When creating new WHM server from snapshot I receive the "SORRY" page for all sites

In order to upgrade to the "latest intel cpus" I am migrating my WHM/Cpanel to a new instance in lightsail. I am following these steps as per AWS recommendation.

Step 1 Create a snapshot of your current instance Navigate to the "Snapshots" tab, create a manual snapshot, and wait for completion. Create manual snapshot Step 2 Create a new instance from the snapshot From your snapshot action menu, click "Create new instance" to create a new instance, choose the equivalent or larger bundle size, and launch the new instance. Step 3 Update your configurations Configure your new instance as needed similar to your old instance and verify all applications are working correctly. Step 4 Delete the old instance Once you've confirmed everything works on your new instance, delete your old instance to stop accruing charges.

After creating the snapshot I detach my static IP from my old instance and reaatch to the new instance. However while I can then access both cpanel and whm dashboards from the expected url (whm.example.com) no other sites are reachable and instead show only the "SORRY" default whm site page. Checking into IP address settings in WHM and cpanel I see no issues. They all point to the same static IP as ever. I am clearly failing somewhere in step 3 but I am at a lose as to how. Do I need to disregard amazons suggestion and give up using snapshots and instead use the transfer tool? I'll admit snapshots have never worked for me in any context but I always hope they will since in theory it would make life much easier. Any suggestions on how to actually spin up WHM from a snapshot? Thanks