ec2-create-instance-export-task - Online in the Cloud

PROGRAM:

NAME

ec2-create-instance-export-task - Initiate an instance export task to export a running or
stopped

SYNOPSIS

ec2addixt ([ec2addixt, ec2-create-instance-export-task])
ec2addixt [GENERAL OPTIONS] INSTANCE -e TARGET_ENVIRONMENT -f DISK_IMAGE_FORMAT [-c
CONTAINER_FORMAT] -b S3_BUCKET [-p S3_PREFIX] [-d DESCRIPTION]

GENERAL NOTES

Any command option/parameter may be passed a value of '-' to indicate
that values for that option should be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

Initiate an instance export task to export a running or stopped
instance to a file in S3
The INSTANCE parameter specifies the instance to export.
The instance will be rebooted once, in the same fashion as
ec2-create-image
Temporary AMIs or snapshots of the instance and its attached
volumes may be created under your account during the initial phase of
the export task. They will be deleted automatically when they are no
longer needed for the export task.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-O, --aws-access-key KEY
AWS Access Key ID. Defaults to the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY
environment variable (if set).

-W, --aws-secret-key KEY
AWS Secret Access Key. Defaults to the value of the AWS_SECRET_KEY
environment variable (if set).

-T, --security-token TOKEN
AWS delegation token. Defaults to the value of the AWS_DELEGATION_TOKEN
environment variable (if set).

-K, --private-key KEY
[DEPRECATED] Specify KEY as the private key to use. Defaults to the value of the
EC2_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

-C, --cert CERT
[DEPRECATED] Specify CERT as the X509 certificate to use. Defaults to the value
of the EC2_CERT environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

-U, --url URL
Specify URL as the web service URL to use. Defaults to the value of
'https://ec2.amazonaws.com' (us-east-1) or to that of the
EC2_URL environment variable (if set). Overrides the default.

--region REGION
Specify REGION as the web service region to use.
This option will override the URL specified by the "-U URL" option
and EC2_URL environment variable.
This option defaults to the region specified by the EC2_URL environment variable
or us-east-1 if this environment variable is not set.

-D, --auth-dry-run
Check if you can perform the requested action rather than actually performing it.

-v, --verbose
Verbose output.

-?, --help
Display this help.

-H, --headers
Display column headers.

--debug
Display additional debugging information.

--show-empty-fields
Indicate empty fields.

--hide-tags
Do not display tags for tagged resources.

--connection-timeout TIMEOUT
Specify a connection timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

--request-timeout TIMEOUT
Specify a request timeout TIMEOUT (in seconds).

SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-f, --disk-image-format DISK-IMAGE-FORMAT
The file format of the disk image. Refer to the latest Developer's
Guide for valid values. [OPTIONAL]

-e, --target-environment TARGET-ENVIRONMENT
The target environment. Refer to the latest Developer's
Guide for valid values. [REQUIRED]

-c, --container-format CONTAINER-FORMAT
The container format used to combine disk images with metadata.
If absent, only the disk image will be exported. [OPTIONAL]

-b, --s3-bucket S3-BUCKET
S3 destination bucket name for the exported file.
The target bucket must grant WRITE and READ_ACL permissions to the
[email protected] AWS account. [REQUIRED]

-p, --s3-prefix S3-PREFIX
Initial part of the S3 key (object name) used for the exported file.
Maximum length is 1000 bytes of UTF-8. [OPTIONAL]

-d, --description DESCRIPTION
A free-form comment that will be returned verbatim during
subsequent calls to ec2-describe-export-tasks. Maximum length is 255
characters. [OPTIONAL]

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