Elastic Compute Service:ExportImage

Before you export an image:

• Review the prerequisites and considerations in Export an image.

• The ImageFormat parameter is available only in the following regions: Japan (Tokyo), Indonesia (Jakarta), Germany (Frankfurt), UAE (Dubai), US (Virginia), UK (London), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), and US (Silicon Valley). In regions that do not support this parameter, images are exported in the RAW format by default.

• You must use RAM to grant ECS permissions to write to OSS. Follow these steps:

  • Create a role with the required name AliyunECSImageExportDefaultRole and attach the following trust policy:

       {
         "Statement": [
           {
             "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
             "Effect": "Allow",
             "Principal": {
               "Service": [
                 "ecs.aliyuncs.com"
               ]
             }
           }
         ],
         "Version": "1"
       }
    

  • Attach the default system permission policy, AliyunECSImageExportRolePolicy, to the AliyunECSImageExportDefaultRole role. For more details, see Grant permissions to a RAM role. You can also create a custom policy that includes the following permissions:

         {
           "Version": "1",
           "Statement": [
             {
               "Action": [
                 "oss:GetObject",
                 "oss:PutObject",
                 "oss:DeleteObject",
                 "oss:GetBucketLocation",
                 "oss:GetBucketInfo",
                 "oss:AbortMultipartUpload",
                 "oss:ListMultipartUploads",
                 "oss:ListParts"
               ],
               "Resource": "*",
               "Effect": "Allow"
             }
           ]
         }
    

After the image is exported:

The custom image is stored in the specified OSS bucket. For download instructions, see Download a custom image.