Creating a Snapshot

To create a snapshot in OpenStack, you will first need to shut down the source VM before taking the snapshot. This is to ensure that all data is flushed to disk. If necessary, list the instances to view the instance name.

The following screenshot illustrates how to create a snapshot from a volume in Lightbits.

Creating Snapshot s1 from vol1

openstack volume snapshot create --volume vol1 --force s1

openstack volume snapshot show s1