gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create

NAME

gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create - import Virtual Disk images to Google Compute Engine

SYNOPSIS

gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create (IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME : --location=LOCATION) --source-file=SOURCE_FILE [--additional-licenses=[ADDITIONAL_LICENSES,…]] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--family-name=FAMILY_NAME] [--image-name=IMAGE_NAME] [--kms-key=KMS_KEY] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--single-region-storage] [--target-project=TARGET_PROJECT] [--skip-os-adaptation     | --generalize --license-type=LICENSE_TYPE] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

(ALPHA) gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create imports images such as VMWare VMDK files and VHD files, from a Google Cloud Storage file (gs://…) to Google Compute Engine, using the Migrate to Virtual Machines service API. This command creates an Image Import resource with a nested Image Import Job resource. The Image Import Job resource tracks the image import progress. To use this command, you must enable VM Migration API in your project.

EXAMPLES

To import my-ubuntu22.04.vmdk from my-images-bucket to my-target-project in us-central1, create my-image-import resource in my-project in us-central1. Run:

gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create my-image-import --source-file=gs://my-images-bucket/my-ubuntu22.04.vmdk --image-name=my-ubuntu-image --location=us-central1 --target-project=projects/my-project/locations/global/targetProjects/my-target-project --project=my-project

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Image import resource - The Image Import resource you want to create. This would be the image name if --image-name is not given. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

• provide the argument image_import_name on the command line with a fully specified name;
• set the property core/project;
• provide the argument --project on the command line.

This must be specified.

IMAGE_IMPORT_NAME

ID of the image_import or fully qualified identifier for the image_import.

To set the image_import_name attribute:

• provide the argument image_import_name on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.

--location=LOCATION

Resource location.

To set the location attribute:

• provide the argument image_import_name on the command line with a fully specified name;
• provide the argument --location on the command line;
• set the property compute/region.

REQUIRED FLAGS

--source-file=SOURCE_FILE

The path to the Google Cloud Storage file from which the image should be imported.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--additional-licenses=[ADDITIONAL_LICENSES,…]

Comma-separated list of the additional licenses to assign to the image.

--description=DESCRIPTION

A description of the image.

--family-name=FAMILY_NAME

The name of the image family to which the new image belongs.

--image-name=IMAGE_NAME

The name of the image that will be imported to Google Compute Engine. Default is the Image Import name.

--kms-key=KMS_KEY

Fully qualified identifier for the Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will be used to protect the image.

--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]

A map of labels to associate with the image.

--single-region-storage

If true, the location of the imported image will be the region of the import job. Otherwise the closest multi-region is selected. Default is false.

--target-project=TARGET_PROJECT

The target project resource path to which the image will be imported. Default is the customer project. To get a list of the target projects run the gcloud alpha migration vms target-projects list command.

OS adaptation parameters

At most one of these can be specified:

--skip-os-adaptation

If true, skip OS adaptation. Default false.

--generalize

If true, generalize the imported image. Default false. The generalization process enables co-existence of multiple VMs created from the same image. For Windows, generalizing the image removes computer-specific information such as installed drivers and the computer security identifier (SID).

--license-type=LICENSE_TYPE

The license to use post migration. LICENSE_TYPE must be one of: compute-engine-license-type-byol, compute-engine-license-type-default, compute-engine-license-type-payg.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --access-token-file, --account, --billing-project, --configuration, --flags-file, --flatten, --format, --help, --impersonate-service-account, --log-http, --project, --quiet, --trace-token, --user-output-enabled, --verbosity.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE

This command uses the vmmigration/v1 API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines

NOTES

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access allowlist.