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Exports a running or stopped instance to an Amazon S3 bucket.
For information about the prerequisites for your Amazon S3 bucket, supported operating systems, image formats, and known limitations for the types of instances you can export, see Exporting an instance as a VM Using VM Import/Export in the VM Import/Export User Guide .
See also: AWS API Documentation
create-instance-export-task
[--tag-specifications <value>]
[--description <value>]
--instance-id <value>
--target-environment <value>
--export-to-s3-task <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
--tag-specifications
(list)
The tags to apply to the export instance task during creation.
(structure)
The tags to apply to a resource when the resource is being created. When you specify a tag, you must specify the resource type to tag, otherwise the request will fail.
Note
TheValid Values
lists all the resource types that can be tagged. However, the action you're using might not support tagging all of these resource types. If you try to tag a resource type that is unsupported for the action you're using, you'll get an error.ResourceType -> (string)
The type of resource to tag on creation.Tags -> (list)
The tags to apply to the resource.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with
aws:
.Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.
Shorthand Syntax:
ResourceType=string,Tags=[{Key=string,Value=string},{Key=string,Value=string}] ...
JSON Syntax:
[
{
"ResourceType": "capacity-reservation"|"client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"carrier-gateway"|"coip-pool"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"instance-event-window"|"internet-gateway"|"ipam"|"ipam-pool"|"ipam-scope"|"ipv4pool-ec2"|"ipv6pool-ec2"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway"|"local-gateway-route-table"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface-group"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"network-insights-access-scope"|"network-insights-access-scope-analysis"|"placement-group"|"prefix-list"|"replace-root-volume-task"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"security-group-rule"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"subnet-cidr-reservation"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-policy-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table-announcement"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-endpoint"|"vpc-endpoint-connection"|"vpc-endpoint-service"|"vpc-endpoint-service-permission"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log"|"capacity-reservation-fleet"|"traffic-mirror-filter-rule"|"vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type"|"verified-access-instance"|"verified-access-group"|"verified-access-endpoint"|"verified-access-policy"|"verified-access-trust-provider"|"vpn-connection-device-type"|"vpc-block-public-access-exclusion"|"ipam-resource-discovery"|"ipam-resource-discovery-association"|"instance-connect-endpoint"|"ipam-external-resource-verification-token",
"Tags": [
{
"Key": "string",
"Value": "string"
}
...
]
}
...
]
--description
(string)
A description for the conversion task or the resource being exported. The maximum length is 255 characters.
--instance-id
(string)
The ID of the instance.
--target-environment
(string)
The target virtualization environment.
Possible values:
citrix
vmware
microsoft
--export-to-s3-task
(structure)
The format and location for an export instance task.
DiskImageFormat -> (string)
The format for the exported image.ContainerFormat -> (string)
The container format used to combine disk images with metadata (such as OVF). If absent, only the disk image is exported.S3Bucket -> (string)
The Amazon S3 bucket for the destination image. The destination bucket must exist and have an access control list (ACL) attached that specifies the Region-specific canonical account ID for theGrantee
. For more information about the ACL to your S3 bucket, see Prerequisites in the VM Import/Export User Guide.S3Prefix -> (string)
The image is written to a single object in the Amazon S3 bucket at the S3 key s3prefix + exportTaskId + '.' + diskImageFormat.
Shorthand Syntax:
DiskImageFormat=string,ContainerFormat=string,S3Bucket=string,S3Prefix=string
JSON Syntax:
{
"DiskImageFormat": "VMDK"|"RAW"|"VHD",
"ContainerFormat": "ova",
"S3Bucket": "string",
"S3Prefix": "string"
}
--cli-input-json
(string)
Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
--debug
(boolean)
Turn on debug logging.
--endpoint-url
(string)
Override command's default URL with the given URL.
--no-verify-ssl
(boolean)
By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.
--no-paginate
(boolean)
Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
--output
(string)
The formatting style for command output.
--query
(string)
A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.
--profile
(string)
Use a specific profile from your credential file.
--region
(string)
The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.
--version
(string)
Display the version of this tool.
--color
(string)
Turn on/off color output.
--no-sign-request
(boolean)
Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.
--ca-bundle
(string)
The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.
--cli-read-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
--cli-connect-timeout
(int)
The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.
To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.
Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .
To export an instance
This example command creates a task to export the instance i-1234567890abcdef0 to the Amazon S3 bucket myexportbucket.
Command:
aws ec2 create-instance-export-task --description "RHEL5 instance" --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 --target-environment vmware --export-to-s3-task DiskImageFormat=vmdk,ContainerFormat=ova,S3Bucket=myexportbucket,S3Prefix=RHEL5
Output:
{
"ExportTask": {
"State": "active",
"InstanceExportDetails": {
"InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
"TargetEnvironment": "vmware"
},
"ExportToS3Task": {
"S3Bucket": "myexportbucket",
"S3Key": "RHEL5export-i-fh8sjjsq.ova",
"DiskImageFormat": "vmdk",
"ContainerFormat": "ova"
},
"Description": "RHEL5 instance",
"ExportTaskId": "export-i-fh8sjjsq"
}
}
ExportTask -> (structure)
Information about the export instance task.
Description -> (string)
A description of the resource being exported.ExportTaskId -> (string)
The ID of the export task.ExportToS3Task -> (structure)
Information about the export task.
ContainerFormat -> (string)
The container format used to combine disk images with metadata (such as OVF). If absent, only the disk image is exported.DiskImageFormat -> (string)
The format for the exported image.S3Bucket -> (string)
The Amazon S3 bucket for the destination image. The destination bucket must exist and have an access control list (ACL) attached that specifies the Region-specific canonical account ID for theGrantee
. For more information about the ACL to your S3 bucket, see Prerequisites in the VM Import/Export User Guide.S3Key -> (string)
The encryption key for your S3 bucket.InstanceExportDetails -> (structure)
Information about the instance to export.
InstanceId -> (string)
The ID of the resource being exported.TargetEnvironment -> (string)
The target virtualization environment.State -> (string)
The state of the export task.StatusMessage -> (string)
The status message related to the export task.Tags -> (list)
The tags for the export task.
(structure)
Describes a tag.
Key -> (string)
The key of the tag.
Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with
aws:
.Value -> (string)
The value of the tag.
Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.