how to copy AMI other region

Why copy AMI other region

1. Disaster Recovery: If one region faces an outage, you have backups in another region to quickly restore services.
   
2. Latency Reduction: Deploying AMIs closer to your users in different regions reduces latency and improves performance.
   
3. Compliance and Data Residency: Some regulations require data or applications to reside in specific geographic locations.
   
4. Scaling Across Regions: You can deploy the same application setup in multiple regions for global scalability and availability.
   
5. Migration: When moving workloads or preparing for region upgrades, copying AMIs helps in transferring your environment.

1. Login with your AWS account.

2. Go to the AMI section and select the AMI to copy it to another region

3. Click the Actions button, then select the Copy AMI option.

4. Provide the basic details for the AMI and select the destination region.

5. Choose the Tags option according to your requirements, then click on Copy AMI.

6. Change the region and verify whether the AMI has been copied successfully.

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