POST /#Action=ImportVolume
Creates an import volume task using metadata from the specified disk image.
This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use ImportImage instead. To import a disk to a snapshot, use ImportSnapshot instead.
This API action is not supported by the Command Line Interface (CLI). For information about using the Amazon EC2 CLI, which is deprecated, see Importing Disks to Amazon EBS in the Amazon EC2 CLI Reference PDF file.
For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see VM Import Manifest.
Servers
- https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com
- https://ec2.amazonaws.com
- https://ec2.{region}.amazonaws.com.cn
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:
|
Action |
String | Yes |
Possible values:
|
Request body fields
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
AvailabilityZone |
String | Yes |
The Availability Zone for the resulting EBS volume. |
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 |
Description |
String | No |
A description of the volume. |
How to start integrating
- Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
- Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
- This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
- Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.