CreateImage#

Description#

Create an image (CMI) from the specified instance.

Request Parameters#

Required parameters#

  • instanceId — The ID of the instance.

    • Type: String

    • Required: Yes

  • Name — The name of the image.

    • Type: String

    • Required: Yes

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

Optional parameters#

  • Description — The description of the image.

    • Type: String

    • Required: No

  • TagSpecification.N — Tags assigned to the resource when it is created. Tagging is available only for image | snapshot.

Response Elements#

  • imageId — The ID of the newly created image.

    • Type: String

  • requestId — The request ID

    • Type: String

Examples#

c2-ec2 CreateImage InstanceId <instance_id> Name image_name