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

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