POST

/#Action=ImportInstance

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

Creates an import instance task using metadata from the specified disk image. This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use <a>ImportImage</a> instead. 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 Amazon EC2 CLI Reference PDF file. 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>.

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=ImportInstance' \
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}

POST

/#Action=ImportInstance

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

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=ImportInstance' \
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}

POST

/#Action=ImportInstance

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

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=ImportInstance' \
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}