# EC2 Volume

## Resource Type

`AWS.EC2.Volume`

## Resource ID Format

For EC2 Volumes, the resource ID is the ARN.

`arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:volume/vol-1`

## Background

This resource represents a snapshot of an AWS EC2 Volume.

## Fields

| Field              | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------ | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Attachments`      | `List`    | What devices this volume is attached to                                                                                                                                |
| `AvailabilityZone` | `String`  | The Availability Zone for the volume.                                                                                                                                  |
| `Encrypted`        | `Bool`    | Indicates whether the volume is encrypted                                                                                                                              |
| `Iops`             | `Integer` | The number of I/O operations per second (IOPS).                                                                                                                        |
| `KmsKeyId`         | `String`  | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) customer master key (CMK) that was used to protect the volume encryption key for the volume |
| `Size`             | `Integer` | The size of the volume, in GiBs.                                                                                                                                       |
| `SnapshotId`       | `String`  | The snapshot from which the volume was created.                                                                                                                        |
| `VolumeType`       | `String`  | The volume type.                                                                                                                                                       |
| `Snapshots`        | `List`    | A list with a snapshot description.                                                                                                                                    |
| `State`            | `String`  | The volume state.                                                                                                                                                      |

```javascript
{
    "AccountId": "123456789012",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:volume/vol-1",
    "Attachments": [
        {
            "AssociatedResource": null,
            "AttachTime": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "DeleteOnTermination": false,
            "Device": "/dev/sdf",
            "InstanceId": "i-1",
            "InstanceOwningService": null,
            "State": "attached",
            "VolumeId": "vol-1"
        }
    ],
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-west-2b",
    "Encrypted": false,
    "Id": "vol-1",
    "Iops": 100,
    "KmsKeyId": null,
    "Region": "us-west-2",
    "ResourceId": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:volume/vol-1",
    "ResourceType": "AWS.EC2.Volume",
    "Size": 1,
    "SnapshotId": "snap-1",
    "Snapshots": [
        {
            "AvailabilityZone": null,
            "CompletionDurationMinutes": null,
            "CompletionTime": "2025-12-18T17:45:29.945Z",
            "CreateVolumePermissions": null,
            "DataEncryptionKeyId": null,
            "Description": "volume snapshot",
            "Encrypted": false,
            "FullSnapshotSizeInBytes": 1728577536,
            "KmsKeyId": null,
            "OutpostArn": null,
            "OwnerAlias": null,
            "OwnerId": "123456789012",
            "Progress": "100%",
            "RestoreExpiryTime": null,
            "SnapshotId": "snap-1",
            "SseType": null,
            "StartTime": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
            "State": "completed",
            "StateMessage": null,
            "StorageTier": "standard",
            "Tags": null,
            "TransferType": "standard",
            "VolumeId": "vol-1",
            "VolumeSize": 1
        }
    ],
    "State": "in-use",
    "Tags": {
        "Key1": "Value1",
        "Key2": "Value2"
    },
    "TimeCreated": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "VolumeType": "gp2"
}
```


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