1EUCA-IMPORT-INSTANCE(1) User Commands EUCA-IMPORT-INSTANCE(1)
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6 euca-import-instance - Import an instance into the cloud
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9 euca-import-instance -t INSTANCETYPE -f FORMAT -a ARCH -p
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11 {Windows,Linux} (-b BUCKET | --manifest-url URL)
12 [--prefix PREFIX] [-x DAYS] [--no-upload] [-d DESCRIPTION] [-g
13 GROUP] [-z ZONE] [-s GiB] [--image-size BYTES] [--user-data DATA
14 | --user-data-file FILE] [--subnet SUBNET] [--private-ip-address
15 ADDRESS] [--monitor] [--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior
16 {stop,terminate}] [--key KEYPAIR] [--show-empty-fields]
17 [--s3-url URL] [-o KEY_ID] [-w KEY] [--progress | --no-progress]
18 [-U URL] [--region USER@REGION] [-I KEY_ID] [-S KEY] [--secu‐
19 rity-token TOKEN] [--debug] [--debugger] [--version] [-h] FILE
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22 Import an instance into the cloud
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25 FILE file containing the disk image to import (required)
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28 -t INSTANCETYPE, --instance-type INSTANCETYPE
29 the type of instance to import to (required)
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31 -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
32 the image's format ("vmdk", "raw", or "vhd") (required)
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34 -a ARCH, --architecture ARCH
35 the instance's processor architecture (required)
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37 -p {Windows,Linux}, --platform {Windows,Linux}
38 the instance's operating system (required)
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40 -b BUCKET, --bucket BUCKET
41 the bucket to upload the volume to
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43 --manifest-url URL
44 a pre-signed URL that points to the import manifest to use
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46 --prefix PREFIX
47 a prefix to add to the names of the volume parts as they are
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50 -x DAYS, --expires DAYS
51 how long the import manifest should remain valid, in days
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54 --no-upload
55 start the import process, but do not actually upload the volume
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58 -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
59 a description for the import task (not the volume)
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61 -g GROUP, --group GROUP
62 name of the security group to create the instance in
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64 -z ZONE, --availability-zone ZONE
65 the zone in which to create the instance
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67 -s GiB, --volume-size GiB
68 size of the volume to import to, in GiB
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70 --image-size BYTES
71 size of the image (required for non-raw files
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73 --user-data DATA
74 user data to supply to the instance
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76 --user-data-file FILE
77 file containing user data to supply to the instance
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79 --subnet SUBNET
80 [VPC only] subnet to create the instance's network interface in
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82 --private-ip-address ADDRESS
83 [VPC only] assign a specific primary private IP address to the
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86 --monitor
87 enable detailed monitoring for the instance
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89 --instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior {stop,terminate}
90 whether to "stop" (default) or terminate the instance when it
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93 --key KEYPAIR
94 [Eucalyptus only] name of the key pair to use when running the
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101 object storage service endpoint URL
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103 -o KEY_ID, --owner-akid KEY_ID
104 access key to use for the object storage service (default: same
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107 -w KEY, --owner-sak KEY
108 secret key to use for the object storage service (default: same
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111 --progress
112 show progress (the default when run interactively)
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114 --no-progress
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117 -U URL, --url URL
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120 --region USER@REGION
121 region and/or user names to search when looking up config file
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136 --version
137 show the program's version and exit
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139 -h, --help
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