euca-import-instance

Syntax

euca-import-instance -t instance_type -f format -a architecture 
    -p {Windows,Linux} (-b bucket | --manifest-url URL)
	[--prefix prefix] [-x days] [--no-upload]
	[-d description] [-g group] [-z zone] [-s GBs]
	[--image-size bytes]
	[--user-data data | --user-data-file filename]
	[--subnet subnet] [--private-ip-address address]
	[--monitor]
	[--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior {stop,terminate}]
	[--key keypairname] filename

Options

Options	Description	Required
`filename`	The file containing the disk image to import.	Yes
`-t type, --instance-type` type	The type of instance to import.	Yes
`-f format, --format format`	The format of the image. Valid values: `raw`, or `vhd`	Yes
`-a architecture, --arch architecture`	Architecture of the new instance. Valid values: `i386`,`x86_64`,`armhf`,`ppc`, or `ppc64`.	Yes
`-p platform, --platform platform`	The operating system for the instance. Valid values: `Windows` or `Linux`	Yes
`-b bucket, --bucket bucket`	Bucket to upload volume to.	Yes
--manifest-url URL	A pre-signed URL that points to the import manifest to use.	Yes
`--prefix prefix`	The prefix to add to the names of the volume parts as they are uploaded.	No
`-x days, --expires days`	The amount of time, in days, that the import manifest should remain valid. Default: 30 days	Conditional
`--no-upload`	Start the import process, but do not actually upload the volume	No
`--description`	Description of the import task.	No
`-g group, --group group`	Name of the security group to create the instance in.	No
`-z zone, --zone zone`	Name of the zone to create the instance in.	No
`-s gb, --size gb`	Size of the volume to import to, in gigabytes.	No
`--image-size size`	The size of the image. Required for non-raw files.	Conditional
`--user-data data`	User data to supply to the instance.	No
`--user-data-file file`	File containing user data to supply to the instance.	No
`--subnet subnet`	[VPC only] Subnet in which to create the instance's network interface.	No
`--private-ip-address address`	[VPC only] Assign the specified primary private IP address to the instance's interface.	No
`--monitor`	Enable detailed monitoring for the instance.	No
`--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior behavior`	Indicates whether to stop or terminate the instance when it's shut down. Valid values: `stop`, `terminate` Default: `stop`	No
`--key keypairname`	[Eucalyptus only] The name of the key pair to use when running the instance.	No
`-o key, --owner-akid key`	The access key to use for the object storage service. Default: same as that for the compute service.	No
`-w key, --owner-sak key`	The secret key to use for the object storage service. Default: same as that for the compute service.	No
`--progress`	Show a progress bar during command execution. This is the default when this command is run interactively.	No
`--no-progress`	Do not show a progress bar during command execution. This is the default when this command is run non-interactively.	No

Common Options

Option	Description
`--show-empty-fields`	Show empty fields as "(nil)".
`--region user@region`	Region and/or user name to search when looking up config file data. Only valid for EC2 endpoints.
`-U,--url url`	URL of the cloud service to connect to. For administrative commands, this should be `<ip_address>:8773/services/Empyrean`.
`-I,--access-key-id key_id`	User's access key ID.
`-S,--secret-key secret_key`	User's secret key.
`--security-token token`	User's security token.
`--debug`	Prints what the command sends to the server and what it receives from the server. Use when you're trying to debug Euca2ools.
`--debugger`	Enable interactive debugger on error.
`-h,--help`	Display the manual page for the command.
`--version`	Display the version of this tool.

Example

euca-import-instance myimagefile -p Linux -f raw -t m1.large -a x86_64 -b my-bukkit