ec2-bundle-image

Amazon EC2: API Version 2007-01-03

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ec2-bundle-image

SYNOPSIS

ec2-bundle-image -k PRIVATE-KEY -c EC2-CERT -u USER-ID -i IMAGE [-d DESTINATION-DIR] [-p AMI-PREFIX]

DESCRIPTION

Create a bundled AMI of an operating system image that was created in a loopback file.

OUTPUT

Status messages indicating the various stages of the bundling process are displayed.

OPTIONS

[Note] Note

This tool does not support the common options

Option Definition Required? Example
-k, --privatekey KEY The path to the user's PEM encoded RSA key file. Yes -k pk-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBZQ55CLO.pem
-c, --cert EC2-CERT The user's PEM encoded RSA public key certificate file.. Yes -c cert-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBZQ55CLO.pem
-u, --user USER The user's EC2 user ID (i.e., AWS account number, not the Access Key ID). Yes -u 123456789
-i, --image PATH The path to the image to bundle. Yes -i /var/spool/my-image/version-2/debian.img
-d, --destination DESTINATION The directory in which to create the bundle. Defaults to the current directory. No -d /var/run/my-bundle
-p, --prefix PREFIX The filename prefix for bundled AMI files. Defaults to "image". No -p my-image-is-special
--help Display the help message. No --help
--manual Display the help. No --manual

EXAMPLE 

$ ec2-bundle-image -k pk-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBZQ55CLO.pem -c cert-HKZYKTAIG2ECMXYIBH3HXV4ZBZQ55CLO.pem -u 495219933132 -i image.img -d bundled/ -p fred
Splitting bundled/fred.gz.crypt...
Created fred.part.00
Created fred.part.01
Created fred.part.02
Created fred.part.03
Created fred.part.04
Created fred.part.05
Created fred.part.06
Created fred.part.07
Created fred.part.08
Created fred.part.09
Created fred.part.10
Created fred.part.11
Created fred.part.12
Created fred.part.13
Created fred.part.14
Generating digests for each part...
Digests generated.
Creating bundle manifest...
Bundle Image complete.

SEE ALSO

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