http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ImportInstance<p>Creates an import instance task using metadata from the specified disk image.</p> <p>This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use <a>ImportImage</a> instead.</p> <p>This API action is not supported by the Command Line Interface (CLI). For information about using the Amazon EC2 CLI, which is deprecated, see <a href="https://awsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/EC2/ec2-clt.pdf#UsingVirtualMachinesinAmazonEC2">Importing a VM to Amazon EC2</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 CLI Reference</i> PDF file.</p> <p>For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/manifest.html">VM Import Manifest</a>.</p>
A description for the instance being imported.
The disk image.
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.
The launch specification.
The instance operating system.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ImportInstance' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ImportInstance<p>Creates an import instance task using metadata from the specified disk image.</p> <p>This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use <a>ImportImage</a> instead.</p> <p>This API action is not supported by the Command Line Interface (CLI). For information about using the Amazon EC2 CLI, which is deprecated, see <a href="https://awsdocs.s3.amazonaws.com/EC2/ec2-clt.pdf#UsingVirtualMachinesinAmazonEC2">Importing a VM to Amazon EC2</a> in the <i>Amazon EC2 CLI Reference</i> PDF file.</p> <p>For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/manifest.html">VM Import Manifest</a>.</p>
A description for the instance being imported.
The disk image.
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.
The launch specification.
The instance operating system.
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request GET \2 --url 'http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=ImportInstance' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}