positional arguments:¶

FILE

file containing the disk image to import (required)

optional arguments:¶

-t INSTANCETYPE, --instance-type INSTANCETYPE

the type of instance to import to (required)

-f FORMAT, --format FORMAT

the image's format ("vmdk", "raw", or "vhd") (required)

-a ARCH, --architecture ARCH

the instance's processor architecture (required)

-p {Windows,Linux}, --platform {Windows,Linux}

the instance's operating system (required)

-b BUCKET, --bucket BUCKET

the bucket to upload the volume to

--manifest-url URL

a pre-signed URL that points to the import manifest to use

--prefix PREFIX

a prefix to add to the names of the volume parts as they are uploaded

-x DAYS, --expires DAYS

how long the import manifest should remain valid, in days (default: 30 days)

--no-upload

start the import process, but do not actually upload the volume (see euca-resume-import)

-d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION

a description for the import task (not the volume)

-g GROUP, --group GROUP

name of the security group to create the instance in

-z ZONE, --availability-zone ZONE

the zone in which to create the instance

-s GiB, --volume-size GiB

size of the volume to import to, in GiB

--image-size BYTES

size of the image (required for non-raw files

--user-data DATA

user data to supply to the instance

--user-data-file FILE

file containing user data to supply to the instance

--subnet SUBNET

[VPC only] subnet to create the instance's network interface in

--private-ip-address ADDRESS

[VPC only] assign a specific primary private IP address to the instance's interface

--monitor

enable detailed monitoring for the instance

--instance-initiated-shutdown-behavior {stop,terminate}

whether to "stop" (default) or terminate the instance when it shuts down

--key KEYPAIR

[Eucalyptus only] name of the key pair to use when running the instance

--show-empty-fields

show empty values as "(nil)"

--s3-url URL

object storage service endpoint URL

-o KEY_ID, --owner-akid KEY_ID

access key to use for the object storage service (default: same as that for the compute service)

-w KEY, --owner-sak KEY

secret key to use for the object storage service (default: same as that for the compute service)

--progress

show progress (the default when run interactively)

--no-progress

do not show progress (the default when run noninteractively)

-U URL, --url URL

compute service endpoint URL

--region USER@REGION

region and/or user names to search when looking up config file data

-I KEY_ID, --access-key-id KEY_ID

-S KEY, --secret-key KEY

--security-token TOKEN

--debug

show debugging output

--debugger

launch interactive debugger on error

--version

show the program's version and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit