Use ImportImage
with an AWS SDK or CLI
The following code examples show how to use ImportImage
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- CLI
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- AWS CLI
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To import a VM image file as an AMI
The following
import-image
example imports the specified OVA.aws ec2 import-image \ --disk-containers Format=ova,UserBucket="{S3Bucket=my-import-bucket,S3Key=vms/my-server-vm.ova}"
Output:
{ "ImportTaskId": "import-ami-1234567890abcdef0", "Progress": "2", "SnapshotDetails": [ { "DiskImageSize": 0.0, "Format": "ova", "UserBucket": { "S3Bucket": "my-import-bucket", "S3Key": "vms/my-server-vm.ova" } } ], "Status": "active", "StatusMessage": "pending" }
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For API details, see ImportImage
in AWS CLI Command Reference.
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- PowerShell
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- Tools for PowerShell
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Example 1: This example imports a single-disk virtual machine image from the specified Amazon S3 bucket to Amazon EC2 with an idempotency token. The example requires that a VM Import Service Role with the default name 'vmimport' exists, with a policy allowing Amazon EC2 access to the specified bucket, as explained in the VM Import Prequisites topic. To use a custom role, specify the role name using the
-RoleName
parameter.$container = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.ImageDiskContainer $container.Format="VMDK" $container.UserBucket = New-Object Amazon.EC2.Model.UserBucket $container.UserBucket.S3Bucket = "myVirtualMachineImages" $container.UserBucket.S3Key = "Win_2008_Server_Standard_SP2_64-bit-disk1.vmdk" $parms = @{ "ClientToken"="idempotencyToken" "Description"="Windows 2008 Standard Image Import" "Platform"="Windows" "LicenseType"="AWS" } Import-EC2Image -DiskContainer $container @parms
Output:
Architecture : Description : Windows 2008 Standard Image Hypervisor : ImageId : ImportTaskId : import-ami-abcdefgh LicenseType : AWS Platform : Windows Progress : 2 SnapshotDetails : {} Status : active StatusMessage : pending
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For API details, see ImportImage in AWS Tools for PowerShell Cmdlet Reference.
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For a complete list of AWS SDK developer guides and code examples, see Create Amazon EC2 resources using an AWS SDK. This topic also includes information about getting started and details about previous SDK versions.