Configuring Common Import Manifest Options

When shipping devices internationally except within the European Union you must include the customs option in the manifest. For more information about the customs related manifest options, see Customs Manifest File Option.

When returning your device to a U.S. address from a U.S. region bucket, you can use the serviceLevel manifest option to upgrade your shipping. The default serviceLevel option is standard shipping, which includes free ground domestic shipping. When you specify expeditedShipping, your device is delivered using two-day shipping for an additional fee. For information about return shipping fees and services, go to the AWS Import/Export Calculator.

You can instruct AWS Import/Export to erase the contents of your storage device after uploading the data. You might choose this option to safeguard the data during return shipment. AWS overwrites all writable blocks on your device with zeros. You will need to repartition and format your device after we return it to you. You request device erase in your import manifest by adding the eraseDevice option.

eraseDevice: Yes

The AWS Import/Export process generates a log file. The log file name always ends with the phrase import-log- followed by your JobId. There is a remote chance that you already have an object with this name. To avoid a key collision, you can add an optional prefix to the log file by adding the logPrefix option in the manifest. AWS Import/Export takes the string value specified for this option and inserts it between the bucket name and log report name. The following manifest option sets the prefix for the log key.

logPrefix: logs/

For example, if your job ID is 53TX4, the log file is saved to http://s3.amazonaws.com/mybucket/logs/import-log-53TX4.

logPrefix + import-log-JOBID cannot be longer than 1024 bytes. If it is, AWS Import/Export returns an InvalidManifestField error from the CreateJob action.