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Create Instance Export Task

ec2_create_instance_export_task R Documentation

Exports a running or stopped instance to an Amazon S3 bucket

Description

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.

Usage

ec2_create_instance_export_task(Description, ExportToS3Task, InstanceId,
  TargetEnvironment, TagSpecifications)

Arguments

Description

A description for the conversion task or the resource being exported. The maximum length is 255 characters.

ExportToS3Task

[required] The format and location for an export instance task.

InstanceId

[required] The ID of the instance.

TargetEnvironment

[required] The target virtualization environment.

TagSpecifications

The tags to apply to the export instance task during creation.

Value

A list with the following syntax:

list(
  ExportTask = list(
    Description = "string",
    ExportTaskId = "string",
    ExportToS3Task = list(
      ContainerFormat = "ova",
      DiskImageFormat = "VMDK"|"RAW"|"VHD",
      S3Bucket = "string",
      S3Key = "string"
    ),
    InstanceExportDetails = list(
      InstanceId = "string",
      TargetEnvironment = "citrix"|"vmware"|"microsoft"
    ),
    State = "active"|"cancelling"|"cancelled"|"completed",
    StatusMessage = "string",
    Tags = list(
      list(
        Key = "string",
        Value = "string"
      )
    )
  )
)

Request syntax

svc$create_instance_export_task(
  Description = "string",
  ExportToS3Task = list(
    ContainerFormat = "ova",
    DiskImageFormat = "VMDK"|"RAW"|"VHD",
    S3Bucket = "string",
    S3Prefix = "string"
  ),
  InstanceId = "string",
  TargetEnvironment = "citrix"|"vmware"|"microsoft",
  TagSpecifications = list(
    list(
      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 = list(
        list(
          Key = "string",
          Value = "string"
        )
      )
    )
  )
)