- NAME
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- gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports - imports images to Google Compute Engine from Google Cloud Storage
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports
COMMAND
[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)
gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports provides a more robust and better supported method for importing images to Google Compute Engine. Other image-related operations (for example, list) can be done using gcloud compute images, as usual.The commands use VM Migartion API which supports importing of an image from a Google Cloud Storage file (gs://…) to a target project. VM Migration API must be enabled in your project.
gcloud alpha migration vms image-imports create creates an Image Import resource with a nested Image Import Job resource. The Image Import Job resource tracks the image import progress. After the Image Import Job completes, successfully or otherwise, there's no further use for the Image Import resource.
The image is imported to a Google Cloud Project, desginated by the Target Project resource. To get a list of Target Projects, run the gcloud alpha migration vms target-projects list command. Use the Google Cloud console to add target project resources. For information on adding target projects, see https://cloud.google.com/migrate/virtual-machines/docs/5.0/how-to/target-project.
A project can support a maximum of 1000 Image Import resources per project. Hence it's recommended to delete an Image Import resource after the Image Import Job is complete to avoid reaching the Image Import resources limit. Deletion of Image Import resource does not affect the imported image.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--help
.Run
$ gcloud help
for details. - COMMANDS
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is one of the following:COMMAND
- NOTES
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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. This variant is also available:
gcloud migration vms image-imports
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Last updated 2024-09-17 UTC.