ImportImage - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Description

When you call this operation, take note of the following items:

You must upload the image file to an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket before you can import the image. For more information, see Upload objects.
You must use Resource Access Management (RAM) to authorize ECS to access your OSS buckets before you import an image for the first time. If ECS is not authorized to access your OSS buckets, the NoSetRoletoECSServiceAcount error code is returned when you call the ImportImage operation. For more information, see Account access control. The following example shows some steps in the authorization procedure:
1. Create a role named AliyunECSImageImportDefaultRole. You must use this exact name. Otherwise, the image will fail to be imported. Configure the following trust policy for the role:
```
        {
            "Statement": [
            {
                "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
                "Effect": "Allow",
                "Principal": {
                "Service": [
                    "ecs.aliyuncs.com"
                ]
                }
            }
        ],
            "Version": "1"
        }
        
```
2. Attach the AliyunECSImageImportRolePolicy system policy to the role. For more information, see the RAM console. Alternatively, you can create a custom policy that contains the following content and attach the policy to the role:
```
        {
            "Version": "1",
            "Statement": [
            {
                "Action": [
                        "oss:GetObject",
                        "oss:GetBucketLocation",
                        "oss:GetBucketInfo"
            ],
                    "Resource": "*",
                    "Effect": "Allow"
                    }
            ]
        }
        
```
You cannot delete an image that is being imported. However, you can call the CancelTask operation to cancel the image import task.
You can import an image only to the same region as the OSS bucket to which the image is uploaded.
Valid values of N in the DiskDeviceMapping.N parameter: 1 to 17. When N is 1, the disk is a system disk. When N ranges from 2 to 17, the disk is a data disk.

Debugging

OpenAPI Explorer automatically calculates the signature value. For your convenience, we recommend that you call this operation in OpenAPI Explorer. OpenAPI Explorer dynamically generates a sample code of the operation for different SDKs.

Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	ImportImage	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to ImportImage.
RegionId	String	Yes	cn-hangzhou	The region ID of the image to be imported. You can call the DescribeRegions operation to query the most recent region list.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.Format	String	No	QCOW2	The format of the image. Valid values: RAW VHD QCOW2 This parameter is empty by default, which indicates that the system automatically checks the format of the image and uses the check result as the value of this parameter.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.OSSBucket	String	No	ecsimageos	The OSS bucket where the image is stored. Note Before you upload an image to an OSS bucket for the first time, see the "Description" section in this topic to authorize ECS to access your OSS buckets. If ECS is not authorized to access your OSS buckets, the `NoSetRoletoECSServiceAcount` error code is returned when you call the ImportImage operation.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.OSSObject	String	No	CentOS_5.4_32.raw	The OSS object that corresponds to the image.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.DiskImSize	Integer	No	80	The size of the image. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use the DiskDeviceMapping.N.DiskImageSize parameter to ensure future compatibility.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.DiskImageSize	Integer	No	80	The size of disk N in the image. The capacity of the system disk must be greater than or equal to the actual space used by file systems. Valid values: When N is set to 1, the disk is a system disk and its size ranges from 5 GiB to 500 GiB. When N is set to a value from 2 to 17, the disk is a data disk and its size ranges from 5 GiB to 1,000 GiB. When you import an image, the system automatically checks the sizes of disks contained in the image and uses the check results as the values of this parameter.
DiskDeviceMapping.N.Device	String	No	null	The device name of disk N in the custom image. Note This parameter will be removed in the future. We recommend that you use other parameters to ensure future compatibility.
ImageName	String	No	ImageTestName	The name of the image. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, colons (:), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://. This parameter is empty by default.
Description	String	No	TestDescription	The description of the image. The description must be 2 to 256 characters in length and cannot start with http:// or https://. This parameter is empty by default.
Architecture	String	No	x86_64	The system architecture. Default value: x86_64. Valid values: i386 x86_64
OSType	String	No	linux	The type of the operating system. Default value: linux. Valid values: windows linux
Platform	String	No	Aliyun	The distribution of the operating system. Default value: Others Linux. Valid values: CentOS Ubuntu SUSE OpenSUSE Debian CoreOS Aliyun Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Others Linux Customized Linux
RoleName	String	No	AliyunECSImageImportDefaultRole	The name of the RAM role used to import the image.
LicenseType	String	No	Auto	The type of the license used to activate the operating system after the image is imported. Default value: Auto. Valid values: Auto: ECS checks the operating system of the imported image and allocates a license to the operating system. Specifically, ECS first checks whether the operating system distribution specified by `Platform` has a license allocated through an official Alibaba Cloud channel. If yes, the allocated license is used. If no, the license that comes with the source operating system is used. Aliyun: The license allocated through an official Alibaba Cloud channel is used for the operating system distribution specified by `Platform`. BYOL: The license that comes with the source operating system is used. In this case, make sure that your license key can be used in Alibaba Cloud.
Tag.N.Key	String	No	TestKey	The key of tag N of the image. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag key cannot be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length and cannot start with acs: or aliyun. It cannot contain http:// or https://.
Tag.N.Value	String	No	TestValue	The value of tag N of the image. Valid values of N: 1 to 20. The tag value can be an empty string. It can be up to 128 characters in length. It cannot start with acs: or contain http:// or https://.
ResourceGroupId	String	No	rg-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the resource group to which to assign the imported image.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
ImageId	String	m-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the image.
RegionId	String	cn-hangzhou	The region ID of the image.
RequestId	String	473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E	The ID of the request.
TaskId	String	t-bp67acfmxazb4p****	The ID of the image import task.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ecs.aliyuncs.com/?Action=ImportImage
&RegionId=cn-hangzhou
&DiskDeviceMapping.1.Format=QCOW2
&DiskDeviceMapping.1.OSSBucket=ecsimageos
&DiskDeviceMapping.1.OSSObject=CentOS_5.4_32.raw
&DiskDeviceMapping.1.DiskImageSize=80
&ImageName=Test
&Description=Test
&Architecture=x86_64
&OSType=linux
&Platform=Aliyun
&LicenseType=Aliyun
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

<ImportImageResponse>
      <RequestId>C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9</RequestId>
      <ImageId>m-bp67acfmxazb4p****</ImageId>
      <RegionId>cn-hangzhou</RegionId>
      <ImportTaskId>t-bp67acfmxazb4p****</ImportTaskId>
</ImportImageResponse>

JSON format

{
    "RequestId": "C8B26B44-0189-443E-9816-D951F59623A9",
    "ImageId": "m-bp67acfmxazb4p****",
    "RegionId": "cn-hangzhou",
    "ImportTaskId": "t-bp67acfmxazb4p****"
}

Error codes


HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	MissingParameter	An input parameter "RegionId" that is mandatory for processing the request is not supplied.	The error message returned because the required RegionId parameter is not specified.
400	MissingParameter	An input parameter "DiskDeviceMapping.1.OSSBucket" that is mandatory for processing the request is not supplied.	The error message returned because the DiskDeviceMapping.N.OSSBucket parameter is not specified.
400	MissingParameter	An input parameter "DiskDeviceMapping.1.OSSObject" that is mandatory for processing the request is not supplied.	The error message returned because the DiskDeviceMapping.N.OSSObject parameter is not specified.
400	InvalidImageName.Malformed	The specified Image name is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified ImageName parameter is invalid. The name must be 2 to 128 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), underscores (_), and hyphens (-). It must start with a letter and cannot start with http:// or https://.
400	InvalidOSSObject.Malformed	The specified OSS object is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified DiskDeviceMapping.N.OSSObject parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidDescription.Malformed	The specified Image description is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified Description parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidArchitecture.Malformed	The specified Architecture is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified Architecture parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidPlatform.Malformed	The specified Platform is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified Platform parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidOSType.Malformed	The specified OSType is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified OSType parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidImageName.Duplicated	The destination image is exist.	The error message returned because the specified image name already exists.
400	InvalidImageSize	%s	The error message returned because the specified image size is invalid.
400	InvalidDataDiskSize	The specified DiskDeviceMapping.N.DiskImSize should be in the specified range.	The error message returned because the specified DiskDeviceMapping.N.DiskImSize parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidImageFormat.Malformed	The specified Image Format is wrongly formed.	The error message returned because the specified image format is invalid.
400	InvalidRegionId.NotFound	The specified RegionId does not exist.	The error message returned because the specified RegionId parameter does not exist.
400	InvalidRegion.NotSupport	The specified region does not support image import or export.	The error message returned because the specified region does not support this operation.
403	ImageIsImporting	The specified Image is importing.	The error message returned because the specified image is being imported and cannot be managed.
403	QuotaExceed.Image	The Image Quota exceeds.	The error message returned because the maximum number of custom images has been reached.
403	ImportImageFailed	Importing image is failed, Please contact the administrator.	The error message returned because the image failed to be imported. Contact a system administrator.
403	UserNotInTheWhiteList	The user is not in the white list of importing image.	The error message returned because you are not authorized to import images.
403	NoSetRoletoECSServiceAcount	ECS service account Have no right to access your OSS.please attach a role of access your oss to ECS service account.	The error message returned because ECS is not authorized to access the specified OSS bucket and object.
400	InvalidOSSBucket.NotFound	The specified OSS bucket does not exist in this region.	The error message returned because the specified bucket does not exist.
403	InvalidParameter.Malformed	The specified parameter "DiskDeviceMapping.n.Device " is not valid.	The error message returned because the specified DiskDeviceMapping.N.Device parameter is invalid.
403	MissingParameter.DiskDeviceMapping	The specified parameter DiskDeviceMapping is not supplied.	The error message returned because a parameter that starts with DiskDeviceMapping is not specified.
400	InvalidOSSObject.NotFound	The specified OSS object does not exist in this region.	The error message returned because the specified OSS object does not exist.
400	InvalidOSSObject.NotFound	The specified OSS object cannot be retrieved.	The error message returned because the specified OSS object does not exist.
400	InvalidLicenseType.NotSupported	The specified LicenseType is not supported	The error message returned because the specified LicenseType parameter is invalid.
400	InvalidLicenseType.BYOLOnly	Only BYOL LicenseType is supported for the current platform provided	The error message returned because the current platform supports only BYOL licenses.

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