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doctl compute volume snapshot

Generated on 9 Apr 2025 from doctl version v1.124.0

Usage

doctl compute volume snapshot <volume-id> [flags]

Aliases

Description

Creates a snapshot of a block storage volume by ID.

You can use a block storage volume snapshot ID as a flag with doctl volume create to create a new block storage volume with the same data as the volume the snapshot was taken from.

Example

The following example creates a snapshot of a volume with the UUID f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6:

doctl compute volume snapshot f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6 --snapshot-name example-snapshot --tag frontend,backend

Flags

Option	Description
`--format`	Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: `ID`, `Name`, `Size`, `Region`, `Filesystem Type`, `Filesystem Label`, `DropletIDs`, `Tags`.
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--no-header`	Return raw data with no headers Default: `false`
`--snapshot-desc`	A description of the snapshot
`--snapshot-name`	The snapshot name (required)
`--tag`	A comma-separate list of tags to apply to the snapshot. For example, `--tag frontend` or `--tag frontend,backend`

Command	Description
doctl compute volume	Display commands to manage block storage volumes

Global Flags

Option	Description
`--access-token`, `-t`	API V2 access token
`--api-url`, `-u`	Override default API endpoint
`--config`, `-c`	Specify a custom config file Default:
`--context`	Specify a custom authentication context name
`--http-retry-max`	Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error Default: `5`
`--http-retry-wait-max`	Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `30`
`--http-retry-wait-min`	Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `1`
`--interactive`	Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) Default: `false`
`--output`, `-o`	Desired output format [text\|json] Default: `text`
`--trace`	Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: `false`
`--verbose`, `-v`	Enable verbose output Default: `false`