How to start a VM from instance snapshot using Horizon dashboard on 3Engines Cloud[🔗](#how-to-start-a-vm-from-instance-snapshot-using-horizon-dashboard-on-brand-name "Permalink to this headline")
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In this article, you will learn how to create a virtual machine from an instance snapshot using Horizon dashboard.

Prerequisites[🔗](#prerequisites "Permalink to this headline")
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No. 1 **Account**

You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account with access to the Horizon interface: <https://horizon.3Engines.com>.

No. 2 **Ephemeral storage vs. persistent storage**

Please see article [Ephemeral vs Persistent storage option Create New Volume on 3Engines Cloud](../datavolume/Ephemeral-vs-Persistent-storage-option-Create-New-Volume-on-3Engines-Cloud.html.md) to understand the basic difference between ephemeral and persistent types of storage in 3Engines.

No. 3 **Instance snapshot**

You need to have an instance snapshot from which you are going to create your virtual machine. In this article, we will use an exemplary snapshot named **my-instance-snapshot** - here is how it can look like in section **Images -> Images** of the Horizon dashboard:

![start_vm_instance_snapshot_horizon-09_creodias.png](../_images/start_vm_instance_snapshot_horizon-09_creodias.png)

The following articles contain information how to create such a snapshot: