# Create Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes from exported Lightsail disk snapshots
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After a Lightsail block storage disk snapshot is exported and available in Amazon EC2 (as an EBS snapshot), you can create an EBS volume from the snapshot using the Amazon EC2 console.

**Note**  
To create EC2 instances from exported instance snapshots, see [Creating Amazon EC2 instances from exported snapshots in Lightsail](amazon-lightsail-creating-ec2-instances-from-exported-snapshots.md#amazon-lightsail-creating-ec2-instances-from-exported-snapshots.title).

You can also create new EBS volumes using the Amazon EC2 API, AWS CLI, or SDKs. For more information, see [Launch an Instance Using the Launch Instance Wizard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/launching-instance.html) or [Restoring an Amazon EBS Volume from a Snapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html) in the Amazon EC2 documentation.

**Important**  
We recommend getting familiar with the Lightsail export process before completing the steps in this guide. For more information, see [Export snapshots to Amazon EC2](amazon-lightsail-exporting-snapshots.md).

## Prerequisites
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Export a Lightsail block storage disk snapshot to Amazon EC2. For more information, see [Export snapshots to Amazon EC2](amazon-lightsail-exporting-snapshots-to-amazon-ec2.md).

## Create an EBS volume from an exported Lightsail block storage disk snapshot
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Use the Amazon EC2 console to create a new EBS volume from an exported Lightsail block storage disk snapshot.

**Note**  
These steps are also in the Amazon EC2 documentation. To learn more, see [Restoring an Amazon EBS Volume from a Snapshot](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html) in the Amazon EC2 documentation.

**To create an EBS volume from an exported Lightsail block storage disk snapshot**

1. Sign in to the [Amazon EC2 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

1. From the navigation bar, select the region that your snapshot is located in.

1. In the left navigation pane, under **Elastic Block Store**, choose **Snapshots**.

1. Locate and select the exported Lightsail block storage disk snapshot.

   Exported disk snapshot can be identified by the *A disk snapshot exported from Amazon Lightsail* description of the EBS snapshot as shown in the following screenshot:  
![\[EBS snapshots in the Amazon EC2 console.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/amazon-lightsail-ec2-console-ebs-snapshots.png)

1. Choose **Actions**, then choose **Create Volume**.

1. Choose a volume type from the **Volume Type** drop-down menu. For more information, see [Amazon EBS Volume Types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSVolumeTypes.html) in the Amazon EC2 documentation.

1. For **Size (GiB)**, type the size of the volume, or verify that the default size of the snapshot is adequate.

1. With a Provisioned IOPS SSD volume, for **IOPS**, type the maximum number of input/output operations per second (IOPS) that the volume should support.

1. For **Availability Zone**, choose the Availability Zone in which to create the volume. EBS volumes can only be attached to EC2 instances in the same Availability Zone.

1. (Optional) Choose **Create additional tags** to add tags to the volume. For each tag, provide a tag key and a tag value.

1. Choose **Create Volume**. After your volume is created, it is listed in the **Elastic Block Store > Volumes** section of the Amazon EC2 console.