POST /#Action=CreateRestoreImageTask

Starts a task that restores an AMI from an Amazon S3 object that was previously created by using CreateStoreImageTask.

To use this API, you must have the required permissions. For more information, see Permissions for storing and restoring AMIs using Amazon S3 in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

For more information, see Store and restore an AMI using Amazon S3 in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Servers

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
X-Amz-Content-Sha256 String No
X-Amz-Credential String No
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "text/xml"

X-Amz-Date String No
X-Amz-Algorithm String No
X-Amz-SignedHeaders String No
X-Amz-Security-Token String No
X-Amz-Signature String No

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
Version String Yes

Possible values:

  • "2016-11-15"
Action String Yes

Possible values:

  • "CreateRestoreImageTask"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
Bucket String Yes

The name of the Amazon S3 bucket that contains the stored AMI object.

TagSpecifications[] Array No

The tags to apply to the AMI and snapshots on restoration. You can tag the AMI, the snapshots, or both.

  • To tag the AMI, the value for ResourceType must be image.

  • To tag the snapshots, the value for ResourceType must be snapshot. The same tag is applied to all of the snapshots that are created.

Name String No

The name for the restored AMI. The name must be unique for AMIs in the Region for this account. If you do not provide a name, the new AMI gets the same name as the original AMI.

ObjectKey String Yes

The name of the stored AMI object in the bucket.

DryRun Boolean No

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

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