CreateInstanceExportTask
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CreateInstanceExportTask#
Description#
Creating an instance export task.
Request Parameters#
Required parameters#
ExportToS3:
S3Bucket — User’s S3 bucket where the resulting exported image will be uploaded.
Type: String
Required: Yes
DiskImageFormat — The format for the exported image (VMDK | RAW | VHD | VMDK+OVF).
Type: String
Required: No
S3Prefix — The export result will get a prefix in the format
s3prefix + "-" + exportTaskId + "/"
.Type: String
Required: No
instanceId — The ID of the instance.
Type: String
Required: Yes
Optional parameters#
Description — The description of the task.
Type: String
Required: No
Email — An email address for notifications.
Type: String
Required: No
Notify — Notify about the state of the task by email.
Type: String
Required: No
Response Elements#
exportTask
Type: ExportTask object
Examples#
c2-ec2 CreateInstanceExportTask InstanceId <instance_id> Description <description> ExportToS3.DiskImageFormat <disk_image_format> ExportToS3.S3Bucket <s3_bucket> ExportToS3.S3Prefix <s3_prefix>