Import the Image uploaded to S3 bucket

• Refer Here for official docs
• Create a json file called as contaienr.json with the following content

[
  {
    "Description": "Ubuntu 18 imported",
    "Format": "ova",
    "UserBucket": {
        "S3Bucket": "qtvmimportdemo",
        "S3Key": "bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova"
    }
}]

• Execute the following command to import the ova into ami

aws ec2 import-image --description "Ubuntu 18 imported" --disk-containers "file://C:\Users\QT\Downloads\containers.json"

#### output #########
{
    "Status": "active",
    "Description": "Ubuntu 18 imported",
    "SnapshotDetails": [
        {
            "UserBucket": {
                "S3Bucket": "qtvmimportdemo",
                "S3Key": "bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova"
            },
            "DiskImageSize": 0.0,
            "Format": "OVA"
        }
    ],
    "Progress": "2",
    "StatusMessage": "pending",
    "ImportTaskId": "import-ami-09cef8ab9a75fa7fa"
}

• Now monitor this import task by executing

aws ec2 describe-import-image-tasks --import-task-ids import-ami-09cef8ab9a75fa7fa

Other Import/Export Options

• Importing an EC2 instance from VM
• Exporting an EC2 instance to VM
• Exporting an EC2 AMI to VM image.

Server Migration Service