bionic (1) euca-import-instance.1.gz

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@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@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