euca-import-instance (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

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 cloud

positional 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

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

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