Ubuntu Manpage: VM::EC2::Image - Object describing an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

NAME

       VM::EC2::Image - Object describing an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

SYNOPSIS

         use VM::EC2;

         $ec2     = VM::EC2->new(...);
         $image   = $ec2->describe_images(-image_id=>'ami-12345');

         $state   = $image->imageState;
         $owner   = $image->imageOwnerId;
         $rootdev = $image->rootDeviceName;
         @devices = $image->blockDeviceMapping;
         $tags    = $image->tags;

         @instances = $image->run_instances(-min_count=>10);

DESCRIPTION

       This object represents an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), and is returned by
       VM::EC2->describe_images(). In addition to methods to query the image's attributes, the
       run_instances() method allows you to launch and configure EC2 instances based on the AMI.

METHODS

These object methods are supported:

imageId -- AMI ID
imageLocation -- Location of the AMI
imageState -- Current state of the AMI. One of "available",
"pending" or "failed". Only "available" AMIs
can be launched.
imageOwnerId -- AWS account ID of the image owner.
isPublic -- Returns true if this image has public launch
permissions. Note that this is a Perl boolean,
and not the string "true".
productCodes -- A list of product codes associated with the image.
architecture -- The architecture of the image.
imageType -- The image type (machine, kernel or RAM disk).
kernelId -- The kernel associated with the image.
ramdiskId -- The RAM disk associated with the image.
platform -- "Windows" for Windows AMIs, otherwise undef.
stateReason -- Explanation of a "failed" imageState. This is
a VM::EC2::Instance::State::Reason
object.
imageOwnerAlias -The AWS account alias (e.g. "self") or AWS
account ID that owns the AMI.
name -- Name of the AMI provided during image creation.
description -- Description of the AMI provided during image
creation.
rootDeviceType -- The root device type. One of "ebs" or
"instance-store".
rootDeviceName -- Name of the root device, e.g. "/dev/sda1"
blockDeviceMapping -- List of block devices attached to this
image. Each element is a
VM::EC2::BlockDevice.
virtualizationType -- One of "paravirtual" or "hvm".
hypervisor -- One of "ovm" or "xen"

In addition, the object supports the tags() method described in VM::EC2::Generic:

print "ready for production\n" if $image->tags->{Released};

@instances = $image->run_instances(%args)
The run_instance() method will launch one or more instances based on this AMI. The method
takes all the arguments recognized by VM::EC2->run_instances(), except for the -image_id
argument. The method returns a list of VM::EC2::Instance objects, which you may monitor
periodically until they are up and running.

All arguments are optional. See run_instances() in VM::EC2 for more information.

-min_count Minimum number of instances to launch [1]
-max_count Maximum number of instances to launch [1]
-key_name Name of the keypair to use
-security_group_id Security group ID to use for this instance.
Use an arrayref for multiple group IDs
-security_group Security group name to use for this instance.
Use an arrayref for multiple values.
-user_data User data to pass to the instances. Do NOT base64
encode this. It will be done for you.
-instance_type Type of the instance to use. See below for a
list.
-placement_zone The availability zone you want to launch the
instance into. Call $ec2->regions for a list.
-placement_group An existing placement group to launch the
instance into. Applicable to cluster instances
only.
-placement_tenancy Specify 'dedicated' to launch the instance on a
dedicated server. Only applicable for VPC
instances.
-kernel_id ID of the kernel to use for the instances,
overriding the kernel specified in the image.
-ramdisk_id ID of the ramdisk to use for the instances,
overriding the ramdisk specified in the image.
-block_devices Specify block devices to map onto the instances,
overriding the values specified in the image.
This can be a scalar string or an arrayref for
multiple mappings:
Example:
['/dev/sdb=ephemeral0','/dev/sdc=snap-12345:80:false']
-monitoring Pass a true value to enable detailed monitoring.
-subnet_id ID of the subnet to launch the instance
into. Only applicable for VPC instances.
-termination_protection Pass true to lock the instance so that it
cannot be terminated using the API. Use
modify_instance() to unset this if youu wish to
terminate the instance later.
-disable_api_termination -- Same as above.
-shutdown_behavior Pass "stop" (the default) to stop the instance
and save its disk state when "shutdown" is called
from within the instance. Stopped instances can
be restarted later. Pass "terminate" to
instead terminate the instance and discard its
state completely.
-instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior -- Same as above.
-private_ip_address Assign the instance to a specific IP address
from a VPC subnet (VPC only).
-client_token Unique identifier that you can provide to ensure
idempotency of the request. You can use
$ec2->token() to generate a suitable identifier.
See http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/
latest/UserGuide/Run_Instance_Idempotency.html

Note that after launching an instance, you may need to wait a few seconds before adding
tags to it or performing other operations.

See VM::EC2 for details.

$boolean = $image->make_public($public)
Change the isPublic flag. Provide a true value to make the image public, a false one to
make it private.

$state = $image->current_status
Refreshes the object and then calls imageState() to return one of "pending", "available"
or "failed." You can use this to monitor an image_creation process in progress.

@user_ids = $image->launchPermissions
Returns a list of user IDs with launch permission for this image. Note that the AWS API
calls this "launchPermission", but this module makes it plural to emphasize that the
result is a list.

@user_ids = $image->authorized_users
The same as launchPermissions.

$boolean = $image->add_authorized_users($id1,$id2,...)
$boolean = $image->remove_authorized_users($id1,$id2,...)
These methods add and remove user accounts which have launch permissions for the image.
The result code indicates whether the list of user IDs were successfully added or removed.

$boolean = $image->add_authorized_users($id1,$id2,...)
$boolean = $image->remove_authorized_users($id1,$id2,...)
$boolean = $image->reset_authorized_users
These methods add and remove user accounts which have launch permissions for the image.
The result code indicates whether the list of user IDs were successfully added or removed.

reset_authorized_users() resets the list users authored to launch instances from this
image to empty, effectively granting launch privileges to the owner only.

STRING OVERLOADING

       When used in a string context, this object will interpolate the imageId.

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