GET

/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

Exports a running or stopped instance to an Amazon S3 bucket. For information about the supported operating systems, image formats, and known limitations for the types of instances you can export, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport.html">Exporting an instance as a VM Using VM Import/Export</a> in the VM Import/Export User Guide.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

Descriptionstring

A description for the conversion task or the resource being exported. The maximum length is 255 characters.

ExportToS3objectrequired

The format and location for an export instance task.

InstanceIdstringrequired

The ID of the instance.

TargetEnvironmentstringrequired

The target virtualization environment.

Allowed:

TagSpecificationarray

The tags to apply to the export instance task during creation.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

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CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}

GET

/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

Descriptionstring

A description for the conversion task or the resource being exported. The maximum length is 255 characters.

ExportToS3objectrequired

The format and location for an export instance task.

InstanceIdstringrequired

The ID of the instance.

TargetEnvironmentstringrequired

The target virtualization environment.

Allowed:

TagSpecificationarray

The tags to apply to the export instance task during creation.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}

GET

/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

Descriptionstring

A description for the conversion task or the resource being exported. The maximum length is 255 characters.

ExportToS3objectrequired

The format and location for an export instance task.

InstanceIdstringrequired

The ID of the instance.

TargetEnvironmentstringrequired

The target virtualization environment.

Allowed:

TagSpecificationarray

The tags to apply to the export instance task during creation.

Actionstringrequired

Allowed:

Versionstringrequired

Allowed:

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}