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Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) RegisterImage API operation.

Syntax

Register-EC2Image
-ImageLocation <String>
-Name <String>
-Description <String>
-Architecture <ArchitectureValues>
-BillingProduct <String[]>
-BlockDeviceMapping <BlockDeviceMapping[]>
-BootMode <BootModeValues>
-EnaSupport <Boolean>
-ImdsSupport <ImdsSupportValues>
-KernelId <String>
-RamdiskId <String>
-RootDeviceName <String>
-SriovNetSupport <String>
-TpmSupport <TpmSupportValues>
-UefiData <String>
-VirtualizationType <String>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonEC2Config>

Description

Registers an AMI. When you're creating an AMI, this is the final step you must complete before you can launch an instance from the AMI. For more information about creating AMIs, see Create your own AMI in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide. For Amazon EBS-backed instances, CreateImage creates and registers the AMI in a single request, so you don't have to register the AMI yourself. We recommend that you always use CreateImage unless you have a specific reason to use RegisterImage. If needed, you can deregister an AMI at any time. Any modifications you make to an AMI backed by an instance store volume invalidates its registration. If you make changes to an image, deregister the previous image and register the new image. Register a snapshot of a root device volume You can use RegisterImage to create an Amazon EBS-backed Linux AMI from a snapshot of a root device volume. You specify the snapshot using a block device mapping. You can't set the encryption state of the volume using the block device mapping. If the snapshot is encrypted, or encryption by default is enabled, the root volume of an instance launched from the AMI is encrypted. For more information, see Create a Linux AMI from a snapshot and Use encryption with Amazon EBS-backed AMIs in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide. Amazon Web Services Marketplace product codes If any snapshots have Amazon Web Services Marketplace product codes, they are copied to the new AMI. Windows and some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), use the Amazon EC2 billing product code associated with an AMI to verify the subscription status for package updates. To create a new AMI for operating systems that require a billing product code, instead of registering the AMI, do the following to preserve the billing product code association:
  1. Launch an instance from an existing AMI with that billing product code.
  2. Customize the instance.
  3. Create an AMI from the instance using CreateImage.
If you purchase a Reserved Instance to apply to an On-Demand Instance that was launched from an AMI with a billing product code, make sure that the Reserved Instance has the matching billing product code. If you purchase a Reserved Instance without the matching billing product code, the Reserved Instance will not be applied to the On-Demand Instance. For information about how to obtain the platform details and billing information of an AMI, see Understand AMI billing information in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Parameters

-Architecture <ArchitectureValues>
The architecture of the AMI.Default: For Amazon EBS-backed AMIs, i386. For instance store-backed AMIs, the architecture specified in the manifest file.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-BillingProduct <String[]>
The billing product codes. Your account must be authorized to specify billing product codes.If your account is not authorized to specify billing product codes, you can publish AMIs that include billable software and list them on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. You must first register as a seller on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. For more information, see Getting started as a seller and AMI-based products in the Amazon Web Services Marketplace Seller Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesBillingProducts
-BlockDeviceMapping <BlockDeviceMapping[]>
The block device mapping entries.If you specify an Amazon EBS volume using the ID of an Amazon EBS snapshot, you can't specify the encryption state of the volume.If you create an AMI on an Outpost, then all backing snapshots must be on the same Outpost or in the Region of that Outpost. AMIs on an Outpost that include local snapshots can be used to launch instances on the same Outpost only. For more information, Amazon EBS local snapshots on Outposts in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesBlockDeviceMappings
-BootMode <BootModeValues>
The boot mode of the AMI. A value of uefi-preferred indicates that the AMI supports both UEFI and Legacy BIOS.The operating system contained in the AMI must be configured to support the specified boot mode.For more information, see Boot modes in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ClientConfig <AmazonEC2Config>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.EC2.AmazonEC2ClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Description <String>
A description for your AMI.
Required?False
Position?3
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-EnaSupport <Boolean>
Set to true to enable enhanced networking with ENA for the AMI and any instances that you launch from the AMI.This option is supported only for HVM AMIs. Specifying this option with a PV AMI can make instances launched from the AMI unreachable.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Force <SwitchParameter>
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ImageLocation <String>
The full path to your AMI manifest in Amazon S3 storage. The specified bucket must have the aws-exec-read canned access control list (ACL) to ensure that it can be accessed by Amazon EC2. For more information, see Canned ACLs in the Amazon S3 Service Developer Guide.
Required?False
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ImdsSupport <ImdsSupportValues>
Set to v2.0 to indicate that IMDSv2 is specified in the AMI. Instances launched from this AMI will have HttpTokens automatically set to required so that, by default, the instance requires that IMDSv2 is used when requesting instance metadata. In addition, HttpPutResponseHopLimit is set to 2. For more information, see Configure the AMI in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.If you set the value to v2.0, make sure that your AMI software can support IMDSv2.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-KernelId <String>
The ID of the kernel.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Name <String>
A name for your AMI.Constraints: 3-128 alphanumeric characters, parentheses (()), square brackets ([]), spaces ( ), periods (.), slashes (/), dashes (-), single quotes ('), at-signs (@), or underscores(_)
Required?True
Position?2
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the ImageLocation parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^ImageLocation' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-RamdiskId <String>
The ID of the RAM disk.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-RootDeviceName <String>
The device name of the root device volume (for example, /dev/sda1).
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is 'ImageId'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.EC2.Model.RegisterImageResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.EC2.Model.RegisterImageResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-SriovNetSupport <String>
Set to simple to enable enhanced networking with the Intel 82599 Virtual Function interface for the AMI and any instances that you launch from the AMI.There is no way to disable sriovNetSupport at this time.This option is supported only for HVM AMIs. Specifying this option with a PV AMI can make instances launched from the AMI unreachable.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-TpmSupport <TpmSupportValues>
Set to v2.0 to enable Trusted Platform Module (TPM) support. For more information, see NitroTPM in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-UefiData <String>
Base64 representation of the non-volatile UEFI variable store. To retrieve the UEFI data, use the GetInstanceUefiData command. You can inspect and modify the UEFI data by using the python-uefivars tool on GitHub. For more information, see UEFI Secure Boot in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-VirtualizationType <String>
The type of virtualization (hvm | paravirtual).Default: paravirtual
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

System.String or Amazon.EC2.Model.RegisterImageResponse
This cmdlet returns a System.String object. The service call response (type Amazon.EC2.Model.RegisterImageResponse) can also be referenced from properties attached to the cmdlet entry in the $AWSHistory stack.

Examples

Example 1

Register-EC2Image -ImageLocation my-s3-bucket/my-web-server-ami/image.manifest.xml -Name my-web-server-ami
This example registers an AMI using the specified manifest file in Amazon S3.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z