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Clone a Linode

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https://api.linode.com//linode/instances//clone

Clone your Linode's existing disks, configuration profiles, and interfaces to another Linode on your account. Consider these points before cloning a Linode:

  • Cloning to a new Linode incurs a charge on your account.

  • If cloning to an existing Linode, any actions currently running or queued need to finish before you can clone to it.

  • You can run up to five concurrent clone operations, from a single Linode. If you exceed this limit, you'll receive an HTTP 400 error.

  • For Linodes using Linode interfaces, the region where you want the clone to live also needs to support Linode interfaces. You can run the GET a region operation to see what's supported. Your user's account settings also need ot be set to allow creation of Linodes with Linode interfaces.

  • Any tags you have set on your source Linode will be cloned to the target Linode.

  • If your source Linode is protected with a resource lock, the lock is not included on the clone. You'll need to add a new resource lock if you want to protect the clone.

  • If the target Linode uses Metadata, with has_user_data set to true, you need to create the clone with metadata.user_data in the request.

  • If the target Linode has a vpc interface on its active legacy configuration profile, and it includes a 1:1 NAT, the resulting clone is configured with an any 1:1 NAT. See the VPC documentation guide for its specifications and limitations.

  • Only next generation network (NGN) data centers (regions) support VLANs. If a VLAN is attached to your Linode and you try to clone it to a non-NGN region, the clone won't start. If a Linode can't be cloned because of an incompatibility, you're prompted to select a different region or contact support. See the VLANs Overview guide for more specifications and limitations.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

  • Identity and access permissions. Your user needs a role with these permissions. Learn more.

    • Permissions: clone_linode

  • OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

    • Scopes: linodes:read_write

CLI

linode-cli linodes clone 123 \
  --linode_id 124 \
  --region us-east \
  --type g6-standard-2 \
  --label cloned-linode \
  --backups_enabled true \
  --placement_group.id 528 \
  --disks 25674 \
  --configs 23456 \
  --private_ip true \
  --metadata.user_data I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZw==

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