Creating a data export for your Capacity Manager data

To create a data export, you can use the Data Exports page in the Capacity Manager console or the AWS CLI.

Prerequisites

You must create an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. You must make sure of the following:

• Your S3 bucket must be in the same AWS Region where you enabled Capacity Manager.

• Your S3 bucket has the required permissions policy for the Capacity Manager service to deliver files.

For more information, see Setting up an Amazon S3 bucket for Capacity Manager data exports.

Procedure

You can export your Capacity Manager data using the AWS Console, the AWS CLI, or PowerShell.

Console

To create a data export

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Capacity Manager.

3. Choose the Data exports tab.

4. Choose Create data export.

5. Configure your export properties, delivery location, and tags (optional).

6. Choose Create.

AWS CLI

To create a data export

Use the following command to create a data export with the specified configuration:

aws ec2 create-capacity-manager-data-export \
    --s3-bucket-name my-exports-bucket \
    --s3-bucket-prefix capacity-data-exports \
    --schedule hourly \
    --output-format parquet/CSV \
    --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=capacity-manager-data-export,Tags=[{Key=environment,Value=production}]'
          

PowerShell

To create a data export

Use the New-EC2CapacityManagerDataExport cmdlet.

New-EC2CapacityManagerDataExport `
    -S3BucketName "my-exports-bucket" `
    -S3BucketPrefix "capacity-data-exports" `
    -Schedule "hourly" `
    -OutputFormat "parquet" `
    -TagSpecification @([Amazon.EC2.Model.TagSpecification]@{
        ResourceType = "capacity-manager-data-export"
        Tags = @([Amazon.EC2.Model.Tag]@{
            Key   = "environment"
            Value = "production"
        })
    })