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PROGRAM:
NAME
ec2-import-volume - Create a new import volume task using meta-data from the given disk
SYNOPSIS
ec2ivol ([ec2iv, ec2-import-volume])
ec2ivol [GENERAL OPTIONS] [SPECIFIC OPTIONS] disk-image
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
Create a new import volume task using meta-data from the given disk
image. The volume size for the imported disk-image will be calculated
automatically, unless specified.
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, --format FORMAT
The file format of the disk image. Refer to the latest Developer's
Guide for valid values. [REQUIRED]
-s, --volume-size SIZE
The size of the EBS volume, in GiB (2^30 bytes), that will hold the
converted image. If this option is omitted, the required volume size
will be computed from the image file.
-z, --availability-zone ZONE
Specifies the availability zone for the imported disk-image. Run the
'ec2-describe-availability-zones' command for a list of values, and
see the latest Developer's Guide for their meanings. [REQUIRED]
-b, --bucket BUCKET
S3 destination bucket name for the manifest. [REQUIRED, unless the option
--manifest-url is specified]
-o, --owner-akid OWNERAKID
AWS Access Key Id of the owner of BUCKET.
-w, --owner-sak SECRETKEY
AWS Secret Access Key of the owner of BUCKET, used to sign the import
-manifest URL. This parameter value is not sent to EC2. [REQUIRED]
--prefix PREFIX
Prefix for the manifest-file and disk-image file parts within the S3
bucket. [OPTIONAL]
--manifest-url url
Optionally, specify the URL for an existing import-manifest file already
uploaded to S3 [OPTIONAL]. This option cannot be specified if --bucket
has been specified.
-d, --description DESCRIPTION
An optional, free-form comment that will be returned verbatim during
subsequent calls to ec2-describe-conversion-tasks. Maximum length is 240
characters.
-x, --expires DAYS
Validity period for the signed S3 URLS that allow EC2 to access the manifest
Defaults to 30 days. [OPTIONAL]
--ignore-region-affinity
Ignore the verification check to determine that the bucket's S3 region
matches the EC2 region where the conversion-task is created.
--user-threads THREADS
Maximum number of threads to concurrently upload the file with. Defaults to
20 threads. [OPTIONAL]
--dry-run
Do not create a import task, only validate the disk image.
--dont-verify-format
Do not verify the file format. This is dangerous and may result in a failed
conversion. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
--no-upload
Do not upload a disk image to S3. To complete the import task, requires
upload using ec2-resume-import.
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