diff --git a/cloudendure/cloudendure.py b/cloudendure/cloudendure.py
index df7f4eecc..55103bed3 100644
--- a/cloudendure/cloudendure.py
+++ b/cloudendure/cloudendure.py
@@ -573,6 +573,58 @@ def create_ami(
             return False
         return True
 
+    def copy_image(self, image_id: str, kms_id: str):
+        """Copy a shared image to a account"""
+        _ec2_client = boto3.client("ec2", AWS_REGION)
+
+        new_image = _ec2_client.copy_image(
+            SourceImageId=image_id,
+            SourceRegion=AWS_REGION,
+            Name="test",
+            Encrypted=True,
+            KmsKeyId=kms_id,
+        )
+
+        print(new_image)
+        return new_image["ImageId"]
+
+    def split_image(self, image_id: str):
+        """Split the image into a root drive only AMI and a collection of snapshots."""
+        print("Loading EC2 client for region: ", AWS_REGION)
+        _ec2_res = boto3.resource("ec2", AWS_REGION)
+
+        # Access the image that needs to be split
+        image = _ec2_res.Image(image_id)
+
+        root_drive = {}
+        drives = {}
+
+        # separate the root drive from the other drives
+        devices = image.block_device_mappings
+        for device in devices:
+            if "Ebs" in device:
+                if device["DeviceName"] == image.root_device_name:
+                    print(f"Found Root! {device}")
+                    root_drive = device
+                else:
+                    drives[device["DeviceName"]] = device["Ebs"]
+
+        # have to remove the encrypted flag
+        del root_drive["Ebs"]["Encrypted"]
+
+        # create a new AMI with only the root
+        response = _ec2_res.register_image(
+            Architecture="x86_64",
+            BlockDeviceMappings=[root_drive],
+            Name="test_split",
+            RootDeviceName=image.root_device_name,
+            VirtualizationType="hvm",
+        )
+
+        # return the AMI
+        drives["root_ami"] = response.id
+        return drives
+
 
 def main():
     """Define the main entry method for the CLI."""