Active. When the image has been created and is available in your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic account, the state of the instance snapshot changes to Complete.

Next step: Register the snapshot as an image. See Register a Machine Image.