POST
/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask
http://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com/#Action=CreateInstanceExportTask<p>Exports a running or stopped instance to an Amazon S3 bucket.</p> <p>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 <i>VM Import/Export User Guide</i>.</p>
Access Token Required: API Key
Query Params
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 POST \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}