title: Will An EC2 Snapshot backup An Instance That Does Not Have A Volume?
body: <p>I create an instance but do not add additional storage / a volume, will a snapshot backup the instance and the changes I have made to the config or does it only backup data from the volumes?</p>
  <p>I am making some training material and would like to do the following:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Create an instance</li>
  <li>Create users</li>
  <li>Make a few more config/program installation changes</li>
  </ul>
  <p>At this point, I would have a &quot;clean copy&quot;.</p>
  <p>I then would like to take a Snapshot of the state of the instance.</p>
  <p>fool around, possibly break stuff</p>
  <p>Then restore the instance to the &quot;clean copy&quot; after the instance has been created but before I started messing around.</p>
  <p>Is this possible with snapshots?</p>