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ImportInstance - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

ImportInstance

Creates an import instance task using metadata from the specified disk image.

This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use ImportImage instead.

For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see VM Import Manifest.

This API action is not supported by the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

Request Parameters

The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.

Description

A description for the instance being imported.

Type: String

Required: No

DiskImage.N

The disk image.

Type: Array of DiskImage objects

Required: No

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

LaunchSpecification

The launch specification.

Type: ImportInstanceLaunchSpecification object

Required: No

Platform

The instance operating system.

Type: String

Valid Values: Windows

Required: Yes

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

conversionTask

Information about the conversion task.

Type: ConversionTask object

requestId

The ID of the request.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.

Examples Example

This example creates an import instance task that migrates a Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit) VM into the us-east-1 Region.

Sample Request

https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ImportInstance
&LaunchSpecification.Architecture=x86_64
&LaunchSpecification.InstanceType=m1.xlarge
&DiskImage.1.Image.Format=VMDK
&DiskImage.1.Image.Bytes=1179593728
&DiskImage.1.Image.ImportManifestUrl=https://s3.amazonaws.com/amzn-s3-demo-bucket/âa3a5e1b6-590d-43cc-97c1-15c7325d3f41/âWin_2008_Server_Data_Center_SP2_32-bit.âvmdkmanifest.xml?AWSAccessKeyId=âAKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE&âExpires=1294855591&âSignature=5snej01TlTtL0uR7KExtEXAMPLE%3D
&DiskImage.1.Volume.Size=12	
&Platform=Windows
&AUTHPARAMS

Sample Response

<ImportInstanceResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
  <conversionTask>
    <conversionTaskId>import-i-ffvko9js</conversionTaskId>
    <expirationTime>2010-12-22T12:01Z</expirationTime>
    <importInstance>
       <volumes>
          <item>
             <bytesConverted>0</bytesConverted>
             <availabilityZone>us-east-1a</availabilityZone>
             <image>
                <format>VMDK</format>
                <size>1179593728</size>
                <importManifestUrl>
                 https://s3.amazonaws.com/amzn-s3-demo-bucket/âa3a5e1b6-590d-43cc-97c1-15c7325d3f41/âWin_2008_Server_Data_Center_SP2_32-bit.âvmdkmanifest.xml?AWSAccessKeyId=âAKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE&âExpires=1294855591&âSignature=5snej01TlTtL0uR7KExtEXAMPLE%3D
                </importManifestUrl>
             </image>
             <description/>
             <volume>
                <size>12</size>
                <id>vol-1234567890abcdef0</id>
             </volume>
             <status>active</status>
             <statusMessage/>
          </item>
       </volumes>
       <instanceId>i-1234567890abcdef0</instanceId>
       <description/>
    </importInstance>
  </conversionTask>
</ImportInstanceResponse>