euca-import-instance (1) Linux Manual Page
euca-import-instance – Import an instance into the cloud
Synopsis
euca-import-instance -t INSTANCETYPE -f FORMAT -a ARCH -p- {Windows,Linux} (-b BUCKET | –manifest-url URL)
- [–prefix PREFIX] [-x DAYS] [–no-upload] [-d DESCRIPTION] [-g GROUP] [-z ZONE] [-s GiB] [–image-size BYTES] [–user-data DATA | –user-data-file FILE] [–subnet SUBNET] [–private-ip-address ADDRESS] [–monitor] [–instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior {stop,terminate}] [–key KEYPAIR] [–show-empty-fields] [–s3-url URL] [-o KEY_ID] [-w KEY] [–progress | –no-progress] [-U URL] [–region USER [at] REGION] [-I KEY_ID] [-S KEY] [–security-token TOKEN] [–debug] [–debugger] [–version] [-h] FILE
Description
Import an instance into the cloudpositional arguments:
- FILE
- file containing the disk image to import (required)
optional arguments:
- -t INSTANCETYPE, –instance-type INSTANCETYPE
- the type of instance to import to (required)
- -f FORMAT, –format FORMAT
- the image’s format ("vmdk", "raw", or "vhd") (required)
- -a ARCH, –architecture ARCH
- the instance’s processor architecture (required)
- -p {Windows,Linux}, –platform {Windows,Linux}
- the instance’s operating system (required)
- -b BUCKET, –bucket BUCKET
- the bucket to upload the volume to
- –manifest-url URL
- a pre-signed URL that points to the import manifest to use
- –prefix PREFIX
- a prefix to add to the names of the volume parts as they are uploaded
- -x DAYS, –expires DAYS
- how long the import manifest should remain valid, in days (default: 30 days)
- –no-upload
- start the import process, but do not actually upload the volume (see euca-resume-import)
- -d DESCRIPTION, –description DESCRIPTION
- a description for the import task (not the volume)
- -g GROUP, –group GROUP
- name of the security group to create the instance in
- -z ZONE, –availability-zone ZONE
- the zone in which to create the instance
- -s GiB, –volume-size GiB
- size of the volume to import to, in GiB
- –image-size BYTES
- size of the image (required for non-raw files
- –user-data DATA
- user data to supply to the instance
- –user-data-file FILE
- file containing user data to supply to the instance
- –subnet SUBNET
- [VPC only] subnet to create the instance’s network interface in
- –private-ip-address ADDRESS
- [VPC only] assign a specific primary private IP address to the instance’s interface
- –monitor
- enable detailed monitoring for the instance
- –instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior {stop,terminate}
- whether to "stop" (default) or terminate the instance when it shuts down
- –key KEYPAIR
- [Eucalyptus only] name of the key pair to use when running the instance
- –show-empty-fields
- show empty values as "(nil)"
- –s3-url URL
- object storage service endpoint URL
- -o KEY_ID, –owner-akid KEY_ID
- access key to use for the object storage service (default: same as that for the compute service)
- -w KEY, –owner-sak KEY
- secret key to use for the object storage service (default: same as that for the compute service)
- –progress
- show progress (the default when run interactively)
- –no-progress
- do not show progress (the default when run noninteractively)
- -U URL, –url URL
- compute service endpoint URL
- –region USER [at] REGION
- region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data
- -I KEY_ID, –access-key-id KEY_ID
- -S KEY, –secret-key KEY
- –security-token TOKEN
- –debug
- -S KEY, –secret-key KEY
- show debugging output
- show debugging output
- –debugger
- launch interactive debugger on error
- –version
- show the program’s version and exit
- -h, –help
- show this help message and exit