Start an export image task

To export your image, use the export-image command. The exported file is written to the specified S3 bucket using the following S3 key: prefixexport-ami-id.format (for example, amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket/exports/export-ami-1234567890abcdef0.vmdk).

aws ec2 export-image --image-id ami-id --disk-image-format VMDK --s3-export-location S3Bucket=amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket,S3Prefix=exports/