ec2_create_image: Creates an Amazon EBS-backed AMI from an Amazon EBS-backed instance that is either running or stopped

Description

Creates an Amazon EBS-backed AMI from an Amazon EBS-backed instance that is either running or stopped.

If you customized your instance with instance store volumes or EBS volumes in addition to the root device volume, the new AMI contains block device mapping information for those volumes. When you launch an instance from this new AMI, the instance automatically launches with those additional volumes.

For more information, see Creating Amazon EBS-Backed Linux AMIs in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

Usage

ec2_create_image(BlockDeviceMappings, Description, DryRun, InstanceId,
  Name, NoReboot, TagSpecifications)

Value

A list with the following syntax:

list(
  ImageId = "string"
)

Arguments

BlockDeviceMappings

The block device mappings. This parameter cannot be used to modify the encryption status of existing volumes or snapshots. To create an AMI with encrypted snapshots, use the copy_image action.

Description

A description for the new image.

DryRun

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 DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

InstanceId

[required] The ID of the instance.

Name

[required] A name for the new image.

Constraints: 3-128 alphanumeric characters, parentheses (()), square brackets ([]), spaces ( ), periods (.), slashes (/), dashes (-), single quotes ('), at-signs (@), or underscores(_)

NoReboot

By default, Amazon EC2 attempts to shut down and reboot the instance before creating the image. If the No Reboot option is set, Amazon EC2 doesn't shut down the instance before creating the image. When this option is used, file system integrity on the created image can't be guaranteed.

TagSpecifications

The tags to apply to the AMI and snapshots on creation. You can tag the AMI, the snapshots, or both.

To tag the AMI, the value for ResourceType must be image.
To tag the snapshots that are created of the root volume and of other EBS volumes that are attached to the instance, the value for ResourceType must be snapshot. The same tag is applied to all of the snapshots that are created.

If you specify other values for ResourceType, the request fails.

To tag an AMI or snapshot after it has been created, see create_tags.

Request syntax

svc$create_image(
  BlockDeviceMappings = list(
    list(
      DeviceName = "string",
      VirtualName = "string",
      Ebs = list(
        DeleteOnTermination = TRUE|FALSE,
        Iops = 123,
        SnapshotId = "string",
        VolumeSize = 123,
        VolumeType = "standard"|"io1"|"io2"|"gp2"|"sc1"|"st1"|"gp3",
        KmsKeyId = "string",
        Throughput = 123,
        Encrypted = TRUE|FALSE
      ),
      NoDevice = "string"
    )
  ),
  Description = "string",
  DryRun = TRUE|FALSE,
  InstanceId = "string",
  Name = "string",
  NoReboot = TRUE|FALSE,
  TagSpecifications = list(
    list(
      ResourceType = "client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"internet-gateway"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"placement-group"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log",
      Tags = list(
        list(
          Key = "string",
          Value = "string"
        )
      )
    )
  )
)

Examples

Run this code

if (FALSE) {
# This example creates an AMI from the specified instance and adds an EBS
# volume with the device name /dev/sdh and an instance store volume with
# the device name /dev/sdc.
svc$create_image(
  BlockDeviceMappings = list(
    list(
      DeviceName = "/dev/sdh",
      Ebs = list(
        VolumeSize = "100"
      )
    ),
    list(
      DeviceName = "/dev/sdc",
      VirtualName = "ephemeral1"
    )
  ),
  Description = "An AMI for my server",
  InstanceId = "i-1234567890abcdef0",
  Name = "My server",
  NoReboot = TRUE
)
}