AWS vmexport using AWS cli

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The steps do not work

1. Create IAM user with requried role as per https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmie_prereqs.html#vmimport-role

   Since the JSON on the above link is malformed use AWS Management console GUI and go to

   Services

   IAM

   Roles

   Create role

   Use case

   EC2

   Polciy

   VMImportExportRoleForAWSConnector

   Role name

   vmimport #AS IT IS

2. Again go to roles vmimport and attach following additional policies

   Policy

   AmazonS3FullAccess

   Policy

   AmazonEC2FullAccess

3. Install aws cli using Installing AWS command-line tools
4. Create a S3 bucket for storing converted image eg saurabh-s3-vm-export
5. Create an ami for testing export. The ami can be created from EC2 instance or lightsail instance snapshot exported to EC2.
6. Start export using:

   aws ec2 export-image --image-id <ami-id> --disk-image-format <VMDK|RAW|VHD> --s3-export-location S3Bucket=<bucket-name>,S3Prefix=exports/

   The above keeps giving error:

   An error occurred (InvalidParameter) when calling the ExportImage operation: The service role vmimport provided does not exist or does not have sufficient permissions

7. Remember to delete snapshot at lightsail and ec2. Deleting snapshot at EC2 requires de-registering the created AMI.

Refer:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport_image.html

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